JANGSEUNGPO LIBRARY

Jangseungpo Port was designated as a trading port in 1965, and it was a lively and diverse place where different people and things gathered and dispersed. The library for the people here should be functionally excellent, faithfully fulfilling its role as a place for preserving the collected books and sharing knowledge, and the proposed urban space is a public space but also a very personal place that individuals can privately own but is primarily a public space. It is a place where sharing and enjoyment coexist and are separated, where individual experiences are gathered, accumulated, and defined, and ultimately, a new library is proposed where space is configured from considerations for the community, and a new type of space that can contain both daily and non-daily experiences is presented as a truly meaningful public space for the city.

Starting from individuals and reaching out to many, it ultimately becomes a library for everyone - overlapping and intersecting with the activities and traces of individuals and groups to create a diverse and resident-friendly library. As people, objects, spaces, time, and memories accumulate, they form a complex public space - the library is designed to faithfully fulfill its primary function. It also incorporates intangible libraries that surround and embrace it. Here, each generation can gather, overlap, and share space together, or enjoy it individually as needed. The diverse library accommodates and embraces the community.

The library projects and embraces its surroundings through the material of its unobtrusive form - rather than standing out in its relationship with the city, it is a humble library that guards its place. The significance of the metal exterior that fully receives and respects the surrounding area is crucial. Depending on the characteristics of the material, it can project and absorb the surroundings, enveloping and reflecting them. The colors and textures of the city and the surrounding greenery will dye the library exterior like an image.

Location : Geoje, Korea

Size : 1,595 sqm

Construction Cost : Geoje-si

Year : 2021

Status : Competition Winner (2nd Prize)

Type : Library

Principal in Charge : Dongil Kim (Kyung Hee University),

Seojoo Lee, Minho Lee, Hyojung Kim

Allie Yeseul Chung (I.f Manila)