A Tour of Seoul’s Streetside Architecture (9): Seochon Gallery Stroll

Lights Shining By means of the Bricks of a Spacious Constructing

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In Seochon, there’s a distinctive construction constructed by piling up bricks with gaps between each other. The round jungjeong* contained in the raised piloti* incorporates a small backyard composed of a pond and bushes. Located in Tongui-dong, Brick Properly was constructed as an organization constructing at first. Nonetheless, it at present serves as a cultural advanced by the title of Floor Seesaw due to its lovely construction.

Brick Properly doesn’t present a way of heaviness and solemnity not like different brick buildings. It was constructed by dividing cream-colored bricks into three equal elements. Not like the normal technique of stacking bricks, Brick Properly didn’t use mortar, however used the dry development technique of threading bricks as an alternative. Utilizing its personal development technique, Brick Properly may construct a round constructing. Lights shining by means of the bricks and shadows make the constructing extra particular.

Artside Gallery blends with the environment, but in addition stands out amongst different buildings in Seochon. The wood façade provides magnificence to the constructing and different partitions are darkish grey in tune with the encompassing hanok roofs. Architect Hwang Du-jin gave a number of thought to how this gallery can join with town, whereas being positioned in an alley full of previous buildings.

So, he used a protracted window for the doorway of the gallery, which faces many individuals strolling on the road to draw their consideration to artworks as shops use show home windows to draw guests. On this approach, Artside Gallery turned a brand new window construction, which is completely different from different galleries. You possibly can view artworks in a excessive ceiling exhibition corridor on the basement ground and look outdoors by means of a protracted window on the primary ground.

On the opposite facet of Artside Gallery is a grey rectangular constructing. It’s Gallery Simon, a gallery with an exterior made totally of bricks, which creates a way of simplicity and luxurious. From the start, the gallery was supposed to function a spot with wealthy historical past and recollections, as an alternative of a brand new recent gallery. Though Artside Gallery and Gallery Simon create fully completely different vibes, they each mix in nicely with the alleys of Tongui-dong.

Regardless of being a small gallery, Gallery Simon supplies a spacious exhibition corridor with a excessive ceiling. It used post-tension development technique* to take away inside pillars. Home windows that face the staircase and lighting that illuminates the staircase are spectacular. The gallery additionally has a restaurant on the fourth ground the place you possibly can take pleasure in a wonderful view of Tongui-dong by means of a protracted window.

* Submit-tension development technique: A way of manufacturing pre-stressed concrete to extend tensile power and stand up to higher hundreds.

There’s an previous and small darkish purple home with an inn signal, in entrance of Yeongchumun Gate. Subsequent to the home, there’s a new constructing which is taller and provides off comparable vibes. They each belong to Boan1942, a spot that serves as a restaurant, a bookstore, a gallery in addition to a visitor home. The shorter constructing is a gallery which reworked an previous inn, which was inbuilt 1942. Its previous design and inn signal carry again your previous recollections and make you are feeling as if time is standing nonetheless.

Additionally it is a spot the place well-known Korean trendy artists resembling Web optimization Jeong-ju and Kim Dal-jin stayed for a very long time and wrote Siin Burak. Well-known writers and painters resembling Lee Sang, Gu Bon-ung and Lee Jung-seop stayed on this inn as nicely. The second ground of the inn is linked to Boan Library within the new constructing. The brand new constructing has an exterior constructed with darkish purple bricks in tune with the streets of Tongui-dong, and it’s about three meters additional away from the street than the inn constructing. It was designed to mix nicely with the encompassing parts by Min Hyun-sik.