Dutch atchitects MVRDV have won a competition to design a city centre for Gwanggyo, a new town south of Seoul, Korea. The design will be one of two centres envisioned for the future new town, a self sufficient city of 77,000 inhabitants located 35 km south of Seoul. The Gwanggyo Power Centre will comprise housing, office, culture, retail, leisure and education spaces. “This diverse program has different needs for phasing, positioning and size,”say the architects. “To facilitate this all elements are designed as rings. By pushing these rings outwards, every part of the program receives a terrace for outdoor life.” Box hedges are planted on the terraces and roofs of the buildings, which are intended to improve ventilation, and reduce energy and water usage. Atriums within each tower create lobbies for housing and offices, plazas for the shopping centre, and halls for the museum and leisure areas.
Like OMA, MVRDV attempts to find a simple solution to justify the complex relationship between program and users. This may work at a conceptural level, but life simply isn't that simple and masterplanning affects people, not just doodles on a piece of paper.
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