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#LightAndShadow

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Project • By AEV ArchitecturesMemorials

Mangyeong Church Martyrs’ Memorial

Memories Built Upon Erased Traces Mangyeong-eup, Gimje, where a typical Korean rural landscape unfolds. Located on a low hill in a country village, where time seems to have long stood still, this project is a memorial to honor Pastor Kim Jong-han and 15 congregants of Mangyeong Church who were sacrificed during the Korean War. A chronic difficulty in commemorating war victims is the complete lack of physical traces, such as personal belongings or records. Therefore, the project set out with the fundamental problem of the "reproduction of memory," because memory is formless and multivalent. The design opts to confront this troubling history through evocative sensory experience within its spaces rather than the reproduction of materialized f... More

Project • By LFSNMemorial spaces

RePax Chapel

This chapel, located within the cemetery of Mazzarino, is conceived as a place where everything is designed to evoke introspection and peace. The architectural layout follows the existing site footprint, with interior space defined by the subtraction of volumes—a direct result of a construction system that allows for no alternatives. Caption The openings adhere strictly to the geometry of the voids, serving to bring natural light, fresh air, or access into the building. The main entrance, crafted from perforated metal, leads directly to the center of the chapel, where visitors are welcomed into an extremely clean and minimal space. Here, the geometry is defined by the lines of the tombstones and the coffered ceiling. Caption... More