Ewha Womans University / Dominique Perrault
French architect Dominique Perrault has recently completed one of his most impressive projects to date, a fitness center and plaza on the campus of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.
Exquisite photographs by André Morin.
The complexity of the immediate site through its relationship to the greater campus and the city of Shinchon to the south demands a “larger than site” response, an urban response, a global landscaped solution which weaves together the tissue of the EWHA campus with that of the city. This gesture, the “campus valley”, in combination with the “sports strip”, creates a new topography which impacts the surrounding landscape in a number of ways.
The Sports Strip, like the Valley, is many things at once. It is a new gateway to the Ewha campus, a place for daily sports activities, a grounds for the special yearly festivals and celebrations, and an area which truly brings together the university and the city. It is most importantly a place for all, animated all year long.
via ArchDaily
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