국립진주박물관 이전건립 국제설계공모 | Jinju National Museum

Client: Jinju-si Government
Program:  Museum
Team:  MMK+ Strangeworks + Emergent Studio
Location: Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea

FORTRESS of CULTURE

MUSEUM as a COMMUNICATIVE URBAN BORDER

Our project proposes a landmark for gathering community. We propose the formal and spatial motif of the wall and threshold as an opportunity to create structured connection between the museum and its surroundings. A gateway is a memorable, iconic form. As an urban type, the gateway was, and still is, a moment of exchange in the urban fabric. The thickness of a wall creates a period of transition, passing from one region to another in the city. Historically, gateways were border zones between distinct urban ecologies, serving as gathering points for diverse publics and as critical spaces of communication and exchange. Our proposal inverts the typical museum type from a moment of arrival to a series of thresholds where unpredictable ineractions and experiences might occur. The sequence through the city is not concluded upon arrival at the museum lobby but is an ongoing, continuous experience.