Site Overview
Objective Building : 구 벨기에 영사관 The Belgium Consolate
Location : NamHyun Dong, GuanAk District, Seoul
Construction years : 1903-1905
Architect : 고다마 Godama
Program :
(Past) the Consolate
(Present) 서울시립미술관 남서울분관 SeMA
Size : 지하 1층, 지상 1층 / B1 to 2nd Floor
Total Floor Area : 1,569.58㎡
Renovation is a way of re-interpretation of the past by new eyes of the present. Lots of gestures are required to determine the scope of the must-be preserved and renovated. This project requires the in-depth research and keen insight into how the museum could be interpreted by the modern terms. As long as architectural elements are added or removed from the original, approaches to preservation of its historical and spatial values are to be carefully taken into account.
roof
At the point where new materials and old bricks meet, there should be no “unfit match.” The relationship between the two different materials should carefully be considered. The proper material should fit the beside one, and should be consistently connected with one another. The choice after was to use the material, bricks for the newly attached building. The new material has a different color and relatively long spans. It seems to put emphasis on horizontal arrangement. When arranged with the original material, it emits matced feeling, and has consistency in terms of its horizontal juxtaposition.
program & circulation
Various programs and services are provided. Restaurant, artwork shop, cafe and exhibition space co-exist around the center. People’s circulation as well as walkway are considered. Circulation flows around the middle axis.
A huge stair linking the basement level and the first floor is located, emphasizing the main lobby. A straight, vertical stair case stands with the transparent elevator nearby.
light
The facade design has been stemmed from the intention behind to make natural lighting from outside to the ceiling possible. Translucent glasses allow light from the ceiling level.
facade
Materials with similar touch, but different color were used to give consistency onto the renovated part of the building. Colum design was stemmed from the outdoor column that stands in the original building’s balcony. The design has been dragged inside to give a feeling of difference of time frame in space.
리노베이션은 현재의 눈으로 과거를 바라보고 재해석하는 과정이다. 그 과정 속에서 개조와 보존의 범위를 결정하는데에 많은 건축적 제스쳐가 요구된다. 이 프로젝트에서는 노후된 미술관을 현대의 언어로 재해석하기 위해 기존 건축물에 대한 심도있는 조사와 이해가 필요했다. ‘본래’의 것에서부터 건축적인 요소를 삽입하거나 추출하기 전에는, 건축물의 역사적, 공간적 가치를 훼손하지 않도록 항상 조심스럽고 섬세한 접근을 취해야 할 것이다.
credit
서민수 Minsoo Seo
3학년 2학기
B.Arch, 3rd Grade Fall Semester Project
Prof. Wonseok Lee Studio
2016