Mass Studies: Architectural League of New York City Lecture Series
Minsuk Cho, AIA, Principal
Thinking notes:
Movement ß à
Asia is blessed with too much work and not enough time to think.
Default- Bigger, Faster, Cheaper
Exterior Circulation.
Continuous Landscape.
Mountain and cloud.
Matrix ß à
Asian Urban fabric.
Decompression in vertical mass to break vertical plane.
One tower made of three separate tubes that support one another through structure.
We wanted the building to work with the park, so we dragged the park onto our site. Then we made a connection. The lower level of the building acts as an open gateway to the park.
Hike-ability ß à
Other Urban Possibilities.
Systematic Heterogeneity
Business want to become more lateral, cities keep moving upward.
Horizontal City.
Vertical Urbanity.
Urban landscape projected vertically.
Buildings should promote physical activity.
Two machines- car and elevator.
Hike-ability route.
Formal Structure ß à
Jeju Island seduces employees
Information Technology Superhighway.
Korea is the highest urbanized
Rural Volcano Landscape.
Exhausted by Verticality.
Collective Intimacy ß à
The rotunda is not available.
Green space requirement 10%
Actual green space = 112%
Hi Seoul Festival- 1.4 Million under chandelier
Beyond hermit kingdom.
Massive But Also Intimate Urban Event.
City as a home- China pajamas
City as a House- House as a City
Open House a city home for 5000 people.
In the future, people will live to 100 or 120. Older people living in too large of spaces.
Air Forest.
Year 1900- 1.6 Billion 57 Countries
Year 2010- 6.9 Billion 192 Countries
Decorative shed vs. duck.
Decorated duck or duck shed.
Building composed of alphabet.
Improvised Park Condition.
Fast is not necessary in nature.
Asian complex.
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