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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Son Yang Won Memorial Museum in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea by KOMA ArchitectsJuly 16th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: KOMA Architects This architectural project was commissioned as a monument to the national patriot Son Yang Won who was made a saint of the protestant church, for a life of holy sacrifice and devout Christian faith during Japanese Colonial Era. The project has been constructed as a ‘Symbolic space memorial’, in which the three guiding mentalities of Son Yang Won, ‘Resistance’, ‘Sacrifice’, and ‘Reconciliation’ are structured for view throughout the three exhibition spaces.  Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon
 Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon The exposed concrete cylinder is a closed-off form divorced from the external space, and cleanly reveals the symbolism of the memorial. It is simultaneously opened up to the sky above and the water space below.  Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon  Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon The ‘Lifted Volume’ was realized by supporting one corner of the cylinder with a concrete structural wall of different texture, situated among columns that were dispersed and arranged on the site are as if they had been scattered, maximizing its dramatic effect.  Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon  Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon The narrow road, which allows visitors to indirectly experience the unspeakable physical and psychological pain of Son must have endured during his lifetime, is a space intended to reflect on his footsteps, upon which Son must have advanced forward.  Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon  Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon The exhibition method of this memorial does not one to follow in the footsteps of everyday museums of common artifact exhibition. From the perspective that the space is translated into symbols to be exhibited, this memorial is more than a typical exhibition hall of artifacts. And it also can be dubbed as a ‘Museum of Spaces for Remembrance’ that embraces the spiritual heritage of Son Yang Won through architecture.  Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon  Image Courtesy © Joonhwan Yoon  Image Courtesy © KOMA Architects  Image Courtesy © KOMA Architects  Image Courtesy © KOMA Architects  Image Courtesy © KOMA Architects
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