10-13-2013 12:00 PM

Sejong Center for Performing Arts / Asymptote Architecture

Night View (Front). Image Courtesy of Asymptote ArchitectureNew York based*Asymptote Architecture have unveiled designs for a*new Centre of Performing Arts in Sejong, South Korea. Described as celebrating “the cities emergence and growth as a place of stature and culture,” the arts centre is designed to “seamlessly connect to the city fabric.” Containing two theaters, the program of the building has been designed to create a unified experience, allowing for a “powerful and ‘episodic’ interiority and experience.”
Aerial View. Image Courtesy of Asymptote ArchitectureInterior Lobby. Image Courtesy of Asymptote ArchitectureAccording to the architects, “notions of contemporary urbanism” are “expressed through a distinctive and unique envelope.” “By confronting different aspects of the site the architecture sets out to capture the cities vitality and history by alluding tectonically to the spirit and flavors of local Korean architectural traditions. The curved and mathematically precise roofs of nearby pavilions and temples are quoted here and set against the stoic solidity of traditional monumental buildings also part of the surroundings.”
Performance Space. Image Courtesy of Asymptote ArchitectureThe new*Sejong Performing Art Center is “a centerpiece for the city, a gathering place of history, contemporary culture, performance and spectacle.” Watch an ArchDaily interview with Rani Hashid from*Asymptote Architecture*for more.
Architects: Asymptote Architecture
Design Partners: Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture
Project Director: John Guida
Design Team: Danny Abalos, Bika Rebek, Du Ho Choi, Hong Min Kim
Project Team: Matthew Slattery, Valentina Soana, Mu Jung Kang
Client: Multifunctional Administrative City Construction Agency (MACCA)
Structural Engineer: Knippers Helbig
Local Architect: EGA Seoul
Environmental Design: Transsolar Inc.
Area: 15000.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Asymptote Architecture

* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.



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