DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD
Borders Korean Demilitarized Zone Underground Bath House Competition
ISSUER: arch out loud
arch out loud is an architectural research initiative dedicated to providing opportunities for designers to explore the current atmosphere of architectural and cultural thought.
PARTNER: Weiming Shi, Yujie Wang, Yang Yue
Project description:
In response to the consistent political tension between two nations, we conceive architecture as symbolic means to both intensify and resolve such tension. By having a series of chronological assigned vertical pipelines that connect to the underground mechanical system dotting along the demarcation line of DMZ zone, the project becomes an effort to both reconnect people to the geopolitical history and unify them in the realm of light, water, and fog. More importantly, the architecture has to grow along with such political tension, and therefore, remains as an unfinished project.