Keyword: Artificial Inteligence, Spatial Database, Spatial Modeling, Web Developement, Data Analysis
Design
Competition Urban Operations x Studio In Loco
Awards
Honarable Mention
Honarable Mention
The Library in the Woods reimagines the civic role of architecture within the ecological fabric of an urban park. Positioned within a cultural landscape surrounded by athletic courts and recreational grounds, the project proposes a library that becomes both an anchor and an extension of the public realm. The design leverages existing hardscaped zones—soccer and basketball courts, and an open-air amphitheater—to minimize land disturbance while reinforcing the park’s civic spine.
Four planning strategies guide the intervention: consolidating the library footprint within developed surfaces, extending the building’s edge to maximize its interface with nature, densifying vegetation to strengthen the park’s ecological buffer, and integrating pedestrian and vehicular circulation into a continuous urban loop. Together, these moves redefine the library as infrastructure—part building, part landscape, part public threshold.
Architecturally, the project negotiates two contrasting urban conditions: the infrastructural edge and the forested interior. The northern entry from the parking lot addresses the civic frontage, while the southern elevation opens to the park through layered terraces and canopies that filter light and blur spatial boundaries. The façade’s horizontality echoes the park’s topography, creating transitional spaces where reading and recreation overlap.
The library’s massing organizes the site into two distinct urban landscapes: an active zone—comprising parking, sport fields, and community amenities—and a contemplative green zone enveloped by trees. Toward the active side, the structure forms a defined edge; toward the forest, it dissolves into a gradient of terraces, paths, and plantings, fostering spatial permeability and visual continuity.
Ultimately, The Library in the Woods envisions a new typology of urban library—one that is both civic and ecological. It positions architecture as a mediator between city and landscape, transforming the Munsan Base Library and Cultural Park into a cohesive urban-ecological system where learning, leisure, and environment coexist.