ThinkMatter 2014
Digital Journal on Contemporary Architecture in India
Assemble, BC architects and studies, BC materials, and Atelier LUMA have collaborated with regional craftsmen, industrial partners, and local experts such as Kim Hyeongki from Chosun University, Yoon Jungwon from the University of Seoul and graduate students from their respective programs on the renewal of a small site in the residential neighbourhood of Dongmyeong-gong as part of the Architectural Biennale of Gwangju.Â
The project, titled Eco Hanok, aims to demonstrate the ways in which an alternative, ecological approach to construction that uses simple forms of building technology in combination with local resources and materials is not radical or fantastical, but is in fact deeply pragmatic.Â
