Pavilion of Floating Lights

Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace

Pavilion of Floating Lights 

JK-AR

ARCHITECTS
JK-AR

LEAD ARCHITECT
Jae K. Kim

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Jk-ar

CONSTRUCTION
Dae Jo Construction Co.

DESGIN TEAM
Yoon Jisun, Shin Jinho, Jung Nayoung, Jeong Changu

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Yousung Total Engineering Co., Ltd

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Hwan Structural Engineers

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rohspace

AREA
110 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
South Korea

CATEGORY
Pavilion

'The Pavilion of Floating Lights' aims to reinvent East Asian timber architecture, especially '-ru', the East Asian equivalence of a pavilion on a bigger scale.

Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace

Traditional assembling technics and structural systems such as wooden brackets are re-created in six tree-like columns of the project.

These tree structures pay homage to the six pillars of the front side of Chokseok-ru built in 1365, the most symbolic building in the city of Jinju, Korea where the project is located.

Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace

Also, the project is intended to prevent using nails and adhesives in order to inherit original carpentry.

However, for better construction productivity, complex plywood members fabricated by a CNC router were assembled to form tree structures by virtue of Augmented Reality.

Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace

In this way, 'The Pavilion of Floating Lights' showcases the potentiality that the forgotten craftsmanship in East Asian architecture can be reborn with the technology of our time.

In addition, the project proposes a new type of '-ru' as a civic platform for the city of Jinju, one of the most historical towns in the southern province of Korea.

Originally, the definition of '-ru' is an iconic building with elevated floors to have open views for private uses or military observation.

Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace

However, the project converts the traditional purpose '-ru' to more public sides. The site faces the Namgang River which has been a background for notable historical events in the city.

The project aims to be an icon alongside the river, in particular, for the Floating Lights Festival which is a well-known local event.

Furthermore, the project becomes a place where visitors can experience natural and urban environments.

Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace

Before the city was urbanized, the riverside was surrounded by bamboo forests.

Inspired by this lost scene and memory of the city, tree columns generate an interior space like a pathway between forests.

Also, the glass walls of three sides blur the boundary between inside and outside to realize the idea of openness.

Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace

Finally, the tree structure creates the characteristics of the project, firstly its own interior atmosphere, and secondly a symbolic figure from the outside.


Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace
Pavilion of Floating Lights
© Rohspace


Pavilion of Floating Lights
Structure Diagram
Pavilion of Floating Lights
Section
Pavilion of Floating Lights
Detail


Pavilion of Floating Lights
Section


Pavilion of Floating Lights
Plan - Roof
Pavilion of Floating Lights
Plan