Tree of Write in SONGDO-DONG, South Korea by STEFANO ROCCHETTI, GABRIEL BELLI BUTLER, OS+A ORGANIC SCAPES AND ARCHITECTURE

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Writing is a dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form. Its invention has been driven by the practical necessity of exchanging information, maintaining financial accounts, codifying laws, recording history and cultural reasons such as the need for maintaining traditions, dissemination of knowledge through the media as well as the formation of legal systems.

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• Architects: STEFANO ROCCHETTI, GABRIEL BELLI BUTLER, OS+A ORGANIC SCAPES AND ARCHITECTURE 
• Project: Tree of Write
• Location: SONGDO-DONG, South Korea

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All the various writing systems have this common denominator, even if they are completely different and structurally unrelated to each other, they were all born from the necessity to communicate and preserve memory and knowledge.gh the media as well as the formation of legal systems.

This common ground between the different writing systems can be represented with a tree where the trunk is the core (the necessity from which everything starts) and the branches are the different writing systems that developed based on any particular culture, its influences, location, etc.

Our building wants to represent this relationship.

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES

01

The central circular core is the main distribution element, it is the trunk from which the museum takes shape and develops around. Each floor represents one branch of the tree and the core is the generative element which they stem from. Different offsets from the core perimeter define each floor’s depth and in the same way two lines tangential to the core define the sides. The resulting proportions of the slices obtained by the offsets and the tangential sides are driven by the program needs and area requirements of the overall massing.

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02

The immediate site is the element that defines the orientation of the branches that stem from the core. Each floor, therefore each program, has a specific orientation in accordance with the views surrounding the site whether it is towards the waterspace, the Central Park or the city.

03

The museum massing is located on the north/east area of the site. The main entrance at ground level holds all visitors facilities and is itself a slice derived from the core in the same way all other floors are. It is oriented towards the south-east promenade, this being the main pedestrian connection to the museum site.

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04

The building is physically detached from the site by a circular water pond created by an offset of the core circle from south/west to north and then merged with the landscape design at north/west. The centrality of the core as a main distribution element and generative organ of the tree system is highlighted by the water pond that isolates the museum from the site. The only connection to the building’s ground level happens at the main entrance through three large bridges.

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05

The floor slice rotations together with the main water blade and the landscape design generate incredible outdoor spaces for museum related activities, learning activities, recreational activities and advertising purposes. All these different rotations of the floors provide interesting outdoor spaces with singular identities and different vocations.

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Tags: SONGDO-DONG, South Korea

Category: Building

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