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Park1538 Gwangyang
Park1538 Gwangyang
Gwangyang-si, South Korea
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Park1538 Gwangyang
Gwangyang-si, South Korea
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
Park1538 is a public space embedded in the everyday landscape of the industrial city of Gwangyang. Designed as an open space for the local community beyond the scope of corporate branding or facilities, it creates a natural intersection between the company’s technological assets and the city’s cultural life. It is a place where citizens can take pride, and a new kind of landscape functioning within the urban fabric.
Light Wave: The Materiality of Steel and the Rhythm of Curves
Inspired by the meaning of “light” in the name Gwangyang (Gwang-light, Yang-sunlight), this concept becomes the formal principle of Park1538. The flowing rhythm of the curved exterior reveals the flexibility and density inherent in the materiality of steel. The architecture acts both as a singular mass and a dynamic flow. Although sculptural in appearance, the form is in fact the compressed result of structure, function, and programmatic circulation.
Furnace of Light: A Public Platform as Crucible
Park1538 operates as an integrated platform where education, exhibition, research, and community activities are organically connected. Much like iron before it takes shape in a furnace, the architecture of this place reflects a state of potential—unresolved, yet full of tension and possibility.
Plasticity of Steel: Steel Enabling the Non-Standard
The building’s exterior cladding utilizes PosMAC, demonstrating how steel can support space and define form. A total of 4,400 tons of steel not only builds the structure but also turns the building itself into a monument to steel. Though rigid, the material proved flexible enough to realize irregular masses and complex curves.
Layered Space: An Organic Structure Formed by Ribs
The structure of Park1538 is divided into multiple vertical ribs. These ribs are not mere façade elements but function as structural frames and spatial reference lines. Each rib carries a different curvature and tilt, adjusted according to the internal programs. The exhibition hall, in particular, is a cantilevered structure where a large volume is placed atop a low mass, creating visual tension and offering visitors a heightened sensory awareness of gravity and weight.
The ribs do not end as simple linear elements. As the layout, scale, and function of rooms evolved, the structure, skin, and finishes had to be recalibrated. Every phase of this process was validated through early-stage 3D simulation, and simultaneous planning of structure, envelope, and finish required an integrated design approach.
Light Wave: The Materiality of Steel and the Rhythm of Curves
Inspired by the meaning of “light” in the name Gwangyang (Gwang-light, Yang-sunlight), this concept becomes the formal principle of Park1538. The flowing rhythm of the curved exterior reveals the flexibility and density inherent in the materiality of steel. The architecture acts both as a singular mass and a dynamic flow. Although sculptural in appearance, the form is in fact the compressed result of structure, function, and programmatic circulation.
Furnace of Light: A Public Platform as Crucible
Park1538 operates as an integrated platform where education, exhibition, research, and community activities are organically connected. Much like iron before it takes shape in a furnace, the architecture of this place reflects a state of potential—unresolved, yet full of tension and possibility.
Plasticity of Steel: Steel Enabling the Non-Standard
The building’s exterior cladding utilizes PosMAC, demonstrating how steel can support space and define form. A total of 4,400 tons of steel not only builds the structure but also turns the building itself into a monument to steel. Though rigid, the material proved flexible enough to realize irregular masses and complex curves.
Layered Space: An Organic Structure Formed by Ribs
The structure of Park1538 is divided into multiple vertical ribs. These ribs are not mere façade elements but function as structural frames and spatial reference lines. Each rib carries a different curvature and tilt, adjusted according to the internal programs. The exhibition hall, in particular, is a cantilevered structure where a large volume is placed atop a low mass, creating visual tension and offering visitors a heightened sensory awareness of gravity and weight.
The ribs do not end as simple linear elements. As the layout, scale, and function of rooms evolved, the structure, skin, and finishes had to be recalibrated. Every phase of this process was validated through early-stage 3D simulation, and simultaneous planning of structure, envelope, and finish required an integrated design approach.
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