HISTORY MUSEUM Architectural Concept

  • Historical Museum
  • Historical Museum
  • Architectural Concept

Architectural Concept

Bird's-eye view
Key points of planning
    • "Becoming the new center of
      Gumi-si"

      • Gumi-si is leaping forward as a central city for
        research on President Park Chung Hee,
        and the planned site is a place to remember President Park Chung Hee
        as an area of abundance, prosperity, and hope,
        which is the center of the park project around his birthplace.
Design concept
  • FUNCTION

    Revitalizing the original function

    • The President Park Chung Hee Historical Museum is a space where education, exhibition, and storage take place simultaneously. For more convenient and smooth viewing and management of collections, it was designed considering the convenience of visitors and its role as a historical museum.
      • Design considering users and functions
  • COMMUNITY

    Becoming a connecting bridge

    • The President Park Chung Hee Historical Museum is located between President Park Chung Hee's birthplace and his statue, serving as a medium connecting the two. Also, the view open to the Nakdonggang River connects people and nature.
      • Role as a medium connecting the birthplace and the statue
      • View open to the Nakdonggang River
  • MOTIVE OF ELEVATION

    Containing tradition

    • The President Park Chung Hee Historical Museum was designed by embodying the eaves of traditional Korean houses. The roof, which resembles eaves characterized by the beauty of curves, contains the beauty and significance of Korean tradition.
      • Embodiment of eave curves
  • MEANS OF MATERIAL

    Moving forward

    • President Park Chung Hee takes the form of moving toward the future. It reflects our lives that have developed from the past to the present and expresses a progressive image reaching out to the world.
      • Reflecting our lives developed on the foundation built by the older generation and expressing a progressive image moving toward the world