Archinect - News2024-12-19T03:48:14-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150436191/kengo-kuma-s-new-seoul-audio-museum-opens-as-an-architectural-instrument
Kengo Kuma's new Seoul audio museum opens as an 'architectural instrument' Josh Niland2024-07-10T14:37:00-04:00>2024-07-15T19:30:15-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bf/bfc4964972b75d84969494e3ea596bcb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/6132/kengo-kuma-and-associates" target="_blank">Kengo Kuma and Associates</a> has inaugurated what could be this year’s most interesting new cultural project, the new Audeum (or Audio Museum) in Seoul, South Korea, following a two-year construction period. </p>
<p>The world’s first museum experience dedicated to sound is approximately 2.4 million square feet and supports sensory healing while offering visitors a unique experience of both its architecture and exhibitions in a design that's meant to evoke the forest canopy surroundings it appears to be a metallic natural outgrowth of.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/72/7286f86874778d10d67bf3737a98c651.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/72/7286f86874778d10d67bf3737a98c651.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Namsun Lee</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ef/ef66540b9326df198c5673f696a1c05e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ef/ef66540b9326df198c5673f696a1c05e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Namsun Lee</figcaption></figure><p>The design team describes it as a "place where you can not only see but also experience sound firsthand. [...] it is not just a place to listen to sound; it is an architectural instrument that returns humans to a natural state, allowing them to experience the five senses of the body."<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6dbcf1a0f46e3aca9f740beadbf4376b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6dbcf1a0f46e3aca9f740beadbf4376b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Yongbaek Lee</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c6/c6c0bc88dc96e9d2208965569dfc504c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c6/c6c0bc88dc96e9d2208965569dfc504c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Namsun Lee</figcaption></figure><p>The idea for its establishment can be credited to Korean acoustics equipment s...</p>