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Project Leeum Samsung Museum of Arts
Project Leeum Samsung Museum of Arts
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Mario Botta
Projects
Collaboratori Collaborators Studio Botta: Maurizio Pelli, Ugo Früh, Francis Blouin, Guido Medri,
Paola Pellandini, Nicola Salvadé, Davide Macullo, Antonello Scala,
Tommaso Botta, Marco Strozzi
Pietro Savorelli
Area lotto Lot area 2.333m2
Superficie costruita Built area 10.000m2 (including 1.600m2 for exhibition purposes)
Pietro Savorelli
po principale del museo, rappresenta invece
il vero fulcro, l’elemento su cui ruota l’intero
intervento.
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Two elementary geometric volumes in terracotta façade. Smooth, 50cm tall elements alternated 1
distinguish the new Museum of Traditional Arts by strips of cuspidate elements cover the paral- Detail of the upside-down
cone laid with brickwork
of Seoul by Botta. lelepiped volume, creating a textural variation 2
To build a museum of ancient arts, part of a larger that gives the building an original charm. Also General view
cultural center with buildings designed by inter- the overturned cone is faced with cuspidate ele- of the complex
nationally famous architects as Jean Nouvel who ments, 50cm tall and 15cm wide, but in this case 3
Ground floor plan
designed the museum of contemporary art and the frustum surface features a modular system
Reem Koolhaas who has created the temporary consisting of a single trapeziform element that
exhibition venue, has certainly represented a covers the entire curved surface of the exhibition
significant challenge for the renowned Swiss building. The decision to face the exterior of both
architect. The project represents a landmark in blocks with a single material has contributed to
the chaotic townscape of Seoul with its two con- accentuate their form and the volumetric rela-
trasting and pure elements, a parallelepiped and tions between the bodies. Like in a traditional
an overturned cone, faithful to the most classical Korean fortress, the museum appears with a
lesson of Kahn, that has served as source of in- hermetic and impenetrable image, where the
Projects Leeum: Samsung Mueum of Arts
spiration for several of Mario Botta’s works. The exhibition space is completely introverted and
two volumes are placed on a base conceived like contemplative, defined by a series of autonomous
a new ground, and as a junction element with the spaces, protected from every direct relation with
other two venues. The parallelepiped is charac- the exterior. While the exhibition space of the
terized by a series of volumes on the perimeter Guggenheim museum by Frank Lloyd Wright is
with a row of poles, evoking the image of the conceived as a single environment that develops
flags placed on top of towers and ancient sentinel around a central void in the form of a continuous
outposts. This volumetric sequence makes the spiral path, the interior of the museum is Seoul
building as a whole appear lighter, and provides a is characterized by a frustum stairs that provides
convincing conclusion of the museum aggregate access to independent exhibition rooms arranged
as seen against the background of the hills. The on the four floors of the circular crown.
overturned cone, set like a gem in the main mu- The stairs, lit from above by a generous sky-
seum body, on the contrary represents the true light, underscores, through its section that ta-
fulcrum, the element on which the entire com- pers downwards, the perception of the depth of
plex centers. As facing for the building, Botta has the space, projecting the visitor within the base-
resorted to a traditional building material, name- ment that communicates with the museum of
ly earthenware, but he has given it an up-to-date contemporary art by Jean Nouvel and the space
touch and used a design conceived especially for for temporary exhibitions by Rem Koolhaas that
this project, with a building method that feature complete the cultural project wanted and built by
no glue or concrete, namely that of the ventilated the Samsung foundation. 3 0 1 10m
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Cross section through
the cone which houses
the vertical distribution
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View on the two volumes
that make up the entire
complex: the frustum
of a cone and the
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parallelepiped
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Detail of the connexion
between cone and
parallelepiped
10m
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Sezione e prospetto del 1
rivestimento in cotto:
1. sistema di ancoraggio 2
di Sannini Impruneta;
2. Cottostone Sannini 3
Impruneta utilizzato in
vari formati; 3. struttura
principal in cemento 4
armato; 4. profilo inox
verticale; 5. angolare
in acciaio il deflusso 5
dell’acqua.
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Dettaglio dell’ancoraggio
del rivestimento in mattoni:
1. elemento in cotto Sannini
di sezione trapezoidale; 6
2. elemento in cotto Sannini
a piastra 500x250x50mm;
3. profilo inox verticale;
4.profilo inox continuo di
appoggio del cotto; 5. piatto
inox satinato asportabile;
6. piastra inox mobile per lo
smontaggio del cotto.
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Vista interna all’edificio 8
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Detail of the section and
elevation of the covered
wall: 1. Sannini Impruneta
anchoring system;
2. Sannini Impruneta
Informazioni Information Cottostone brick in
Ascensori Thyssenkrupp Dongyang (Korea) different dimensions;
Elevators 3. concrete main structure;
4. stainless steel anchoring 1
system; 5. steel water drain
Brise-soleil Sunrex (Korea) tool.
Sun guard Samoo EMC (Korea) 8 2
Detail of the section on
Elementi d’illuminazione Erco (Germany), the covering: 1. Cottostone
3
Lighting elements Taekyung Lighting. co. ltd (Korea) Sannini Impruneta
trapezoidal bricks;
Elementi in laterizio Sannini Impruneta (Italy) 2. 500x250x50mm plate 4
cotto Sannini element;
Tile elements
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Pietro Savorelli
Pavimenti in legno Bembe (Germany),
Wood flooring Heehoon. co. ltd (Korea)