Shinsegae’s Uijeongbu Store ‘S Garden’

프로젝트의 배경
(주)신세계는 의정부 인근지역에 가족이 함께 즐길 수 있는 문화 공간이 부족하다는 사실에 주목하고, 새롭게 들어설 백화점의 옥상정원은 기존의 단순한 휴게나 시설위주의 공간이 아닌 보다 특별한 가족 문화를 담는 공간이 되기를 원하였다. 프로젝트는 재미 설치미술가 서도호와 미국의 건축회사 올슨쿤딕사에게 공동으로 의뢰되었고, 정원 전체가 발견과 탐험으로 가득찬 통합된 미술품이길 바랬던 서도호의 의도와 올슨쿤딕사의 동화적 상상력이 더하여 ‘어린이를 위한 비밀의 정원’이 제안되었다. 특히, 올슨쿤딕사는 모셰 세프디Moshe Safdie가 설계한 LA 인근 유태인박물관 Skirball Cultural Center 내의 어린이 놀이공간인 ‘노아의방주Noah’s ark’를 기획하면서 생활용품을 활용하여 만든 재미있는 동물모양의 놀이/체험 시설들과 작품들을 지역 미술가와의 협업을 통해 구현한 바 있었다. 올슨쿤딕사의 이러한 경험은 더욱 발전되어, S Garden 계획의 바탕이 되었다.

조경설계의 컨셉
설계 개념인 ‘시크릿 가든Secret Garden’은 프란시스 버넷의 동명 동화에서 영감 받은 것으로, 아이들이 오르거나, 걷거나, 통과하면서 발견할 수 있는 다양한 숨은 공간들로 이루어진 ‘50가지의 발견50 discoveries’이라는 개념에서 출발하였다. 정글과 같은 숲, 예술적으로 형상화된 동물들과 추상화된 경관들, 기타 흥미로운 정원 시설들을 통해 아이들의 상상력을 끊임없이 자극할 수 있는 어린이를 위한 비밀의 정원을 조성하고자 하였다.

Landscape Architecture _ Olson Kunding Architects(Schematic Design), Be·Oh ENC Landscape Architecture(Design Development, Construction Documents)
Construction _ Be·Oh ENC Landscape Architecture
Be·Oh ENC Landscape Architecture Team _ Choi Jae Hyuk(President), Kim Hyun Min, Park Jeong Ah, Lee Beom Soo, Park So Yeon, Oh Tae Hyun(Design), Seon Kwang Nam, Cha Yong Joon(Construction)
Location _ Uijoengbu-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Area _ 2,121㎡
Completion _ 2012
Photograph _ Be·Oh ENC Landscape Architecture
Editor _ Son, Seok Beom
Translator _ Ahn, Ho Kyoon

Shinsegae Group noticed that there is shortage of leisure and cultural space in the city of Uijeongbu and its neighborhood, and hoped that the rooftop garden of a newly constructed department store building could function as some distinctive space for family activities, rather than just an ordinary venue for fun and enjoyment.
In addition, Do-ho Suh intended to create a garden which is an integrated landscape architectural work of art full of discoveries and explorations, with Olson Kunding Architects’ fairy tale imaginations added, leading to a suggestion to build ‘secret garden for children.’ What is noteworthy is that Olson Kunding Architects has participated in the planning of Noah’s Ark, a play space for kids at Skirball Cultural Center near Los Angeles, which was designed by Moshe Safdie. The company used household items to create animal-shaped facilities for playing and experiencing. Its previous experience has contributed a lot to constructing S Garden, an outdoor version of Noah’s Ark.

Concept of Landscape Design
‘Secret Garden,’ the fundamental design concept was derived from the fairy tale of that name by Frances Burnett, starting with the idea of ‘50 discoveries’ composed of a wide array of hidden spaces where children can climb, walk, run, and discover. It was the original intention to construct the secret garden for kids, which can constantly inspire them and enhance their imaginative power with jungle-like forest, artistic animals, abstract landscapes, and other interesting elements of the garden. The design of the major features were based on the 10 traditional Symbols of Longevity: pine tree is translated into forest, sun into shade, crane into Sotdae, a pole signifying a prayer for a good harvest, water into fountains, mountain into climbing facilities (tree house and abstracted topography), cloud into fog fountain, deer into animal-shaped sculpture, and so forth. These features became varied and more detailed as the project developed.

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