'super mega underground church' by beck group + gansam, seoul, south korea
images courtesy of beck group


U.S. based architectural practice beck group and seoul-based firm gansam have collaborated to propose 'super mega underground
church', a spiritual facility for the city of seoul, south korea. this urban site must accommodate over 40,000 people every sunday,
the majority of whom arrive by subway. the design called for a 6,500 seat worship sanctuary, offices for the church’s global ministry,
a 300 seat chapel, fellowship / classroom spaces, 250 parking spaces and a public plaza. the design solution features the worship
sanctuary underground, covered only by the public plaza, and sky above.

flanking the worship center on the north and south, the remaining program is projected upwards into two towers that are unified
at three levels with a sky bridge. to give further emphasis on the sky above, the massing of the two towers and sky bridge is extruded
at an angle about the elliptical plaza, and wrapped in clear vision glass to give unobstructed views inside and out.



interior views surrounding sanctuary



interior views of subway connection



interior views of education tower



site plan



section



aerial view / site section



cutaway plans



circulation diagrams



sunscreen analysis


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