Competition winner
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Busan Cinema Center
Busan, South Korea
Photo © Armin Hess, ISOCHROM
The design by Coop Himmelb(l)au for the Busan Cinema Center, and home of the Pusan International Film Festival, suggests a new intersection between public space, cultural programs, technology and architecture to create lively and vibrant landmarks within the urban landscape as icons of contemporary culture.
Photo © Armin Hess, ISOCHROM
The concept envisions an Urban Plaza of four overlapping zones including an Urban Valley, a Red Carpet zone, the Walk of Fame and the PIFF Canal Park.
The zones are formed by highly recognizable building objects housing the project functions. These objects include the Cinema Mountain, the PIFF Hill, the concourse Double Cone and the outdoor amphitheatre BOWL.
Roof elements acting as a Virtual Sky connect the objects and zones into a continuous, multi-functional public urban space.
Photo © Armin Hess, ISOCHROM
Media, technology, entertainment and leisure are merged in an open-architecture of changeable and tailored event experiences. The result is a responsive and changing space of flows acting as an urban catalyst for cultural experimentation and transformation.
Total area: 40,000 square meters
Client: P(B)usan International Film Festival Organizing Committee
Architects: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Wolf D. Prix & Helmut Swiczinsky & Wolfdieter Dreibholz
Book
Wolf D. Prix & Coop Himmelb(l)au:
Get Off of My Cloud/Texts 1968 - 2005
By Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinky, Martina Kandeler-fritsch
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers
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Coop Himmelb(l)au arcspace features
December 5, 2005