Detail of the project ed. 2024

yangsan-church / South Korea

Design­er	Dongkyu Choi
Loca­tion	Yangsan, Gyeongsang­­nam-do
Nation	South Korea
Design Team
Year	2018
Pho­to credits	Soook Chai

Pho­to external

Project descrip­tion

Yangsan Church, estab­lished in April 1906, reflects its his­tor­i­cal roots, hav­ing been found­ed by an Aus­tralian mis­sion­ary over a cen­tu­ry ago. The design of the church for­mal­ly sym­bol­izes two hands express­ing a con­fes­sion of faith. The soft curves, which appear to warm­ly embrace, are intend­ed to pro­vide com­fort to people.
To address the chal­lenge posed by an over­pass adja­cent to the church site, the design incor­po­rates the city’s flow into the church. The move­ment path from the first floor to the fourth floor facil­i­tates com­mu­ni­ca­tion between the inte­ri­or and exte­ri­or spaces. Addi­tion­al­ly, sacred light is intro­duced through a wall designed to draw it in, illu­mi­nat­ing both the church and the sur­round­ing community.

Explana­to­ry report of the project
Down­load report

Pho­to internal

Tech­ni­cal drawings

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