Article source: ArchiWorkshop

When I visited the triangular site in Cheongpyeong Lake, I felt as if I was floating on the lake. It was like standing on a prow. The whole site was composed of gneiss, giving it an image of hard and solid earth. Inspired by the land, we started the master plan for a unique leisure experience. The site is about 2,500 pyeong (approx 8,264.5m2), largely divided into exterior space, art gallery, restaurant, welcome center, and glamping area. Access circulation is divided into public areas, open to everyone; the art gallery, which is semi-public; and glamping zones, used as private accommodation for guests. Boulders, which consist of rocks that settled down there, were reinterpreted as a platform that overlooks the lake, i.e. an open square. The spaces required were realized as places embedded in the rock. It is designed so that the architecture is not exposed, but made in the earth, where the roof of the space is the platform, or the square. Stairs, floors and ramps were made using rocks from the site, so that actions such as walking barefoot and lying on the ground would take place in the outdoor space.

Image Courtesy © Jungho Jung

• Architects: ArchiWorkshop (Hee-Jun SIM, Su-Jeong PARK)
• Project: Camptong Island and Museum
• Location: Cheongpyeong-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• Photography: Jungho Jung
• Design Team: Kang-Min LEE, Yoo-mi CHAE
• Structure Engineering: Gyemyeong Engineering
• MEP: Sunjin Engineering Consultant Co.,Ltd.
• Site Area: 7,748m2
• Building Area: 986m2
• Total Floor Area: 1,200m2
• Completion: 2017

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