unsangdong architects studio visit: ocean imagination

this month designboom visited korean firm unsangdong architects headquarters in seoul.

yoon gyoo jang next to a drawing of ocean imagination image © designboom

yoon gyoo jang showing ‘ocean imagination’ sliding along the board image © designboom

the studio which was founded in 2001 by yoon gyoo jang and shin chang hoon, is an experimental group which focusses on realizing conceptual architecture with variable possibilities.

the model of ocean imagination image © designboom

recently they received an honorable mention for their project ‘ocean imagination’ in the competition to design the thematic pavilion for expo 2012 yeosu, korea.

based around ‘the living ocean and coast: diversity of resources and sustainable activities’ theme, unsangdong’s concept ‘ocean imagination’ emphasized nature and liveability. the floating wheel is designed with a sustainable skin and consists of ‘ocean eco compounds’ which incorporate the main theme of the expo 2012 yeosu, korea that include; marine technology, architecture engineering, civil engineering, information technology and so on.

ocean imagination consists of three levels image © designboom

sections of ‘ocean imagination’ have an open exhibition section image © designboom

the first stages of making the models image © designboom

image © designboom

‘ocean imagination’ in the water image courtesy unsangdong architects

image courtesy unsangdong architects

image courtesy unsangdong architects

image courtesy unsangdong architects

section view of ‘ocean imagination’ image courtesy unsangdong architects