New Projects
Modern history told through a rural homestead
- Interview _ Tomáš Hradecný + YuMi Hyun
- Three Resistance Movements Memorial _ IXA
Trees and books permeate old and new structures
- Interview _ Hua Li + Herbert Wright
- Weishan Chongzheng Academy Bookstore of Librairie Avant-Garde _ TAO
Balancing contemporary needs with tradition
- Interview _ Marc Barani + Michèle Woodger
- Aix-en-Provence Judicial Court _ Atelier Marc Barani
Widely allowing and softly filtering ever-changing light
- Interview _ Laurent Beaudouin + Eun Seok Lee
- Lumen Learning Center, Paris-Saclay University _ Beaudouin Architectes + MGM Arquitectos
Preserving pumphouse and adding residential spaces
- Interview _ 5468796 Architecture + SoWon Kim
- Pumphouse _ 5468796 Architecture
A tranquil retreat amidst porcelain history
- Interview _ Gong Dong + SoWon Kim
- Jingyang Camphor Court _ Vector Architects
Density Boosts City and Life
Density Boosts City and Life _ Herbert Wright
Buried infrastructure shapes a sustainable landmark
- Interview _ Alison Brooks + Herbert Wright
- One Ashley Road _ Alison Brooks Architects
Urban rooms animate downtown gateway
- Highnote _ Studioninedots
New Korean Horizons
One-aftr
What to Expect from the New Generation of Korean Architects _ Mannyoung Chung
- One-aftr, Postmodernism in the 2020s _ Dongwoo Yim
- Interview _ Joon Ma, Ryu Ahn + Dongwoo Yim
Like rock, like wall
- Doldam _ One-aftr
Unusual space revived from the abandoned
- Dabang _ One-aftr
- Other selected projects _ One-aftr
C3 no.432 (2024-5/6)
Density Boosts City and Life
Nine thousand years ago, at least 5,000 people lived in Çatalhöyük in Turkey. It was probably humanity’s first town, and it was horizontal. Archeology reveals houses packed together without any gaps, so access to them was via their roofs. High-density urban living is nothing new, but nowadays apartments are stacked vertically. Vertical living has a long history too. Skimming through it reveals much about contemporary urban high-rise housing, including the two projects we feature in this edition.
One Ashley Road in London by Alison Brooks Architects (p.138) and Highnote in the Netherlands by Studioninedots (p.156) are urban regeneration projects that have many similarities, but before considering them, let us take that overview of the history of vertical urban living. [...]
One-aftr
Recently, I had a casual conversation with an acquaintance about how postmodernism seems to be in vogue among many young Korean architects. We discussed how these architects are actively incorporating arches, triangles, symmetrical structures, and other elements that have not been prominent for a long time. This trend may represent a compromise between the practical need to earn a living through neighborhood convenience facilities and the desire to establish their own architectural language. In a way, it mirrors what happened in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s, where many office buildings adopted the geometric language of postmodernism. While the spaces followed functional modernism, their façades were stylized as postmodern. Although postmodernism is a paradigm and philosophy rather than merely an architectural form, it often gets reduced to a style fad without philosophical depth. Many contemporary architectural works in Korea exhibit this tendency. Despite the postmodern facade and appearance, their actual intentions and philosophy remain extremely practical and functional. [...]
C3 no.432 (2024-5/6)
Density Boosts City and Life
Nine thousand years ago, at least 5,000 people lived in Çatalhöyük in Turkey. It was probably humanity’s first town, and it was horizontal. Archeology reveals houses packed together without any gaps, so access to them was via their roofs. High-density urban living is nothing new, but nowadays apartments are stacked vertically. Vertical living has a long history too. Skimming through it reveals much about contemporary urban high-rise housing, including the two projects we feature in this edition.
One Ashley Road in London by Alison Brooks Architects (p.138) and Highnote in the Netherlands by Studioninedots (p.156) are urban regeneration projects that have many similarities, but before considering them, let us take that overview of the history of vertical urban living. [...]
One-aftr
Recently, I had a casual conversation with an acquaintance about how postmodernism seems to be in vogue among many young Korean architects. We discussed how these architects are actively incorporating arches, triangles, symmetrical structures, and other elements that have not been prominent for a long time. This trend may represent a compromise between the practical need to earn a living through neighborhood convenience facilities and the desire to establish their own architectural language. In a way, it mirrors what happened in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s, where many office buildings adopted the geometric language of postmodernism. While the spaces followed functional modernism, their façades were stylized as postmodern. Although postmodernism is a paradigm and philosophy rather than merely an architectural form, it often gets reduced to a style fad without philosophical depth. Many contemporary architectural works in Korea exhibit this tendency. Despite the postmodern facade and appearance, their actual intentions and philosophy remain extremely practical and functional. [...]
