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Jinju Silk Museum
Architecture Firm: EEMY & With Architects Office
Lead Architects: Yuka Takeuchi & Yong-il Kim
Program: Museum + Education Center
Gross Built Area: 2,595m2
Project Location: Jinju, South Korea
Floating Silk has been planned on the premise that it is symbolic for the future development of the silk industry along with the tradition of Jinju City and the history of regional economic development. It is a Jinju Silk museum, including an education facility, on the territory adjacent to all the Jinju silk office buildings and production halls in the city of Jinju, South Korea.
There are outdoor events held outside this museum, such as fashion shows, markets, and exhibitions. Hence, there is a request for a nice outdoor space of 2,400 m2 to be able to hold these events. The idea of eventually having the outdoor space on the ground is to attract the people at eye level when an event is taking place. This leads to lifting the museum block, which also made sense conceptually since this floating white silk block should be an eye-catcher from the adjacent highways from the city center of Jinju. Such a white curved building stands out from the other Jinju Silk buildings and it represents Korean silk to the public.
The design is like a strong magnet that attracts people to the heart, the courtyard of the museum. The people around the building are also able to enjoy the beauty of Jinju's silk since the glass facades are like window displays with three layers of different types of silks and patterns behind. The layers are positioned to create the Korean traditional patchwork of silk, Bojagi. Remember, this environment is about Jinju Silk. In the floating white block, where the exhibitions, education facilities, and back-office are located, a visitor can experience the silk layers in the corridors of the building. In some indoor spaces in the building, the peek-a-boo glass openings are oriented towards the courtyard to let the visitors also enjoy the outdoor events that take place below.
Downstairs, surrounded by people in the outdoor area, the museum shop, and the restaurant give a public impression to the passers-by. Those two commercial facilities are also open when the museum is closed, which is why those two functions are separated under the white curved block from the exhibitions and education facilities on the first floor, floating above the ground.
Behind the idea of the three main spaces, Permanent Exhibition Space, Temporary Exhibition Space, and Outdoor Event Space, is flexibility. They have a wide variety of exhibits from silk fabrics, silk machines, silk fashion pieces, etc. Hence, the flexibility of the spaces is so important. The permanent exhibition space is 10 meters high and a vertical sliding system allows the upper part of the floor to slide upwards to create two-story exhibition spaces. The moveable floor divides the space 10 meters high into a room of 4 meters and an extra space of 6 meters.
The temporary exhibition space has 2 entrances, which means that this space is able to be divided horizontally in two by sliding wall doors. The outdoor events space is ordinarily open to everyone, but if a private event is taking place outside, the courtyard can be closed off by rolling down white metal shutters.
Market stalls with silk products are set up, models are ready to show the silky Korean clothing Hanbok on the catwalk; Let the Jinju silk show begin!
Lead Architects: Yuka Takeuchi & Yong-il Kim
Program: Museum + Education Center
Gross Built Area: 2,595m2
Project Location: Jinju, South Korea
Floating Silk has been planned on the premise that it is symbolic for the future development of the silk industry along with the tradition of Jinju City and the history of regional economic development. It is a Jinju Silk museum, including an education facility, on the territory adjacent to all the Jinju silk office buildings and production halls in the city of Jinju, South Korea.
There are outdoor events held outside this museum, such as fashion shows, markets, and exhibitions. Hence, there is a request for a nice outdoor space of 2,400 m2 to be able to hold these events. The idea of eventually having the outdoor space on the ground is to attract the people at eye level when an event is taking place. This leads to lifting the museum block, which also made sense conceptually since this floating white silk block should be an eye-catcher from the adjacent highways from the city center of Jinju. Such a white curved building stands out from the other Jinju Silk buildings and it represents Korean silk to the public.
The design is like a strong magnet that attracts people to the heart, the courtyard of the museum. The people around the building are also able to enjoy the beauty of Jinju's silk since the glass facades are like window displays with three layers of different types of silks and patterns behind. The layers are positioned to create the Korean traditional patchwork of silk, Bojagi. Remember, this environment is about Jinju Silk. In the floating white block, where the exhibitions, education facilities, and back-office are located, a visitor can experience the silk layers in the corridors of the building. In some indoor spaces in the building, the peek-a-boo glass openings are oriented towards the courtyard to let the visitors also enjoy the outdoor events that take place below.
Downstairs, surrounded by people in the outdoor area, the museum shop, and the restaurant give a public impression to the passers-by. Those two commercial facilities are also open when the museum is closed, which is why those two functions are separated under the white curved block from the exhibitions and education facilities on the first floor, floating above the ground.
Behind the idea of the three main spaces, Permanent Exhibition Space, Temporary Exhibition Space, and Outdoor Event Space, is flexibility. They have a wide variety of exhibits from silk fabrics, silk machines, silk fashion pieces, etc. Hence, the flexibility of the spaces is so important. The permanent exhibition space is 10 meters high and a vertical sliding system allows the upper part of the floor to slide upwards to create two-story exhibition spaces. The moveable floor divides the space 10 meters high into a room of 4 meters and an extra space of 6 meters.
The temporary exhibition space has 2 entrances, which means that this space is able to be divided horizontally in two by sliding wall doors. The outdoor events space is ordinarily open to everyone, but if a private event is taking place outside, the courtyard can be closed off by rolling down white metal shutters.
Market stalls with silk products are set up, models are ready to show the silky Korean clothing Hanbok on the catwalk; Let the Jinju silk show begin!
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