Healing Center Palhyeon
in Palhyeon Nature Park, Daegu, Korea
Competition Year 2023 - Construction in progress
with YANGJI ARCHITECTS
Site Area: 1.245㎡
Gross Area: 295㎡
Nature is always a fundamental source of inspiration for architecture, as the relation between the two oscillates ceaselessly between imitation and domination. Throughout architectural history, we see countless examples of structures that directly imitate natural forms, embodying a deep reverence for the beauty, mystery, and dynamic energy found in the natural world. This imitation goes beyond an aesthetic choice; it reflects humanity’s innate desire to connect with nature and its power, to exist within awesomeness, to inhabit the world without mastering it.
Here, the project is about marking the landscape. which is different from controlling it, like establishing the geometry of a city would be. The mark is not about control but the opening of a dialogue, a way of embedding human presence into the natural terrain without overpowering it. The tower signals a point in the landscape, but also allows to create a new point of view, allowing the passer-by to see the river valley from a new perspective. The Healing Center introduces a different relation with the environment of the small hills surrounding it. You take a bridge to reach a perforation in the mass of the building, from where you enter. In the lower level, beautiful rocks and the forest ground appear in a framed image, allowing a meditative activity, whereas in the upper levels the views open into a wide panorama, and upper again, to the sky, in a terrace inviting social activities.
The Healing Center opening is programmed for Spring 2026.
Competition Sketch 3d
LAURENT PEREIRA GODINHO ARCHITECTE with YANGJI ARCHITECTS