Daeyang Gallery
and House
By: Colleen O’Malley
Daeyang
Gallery is a private house and gallery located in Seoul, Korea. The project was
designed as
an experiment parallel to a research studio on “the architectonics of music.”
The basic geometry of the building is inspired by a 1967 sketch for a music
score by the composer Istvan Anhalt, “Symphony of Modules,” which was
discovered in a book by John Cage titled “Notations.”
The
project contains three pavilions. The pavilions are divided; one dedicated for
the entrance, one for the residence, and one for an event space. The spaces
appear to push upward from a continuous lower galley. The water plane of
reference establishes the above and below level. The views from each of the
pavilions are also framed by the water in reflecting pools, bracketed by
gardens that run perpendicular to the skylight strips. At the base of the
reflecting pool are strips of glass which brings light to the white walls of
the gallery below. The idea of the project is to create a space which is silent
until penetrate by light. There are a total of 55 skylight strips in the roofs
of the pavilions. Strips of glass allow the sun to bend around the interior,
animating them according to the time of day and season. The project is
organized around the proportions 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and 55.
A
visitor arrives at a bamboo framed garden wall at the entry court. Once
traveling through the front door and traveling down a small staircase, one can
see the pond at eye level and see the three pavilions. The interiors are red
and charcoal stained wood with the skylights cutting through the wood ceiling.
The exteriors are comprised of rain screen of custom copper.
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