MMCA Gwacheon

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"Attitude to listen to space"
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I finally came I procrastinated saying that I should go every time, and now it doesn't seem like I'll have enough time, so I set off. It was about an hour away, but an hour from Seoul is not too far away, so I arrived at the Grand Park Station with a pounding heart as usual. 10 minutes from the station to the museum on the map. But in reality it was much further away. In fact, I found out that the famous elephant train existed when I was out of the space. Still, a story that was completed by walking directly from the station to this place became the subject of this article, and the labor was a good experience.
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The approach to architecture. There are two main ways to enter the building. One is to drive to the underground parking lot and take the elevator to the lobby, and the other is to walk into the building. The architect designs the building and the surrounding landscape. In other words, we are thinking about what kind of experience we can give to users who use the building, but we also think about what kind of experience we can give to the moment they enter the building. So the former is not a good way for those who visit to experience the building.
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The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, is quite large and has several parking lots and various access roads. Among them, this is the route I recommend. For those who climb on foot, when you see the parking lot of the museum, we recommend that you go through the parking lot and go back gently, rather than turning around. Also, I would like people who drive cars to park in the museum's dedicated parking lot rather than the campground parking lot located deep inside the museum and follow the gently curved line to enter the museum.
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As you walk along the gently curved road, you can see the entrance and the cool straight line of movement, and although it is not actually symmetrical, you can tell the moment you see the building, which is laid out in a balanced way based on a cylindrical building. It means that all of this was the architect's thoroughly calculated intention. It can be said that this is the result of arranging the building to face south, but that opinion is not valid here as the museum needs to face north and there are no obstacles to block the light. The biggest reason was the weight that the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon had to bear.
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The Gwacheon Museum holds the longest period of time among contemporary art museums. Since it was officially opened in 1986 under the title of 'National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,' for the first time, the media and citizens were very interested in it. Nam June Paik, an artist representing Korea’s modern and contemporary history, created a work for the main exhibition building of Gwacheon, and on the ceiling above it, ‘We built a hall that will shine in the development of our art here, and I put it up on a beam in honor of today’s good day. The inscription reads, 'Develop to the fullest.' It can be guessed that the weight of the Gwacheongwan must have been considerable.
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I tried to express such a sense of weight with majesty and dignity, so that intention was reflected in the way of entry and expressed in the exterior materials that make up the building, and even more so in the exhibition hall of Nam June Paik’s work and the long three-story main exhibition hall. . The building converges to one intention. So, from the moment you enter the building, your thoughts are connected until you experience the space, creating a solid story. That is why I always choose the latter method among the methods of entry into architecture. In order to properly listen to the story that someone has prepared.
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*Currently, Nam June Paik's 'Many Wicks' is in a trial run for six months. So, supporters are installed around the work. I can't fully appreciate the work, but the supporters covering the work don't look too bad either.
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#A space that gives you a good _experience
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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 313, Gwangmyeong-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
Daily 10:00 - 18:00 (Closed on Mondays)