DDD_MUSEUM
This project envisions an art museum that traces the trajectory of Korean literature from the 1970s to the 1990s while simultaneously engaging with the histories of Islamic cultural exchange in Central Asia. The museum was conceived not merely as a site of display, but as a spatial construct capable of offering comfort and resonance, akin to the Silk Road’s role as a conduit for cultural interaction and diasporic connection. More than an institution of preservation, it operates as a platform that interrogates and blurs cultural boundaries—where Islamic and Korean traditions meet, and where the temporal layers of modern and traditional practices are brought into dialogue.
This project envisions the establishment of an art museum purposefully conceived to rigorously trace, critically analyze, and interpret the intricate cultural exchanges between Korea and Central Asia, operating as a dedicated platform for the systematic exploration and nuanced representation of historically marginalized ethnic narratives. Concurrently, the project undertakes a methodical examination of the historical trajectory of Korean literature from the 1970s through the 1990s, positioning it within the expansive framework of Islamic cultural interactions across Central Asia, thereby facilitating a multidimensional and theoretically informed understanding of transregional cultural dynamics and the interrelations between literary production and historical processes.
This project proposes a monumental exterior composition that simultaneously embodies structural veracity and cultural depth. It emphasizes the primacy of materials and structural clarity, presenting form not as a product of decorative intent but as a direct outcome of structural logic. The identity of Islamic architecture is reinterpreted through its intrinsic structural language rather than decorative reference. The diamond pattern functions as a spatial framework that generates both order and openness, and this structural design is underpinned by inherent necessity. Every architectural gesture emerges from structural and cultural logic, eschewing superficiality. Ultimately, the building is conceived as an open system—a architecture of potential—where materials, structure, and identity continuously negotiate and redefine one another.
