Seoul Performing Arts Center 2nd Competition

2008 ​Seoul, Korea

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 Site Area
52,391 m2

 Total Floor Area
55,385.42 m2

 Building Area
28,281.14 m2

 ​Client
SEOUL METROPOLITAN
GOVERNMENT.

The primary scheme behind SPAC is Transformation, which is a direct visualization of the type of human occupation, program occurance, and outside influences are affecting the site. Understanding that a skyline is a visualization of human activity, SPAC exhibits data visualization which represents specific activities, specific to Seoul. This makes SPAC a new combination of beauty and efficiency through the expression of a transforming structure, with a repositionable skin structural frame the building can be changeable per user / occupant and has an adaptability never seen before. As an added feature, the foof of the main opera Theatre opens up to the night sky, transforming the typical exprience while still maintaining optimal acoustic conditions. This enhances the experience and draws the city into the performance.