金浦新城的建筑,一切看起来都是新的,干净的,像牛奶瓶里抓的鱼一样新鲜。结构良好的道路和地区看起来像一个从未使用过的棋盘。通过当地社区,这里是普通人的生活和情感刚刚开始沉淀的地方,将尝试与不同的城市文化接触,建立自己的身份。

Buildings of the Gimpo new town, where everything looks as new, clean and as fresh as fishes caught in a milk bottle. Well-structured roads and districts look like a checkerboard that has never been used. Through local communities, this place is where ordinary lives and sentiments have just started to settle down and will attempt to engage with different urban cultures and establish its own identity.

离这里最近的教堂坐落在金浦区云阳洞的一个角落里。角落、边缘和顶点等词语意味着存在不止一个线或面。教堂的立面在场地的顶点被两个相互冲突的东西所分割。一个是考虑到与公寓居民的关系而提出的坚实而零碎的混凝土,另一个是透明的玻璃,向广阔的公园和教堂的礼拜活动开放。像看台一样结构的礼拜堂是为了增加建在紧凑场地上的空间容量。小房间被安置在看台的倾斜面后面和它的顶部部分,这样教堂就可以最好地利用它的空间。特别是,连接地面和屋顶的外部楼梯是定义教堂外观的一个重要元素,其使用者的生动运动使教堂的建筑声明更加动态。屋顶空间可以举办户外崇拜活动,对教会团体和当地人都是开放的。

The closest church is sitting on a corner site of Unyang-dong, Gimpo. Words like corner, edge and vertex connote the existence of more than one line or surface. The church has a façade divided by two conflicting with each other at the vertex of the site. One is a solid and fragmented concrete, proposed by considering the relationship with apartment residents, and the other is a transparent glass that opens views to the vast park and also to the church’s worship services. The chapel structured like the bleachers is designed to increase the capacity of the space built on a compact site. Small rooms are positioned behind of the inclined surface of the bleachers and on the top section of it so that the church can make the best use of its space. Especially, the outside stairs connecting the ground and the rooftop works as an important element defining the exterior of church, and the vivid movement of its users makes the church’s architectural statement more dynamic. The rooftop space which can host outdoor worship services is open for church communities as well as for locals.

最近的教堂是一个礼拜场所,一个文化场所,也是当地被商业主义扼杀的公寓社区的公共建筑。这里找不到屋顶上的十字架,但这里的十字架靠在墙上,用谦卑的声音说话。巨大的共鸣在听众中激荡,而不是在发表动人故事的演讲者中激荡,升华的意义在于亲密无间而不是等级森严。降临到地上的十字架将像一棵遮天蔽日的树一样投下阴影,并与街上的人分享生命的故事。

The closest church is a place of worship, a cultural venue and public architecture for the local apartment community which was being choked by commercialism. A rooftop cross can’t be found here, but here the cross is leaning on the wall and speaking with a humble voice. Big resonance stirs among listeners rather than among speakers who deliver a moving story, and the sublimity dwells in intimacy not in hierarchy. The cross descended onto the earth will cast a shadow like a shaded tree and will share a story of life with people on the street.

Architects: Heesoo Kwak and IDMM Architects
Area: 2328 m²
Year: 2015
Photographs: Kyungsub Shin
Manufacturers: KCC, Eagon
City:GIMPO-SI
Country:South Korea