Sections of Autonomy. Six Korean Architects
The exhibition Sections of Autonomy. Six Korean Architects is curated by Choi Won-joon and Luca Galofaro and showcases the work of six Korean architects selected among the most intriguing authors of the national architectural scenario.
Choi Moon-gyu (Ga.A Architects), Jang Yoon-gyoo (Unsangdong Architects Cooperation), Kim Jong-kyu (M.A.R.U.), Kim Jun-sung (Architecture Studio hANd), Kim Seung-hoy (KYWC Architects), Kim Young-joon (YO2 Architects) set up their independent practices in the 1990s and early 2000s, an era marked by political and cultural freedom in the country. As the first generation of Korean architects who were finally free from pressures to modernize tradition — a theme that overshadowed the architectural world since the postwar years — or to form groups for active social engagement — the modus operandi under previous military dictatorship governments — they were able to fully explore the multiple dimensions of architectural autonomy and their reasoned individuality, through a practice rooted in local culture and conditions yet thoroughly contemporaneous with international currents.
The show features a series of photographs, drawings and images that appear as fragments of the urban structure, depicting the complexity of Korean cities through the architects’ works.
The exhibition layout is by studio LGSMA, designed to create a spatial narrative able to evoke a kaleidoscopic image of Korea.
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Sections of Autonomy.Six Korean Architects è una mostra ospitata dalla Fondazione Pastificio Cerere di Roma a cura di Choi Won-joon e Luca Galofaro dedicata all'architettura coreana, che racconta attraverso immagini, foto e disegni, il lavoro di sei progettisti coreani - Choi Moon-gyu (Ga.A Architects), Jang Yoon-gyoo (Unsangdong Architects Cooperation), Kim Jong-kyu (M.A.R.U.), Kim Jun-sung (Architecture Studio hANd), Kim Seung-hoy (KYWC Architects), Kim Young-joon (YO2 Architects) - tra i più affermati del panorama nazionale.
Le architetture scelte ed esposte in mostra appaiono come frammenti della struttura urbana, capaci di riprodurre la complessità dello spazio pubblico circostante e di metabolizzare al loro interno l’estrema vivacità delle metropoli coreane.