TURF BATTLES: EVERYBODY FOR THEMSELVES
This is a battlefield for turf battles. It bears the traces of Andong Byeolgung, school buildings, fences and yards, birdhouses and entrances, ginkgo trees, and even a place for crafts and artifacts. It is balanced on the blades. The walls and gates that surrounded the school were dismantled, the school was turned into a museum, and the building was transformed to accommodate new uses. From the royal family to students, it has now become a place for the citizens. It has been turned into a place for everyone. With different hats, the viewpoint changes accordingly.
The Seoul Museum of Craft Art was created ‘to connect the past, present, and future of crafts’ and signals that no parking facilities were built ‘to protect underground historical relics’. What did architecture do in this place, where the limits of the site and its ruins are present and the school facilities of the five buildings are also to be used? What is the role of architecture in deciding the best form for a museum? How was this place devised with sensitivity for those who came here to meet
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