Project Name: Contained Space
Location: Changwon, South Korea
Size: 1,320 sq-m
Status: Design Development (2020)
Architect: Suk Lee, Dawon Lee
Project Description:
The construction of the second new port of Busan Port in Changwon is being promoted under the English name ‘Busan New Port’. The architectural design for the site, which already has a huge container dock in front, was carried out with the concept of ‘CONTAINED SPACE’. There are various architectural examples using containers, but most of them are fragmentary application cases. Most cases are container homes that emphasize the appearance of containers on the exterior by studying stacking methods, or focus on the interior.
CONTAINED SPACE is a space designed by harmonizing steel-concrete structures and container structures, and is a design work that studies the effects of containers and light on space. The 20FT container acts as a light well that illuminates the first floor space, and the 40FT container increases the height of the second floor space, adding a grand sense of scale and emitting light at night, expressing the unique charm of this architecture.
The view of CONTAINED SPACE from nearby apartment residents and relatively tall buildings was also considered in the design, and a landmark element was added through the combination of the huge text found on the container and square shapes of various sizes.
