Saya Park Pavilion public sequence axonometric
The Saya Park Art Pavilion by Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira is located in Gyeongsang province, South Korea. The whole structure includes galleries and a library, and the art pavilion is a part of a bigger project in the park that also includes an observatory and a church. The architects aim the audience’s experience of the art pavilion to be as if entering a sculpture among nature and mountains of South Korea.
The architecture emerges from the ground and expands its form, absorbing the visitor into the world of art and nature, allowing people to experience space, light, time, and eventually the beyond by incorporating thresholds, windows, balconies, and finally an external view of the infinite nature beyond.
The architecture emerges from the ground and expands its form, absorbing the visitor into the world of art and nature, allowing people to experience space, light, time, and eventually the beyond by incorporating thresholds, windows, balconies, and finally an external view of the infinite nature beyond.
Plan and Section views
Form Analysis
Alignment
Proportions and focus points
Light
Hierarchy of spaces
Compression and release
The building focuses on the human experience of spaces, light, and shadow, thus making the art pavilion itself a piece of artwork, while also connecting with the surrounding nature.
Spaces and Sequence
Leading to the sequence diagram, the axon reveals connections with the incorporations of nature to the compression and release experience. Acting as release elements, nature is starting to be framed by the structure, incorporating the sky, trees, and mountains as a part of the artwork.
Compression and release Connections with nature
Public sequence axonometric
The final sequence is introduced by the forest pathway into the high concrete walls, then as side walls guide one further into the space, the walls one confronts can diverge the paths creating new routes and varying the experience. The final destination may be the large end opening of the building, bringing exterior space and nature in, offering a view of the beyond, connecting with the entrances and this architecture that seem to be emerging from the ground, which creates a full cycle of the experience.
Sketches and 3D model
Sequence study sketches
Digital 3D model
