LIGHTHOUSE

Disconnection By Old City Wall

The city of Seoul, currently the capital of the Republic of Korea and used to be the capital of Chosun Dynasty(1392-1910), has several remains from former history. While these historic remains enrich city contexts, they also collide with presents and effects the lives of people today. The old city wall is one of the legacies that Seoul still has. As much as having this legacy of history adds contextual diversity to the region, these conspicuous wall causes city textural and geographical amputation. As the city expanded over time and the original functions of the city wall became invalid, the existence of the wall plays a role as a barrier rather than an absorbed context. Dongdaemun, meaning 'east gate', and the old city wall connected to the Dongdaemun has caused separation of the east and the west, east area named Ehwa, and the west area named Changshin.

HISTORICAL REMAINS AND ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION

PIERCE A HOLE RATHER THAN EXCAVATING TO PRESERVE THE OLD CITY WALL

Design Concept

The problems with the disconnection lead to uneven distribution and unfair access to welfare facilities. Programs of leisure are densely concentrated on Ehwa-dong while Changshin-dong lacks in such facilities. Encouraging more connection between two areas will lead to alleviating the cultural gap while each villages own story enriches the other.

ESTABLISH CONNECTION WITH ARCHITECTURAL SPACE, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE PARK