Towards an Architecture of Informality
Concino Concrete
Concino Concrete, located at the foot of the hill along the Imjin River, is a kind of box architecture. Seemingly floating above the ground on a pilotis, it is an independent entity with a clear silhouette set against the sky. In that sense, Mihn Hyunjun’s Concino Concrete reminds us of the ‘prism pur’ that Le Corbusier sought in the mid-1920s. This is true when we consider the simple exterior, a box of classical golden ratio, and the interior which conceals its colourful settings.
Acoustic Form The client has a mania for collecting speakers. He has built up a fairly large collection, and so he needed a space to store and display his collection, and in which to play and share music. The building had to feature a chest, a display case, and an echo chamber. As such, sound guided its form.
In this respect, one might draw upon another concept explored by Le Corbusier, the ‘plastique acoustique’, developed after World War II. ▼1 It was about an ideal architectural phenomenon in which ‘time and space, rhythm and melody’ are synthesised into a kind of art. Since the shapes resonate with each other as if they are exchanging sounds, they can be also expressed as ‘visual sound’. His wooden sculptures explore the formative relationship between natural forms, such as ears, and emphasise the volumes of free curves that corresponded with its straightforward experiment.
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