Park Taejoon Memorial Hall

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Architecture, being the act of building structures on land, requires an understanding and interpretation of the land, skills our ancestors had in abundance. They revered nature, choosing locations for their homes based on the terrain's elements. This can be seen in the seemingly non-systematic placement of buildings in Changdeokgung Palace, a result of reading the messages given by the land and accommodating the structures accordingly. This respect for nature runs in our blood, as I felt while experiencing the Park Tae-Joon Memorial Hall. The hall, located in Imrang Village in Busan, is humbly situated, blending in with the other single-story buildings in the area and the sea nearby. This place invites you to step into a different world. A world where two pine trees bring balance to the garden, and a corridor encloses the garden presenting only the sky, tree, and land allowing concentration on nature. The reason for the unconventional shape of the building and the two pine trees holding balance in the garden has to do with the trees that have stood here for decades and the architect's intent to focus on nature.