Entrance view of the Gymnasium <\/strong>(Image Above)<\/p>\n

Mumbai-based architectural\u00a0practice\u00a0JDAP<\/strong> has designed a new gymnasium<\/strong> in Korea as part of the Dalseong Citizen\u2019s Gymnasium International Competition<\/strong>. The proposal sees this important public building in a beautiful terrain re-establish the primacy of public architecture within the city and attempts to forge a new relationship with its environment and its people.<\/p>\n

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View from the Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new gymnasium at Daelseung-gun must embody a new set of relationships<\/strong> with its context to become a public building that is truly cherished by the people it is meant to serve. Korea has a tradition of public building complexes that meld landscape and builtform to create memorable environments and experiences for its people, [significant among which is the Do-dong Confucian Academy complex a few kilometres from the gymnasium site].<\/p>\n

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View along the Cafe<\/strong><\/p>\n

The gymnasium continues with this tradition, in first restoring the hill<\/strong> upon which the building must stand. In a hilly landscape where the backdrop of the hills and the presence of the Nakdong river form a constant reminder of the natural environment within which the city has grown, minimizing of building footprint<\/strong> forms a crucial starting step.<\/p>\n

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View along the Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n

The form of the building derives from a non-convex, open plan-form that optimises the distance between spectators and the play area and between spectators themselves, forming a more intimate relation between the players and spectators<\/strong>. This form also allows open space to infitrate the gymnasium as compared to a closed, convex\u00a0 plan-form and in doing so, the building reaches out to vistas over the city and the landscape <\/strong>in an open outstretched gesture.<\/p>\n

Climate plays an important role in the design of the gymnasium as well. The sloping planes of the roof split to form a large central skylight to bring natural light deep into the heart of the playing space<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Interior View<\/strong><\/p>\n

The skylight alongwith the raised building together serve to create a stack effect that exhausts hot air from the building in summer. In winter, the earth sheltered lower storeys use the principle of traditional Korean heating – the Ondol Floor<\/strong> to transfer heat to the large thermal mass concrete floor slab. The form of the building also echoes the dominant roofscapes<\/strong> of traditional Korean and Far-Eastern traditional architecture.<\/p>\n

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View from the Road<\/strong><\/p>\n

Successful public buildings must engage with the various facets of their context. The new gymnasium at Daleseung-gun does so in an emphatic city embrace<\/strong> !<\/p>\n

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