MMCA Gwacheon

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The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon has shown power and majesty architecturally. However, now such intents and expressions do not match the current generation. Architecture has already grown grand, flaunting every aesthetic. Now, to captivate people bored with grandiosity, it starts infiltrating everyday life as small, unobtrusive elements. Architecture, once exclusive to a privileged few, is now accessible for anyone to experience and enjoy. Subsequently, everyday objects are promoted as having the power to dramatically change life. Apple proclaims its products are the most grandeur and superior to everything in the world. Consequently, objects are increasingly appealing as gigantic, whereas architecture strives to become smaller and friendlier to people. It must be so. At an age overflowing with ways and information to easily enjoy architecture, perpetuating the architectural approach of the old-generation architects who had to lead Korean architecture after the Korean War to today's generation, is improper. Gwacheon, unlike the stubborn oldies, is striving to become an insider, capable of aligning with the current generation. The two spaces unfolding in the newly renovated circular exhibition room converge on the word 'rest'. The garden uses the vegetation of the surrounding mountains and fields as its main materials, and its interior allows one to sit around and appreciate the vegetation. In spring, the place becomes a hotspot for butterflies and birds, and a rest area that many people visit as a space that relieves the tension that had been stiffened with dignity and majesty. It has the power to attract people as an insider, not an oldie.