Morphosis unveils designs for a new Korean American National Museum in Los Angeles

2019-08-08T15:41:00-04:00

Architecture firm Morphosis has unveiled its sleek and verdant designs for the new Korean American National Museum in Los Angeles.

The two-story building is topped by a "displaced landscape" made up of plants native to the Korean peninsula and California, including maple and pine trees and bamboo shrubs. Described in a project statement as "a piece of Korea grafted onto Los Angeles," the rooftop garden overlooks a courtyard building designed to reference traditional Korean Hanok dwellings, a type of residential architecture designed and sited in relation to its surroundings. In the cold northern regions of the peninsula, for example, Hanok houses can be square-shaped, an approach that helps to retain heat and block cold winds; The approach has been adopted for the new museum, which is arranged with a series of interconnected galleries, meeting rooms, and offices circling a central open space.

View of the museum's central courtyard. Image courtesy of Morphosis.

Renderings for the p...

Details into the Korean Peninsula’s “Crow’s Eye View” pavilion for the 2014 Venice Biennale

2014-05-27T20:29:00-04:00

In the Korean Peninsula's response to the 2014 Venice Biennale theme of rediscovering national identity through architecture, the "Crow's Eye View" pavilion explores the divided state of North and South Korea, and extends that discussion to the global state of architecture itself. The multi-themed pavilion uses architecture as a key to discovering new narratives of the peninsula's complex past, present, and future in an architectural and social perspective.

Find details of the pavilion on Bustler.

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Morphosis unveils designs for a new Korean American National Museum in Los Angeles

Details into the Korean Peninsula’s “Crow’s Eye View” pavilion for the 2014 Venice Biennale