Gallery and Shop
in Hyeri New town, Korea
Year 2022
Site Area: 231 ㎡
Gross Area; 276㎡
Heyri Art Valley is a village whose development has been meticulously planned since 1998 in the Paju district of Gyeonggi province, on the outskirts of Seoul. This community was established by artists and architects and is now a hub housing numerous galleries, museums, exhibition halls, concert venues, small theaters, cafes, restaurants, bookshops, art stores, and artists’ studios. The quality and execution of projects here are overseen by a special committee in addition to the standard building permits required by the city of Paju. The Korean military also issues a specific permit for all new construction north of Seoul that touches the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the line dividing the Democratic Republic of Korea (north) and the Republic of Korea (south). Urban planning regulations have fostered an open, medium-density landscape where natural elements like streams and greenery are preserved.
Tchoma, a mixed-use retail and gallery project, epitomizes this openness and the village’s communal spirit. It features communicating voids between floors extending as cantilevers towards the street. The design is elegantly simple, characterized by raw concrete and white metal in a clean, orthogonal language.
Printing Plant and Offices in Paju Book City, Korea
Year 2016 Site Area: 2297 ㎡, Gross Area; 2254㎡