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SYMBIOSIS
2010 OCAD Design Competition Reassembly required shaping urban
experience - Redesigning
2010.2 / Digital Prints & Design model output
Cooperated work with Sungwook, Sujung, Yourock, Sunwoo, Sangjin.
Project Solution
Torontonians
living in the barren isolation of old buildings are hardly ever influenced to
think about their place in the world other than being a slave to the repetitive
tasks of their work force. Our project engages individuals in a manner that allows
them to see themselves through a wider perspective. Our design is composed of
two layers: the vast concave in the shape of an amphitheatre which is connected
to the subway from where people pour out and make their way into the lighted,
grass covered space embraced by serenity. People could also enter the garden
from ground level by walking down the steps of the amphitheatre or the gentle
slope across from it. If they are in a hurry, or they are just looking for a
new adventurous path, they may make use of the bulging bridge that acts
simultaneously as a shade provider. A city is a functioning body, where
the roads and sidewalks are veins, subways are the arteries, and its buildings
are organs. Our design is the connecting point of all, like the beating heart. Each
person finds themselves belonging to a team for they are the blood cells
keeping the city alive. Similar to the heart filtering the blood, our design pleasures
its subjects by filtering their condition as they escape from the suffocating
subway into its open lawn. People may indulge with their sense of play in the
delight of the garden and lounge around to take a breather. They also find
peace from its rich purity that satisfies the soul.
Symbiosis
Our
environment infiltrates casualness into conformity, fertility into
desolateness, and excitement into boredom. It is where naturalism meets urbanism,
each coexisting in order to create a life of simultaneity, collaboration, and
balance.Secured
by peace in front of the police station, dwells a mini amphitheatre at underground
level. Its seats simultaneously functions as stairs into the underground open
space and to the portal into the subway. The opposite curvature of the
underground space is occupied by a gentle slope slickly connecting back up to
ground level, which is clothed with a grass field. In order to provide a shade
for loungers underneath and to provide a pleasant and intriguing path way above
ground level, a wooden bridge curves up in the air connecting from one end of
the ground level to the other and also into the police station. Our dug-out
space resembling a coliseum may be utilized by Torontonians for various
reasons. It is a place for meeting, socializing, lounging, resting, reading, playing,
and many more. It is also ideal for events of small gatherings such as concerts
and art performances. This space reaches its full potential during the summer
when people are more active, and are out seeking places to spend their time
outdoors. In the winter it may transform into a skate rink. Furthermore, our
bridge packs in a strong punch for our design’s aesthetic appeal. It is hard to
miss it when walking by, and people are naturally drawn to the adventure and
intimacy of walking across bridges. Accompanied by rows of beautiful lights and
luscious trees, people walk across it helplessly feeling more self conscious
and become attentive of the romances of their lives.
Conclusion
Symbiotic relationships occur naturally on our planet mother earth amongst
numerous life forms. Our project, Symbiosis is a reflection of this
phenomenon, a beautiful site that our creator above may be in awe of. It is
where casual and formal lives coexist as one. The basement and ground level are
open to each other by such a unique design that makes transitioning from one
floor to another as freely and as pleasurable as possible.
COPYRIGHT SINCE 2008 ⓒ JINHEE KIM
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