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Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Asia Culture Center

ACC Archive & Research Permanent Exhibition — Archive of the Establishment of the Asia Culture Center: Forest of Light

This exhibition defines the concept and meaning of the architectural design of the Asia Culture Center, presenting the journey of how it was built for over a decade.

ACC Archive & Research Permanent Exhibition — Archive of the Establishment of the Asia Culture Center: Forest of Light
  • DateFrom Nov. 23, 2022 (Wed)
  • Time(Tue–Sun) 10 AM – 6 PM
    (Wed & Sat) 10 AM – 8 PM
    * Closed on Mondays
  • PlaceEstablishment Archive Room, ACC Archive & Research
  • Age LimitAll ages
  • Price Free
  • TicketFree admission
  • Contact+82-1899-5566

About
Archive of the Establishment of the Asia Culture Center
Forest of Light
The Asia Culture Center (ACC) was established as the main facility for the Hub City of Asian Culture Project, built on the site of the old Jeollanam-do Office, the last location for the resistance movement of the May 18 Democratic Uprising.

The ACC was designed to place the existing building that is a footprint of the May 18 Democratic Uprising in the center, and locate the ACC facilities on the basement floor.
The upper part of the facility is designed as an open-air park with square windows that allow sunlight to enter the building during daytime, while artificial lighting light up the park at night.

< Forest of Light > is an exhibition to introduce the key concept and significance of the designing of the ACC and how it was built for over a decade. The architectural design of the ACC has a symbolic meaning of its establishment, which shows architectural features and philosophy of the architect as well. The process and time of concepts demonstrated through spaces and completed through a system is implicitly shown through the design material donated by Architect Kyu Sung Woo.
We hope this exhibition gives you an in-depth understanding of the ACC architecture.
  • PeriodFrom Wed, Nov. 23 *Permanent exhibition
  • LocationEstablishment Archive Room, ACC Archive & Research
Concept of Architecture
Memory
The ACC is a cultural facility with a symbolic significance as the old site of Jeollanam-do Office, requiring architectural interpretation on “memory” and “commemoration.”
Therefore, new facilities have been built underground along the boundaries of the preserved building. This has resulted in leaving the existing building that holds the memory of the May 18 Democratic Uprising above ground in the center.

Photo: Courtesy of Jang Jae-yeol; May 18 Democratic Uprising Archives
Citizen's Park
Big cities in Korea that have undergone rapid modernization and urbanization lack green areas and are therefore in need of parks. This was the motivation for creating a park on the rooftop of the Asia Culture Center. This is also the highlight of the design of the establishment. The park is designed to serve as a green hub, connecting with Gwangjucheon Stream, Sajik Park, Pureun-gil Park, and other existing parks of the city.
The Citizen’s Park is open to everyone as a public space with democratic features.

Courtesy of Timothy Hursley
Externalized Courtyard: Asia Culture Plaza
The preserved building is the visual and symbolic center of the Asia Culture Center, but the actual center that embraces the whole establishment is the courtyard. This courtyard looks quiet and internalized like a typical Asian courtyard, but it also holds public and dynamic features that can be seen in Western courtyards.
Citizens gather in this courtyard through different paths and then move to different cultural facilities as they wish. This courtyard also enables citizens to perform external activities of each facility. It is an open plaza and the center of citizens’ activities
Forest of Light
“Forest of Light” is the concept of the ACC. “Light” is a symbolic subject in all spaces and an architectural factor that is specifically recognized within spaces. The basement floor is designed with a bamboo garden and ceiling and a sunken garden that enables natural light to come in.
Artificial light is passed through the same lighting window at night to show a different scene of lights. This creates a moderate and original ambiance of the ACC.

Courtesy of Timothy Hursley
About the Architect
Kyu Sung Woo
Kyu Sung Woo was born in 1941 in Seoul. He earned Bachelor’s and Master's degrees in Architectural Engineering at Seoul National University. In 1967, he moved to the U.S. and continued his studies in architecture at Columbia University. In 1970, Woo was awarded with a Master's Degree in Urban Planning at Harvard. In 1978, he served as the president of Woo Williams, and established Kyu Sung Woo Architects in 1990.

His main works include the Seoul Olympic Village Apartment, Whanki Museum, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas, and the Harvard dorm. Woo received the Ho-Am Prize in the arts section supported by Samsung Foundation in 2008 and a Harleston Parker Medal in 2012.
Interview with the Architect
Program
Special Lecture
Wed, Nov. 23, 2022 at 3 PM
“The Story of the Architecture of the Asia Culture Center” Yoo Woo-sang (Professor, Chonnam National University)
The concept design model of the Asia Culture Center was created by the Kyu Sung Woo Architects. All design modifications were applied in this model for research and revision.

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