The Gardens And The Sculptures Of The Museum San By Ando Tadao, Wonju Korea
Something different from other architectures in the museum San was there were two gardens in this museum.
As soon as entering into the museum, you can find the small garden.
The sculptures were displayed there.
As Passing through the main building, there was a large garden.
This garden was not like usual garden.
The garden was filled with the round stone piles.
And there were also some sculptures among those stone piles.
Those stone piles reminded me of the tombs of Shilla dynasty in Gyeong ju.
I thought that Ando Tadao intended to make the most korean mood in this garden.
So he tried to move the tombs of Shilla dynasty to this museum.
I think the reason why Ando Tadao made these backyard garden bigger than front garden.
According to Korean Architecture tradition, the backyard garden was bigger than the front garden.
Ando Tadao must’ve had a profound understanding of the Korean traditional Architecture.
In this respect, the museum San seemed the synthesis between the contemporary and the tradition, and between the artificial and Nature.
Moreover, as passing through this backyard garden, there is James Turrel’s mystical Hall.
It was strictly prohibited to take the photos in James Turrel’s hall.
Only what I could show you is a corridor to the hall.
You can experience the mystery of the lights in his hall.
The theme of museum San, Mystery, was completed at the hall of James Turrel.
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The place looks really great .. Thanks for your amazing photos
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Modern sculptures, trees, and ancient suggestions are perfectly blended in this beautiful garden. These images are very interesting.
The two gardens look really brand new compared to museum. The tombs are made of stones. That is quite different with our tradition.
your travel photography is awesome....truly the museum sculptures are very beautiful...thanks for sharing
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An interesting museum visit, @slowwalker.
Ando Tadao chose to exhibit these sculptures in a garden setting making use of natural elements and light.
But the setting is also artificial, as are all gardens, and in this case, the back garden is very minimalist using stone piles perhaps reminiscent of burial mounds as you remark, or possibly berms.
Berms are traditionally used to direct water flow into swales where the water is held, but in this case, the berms break up the flat topography and direct the observer to certain perspectives where sculptures can be viewed from certain angles.
It is a subliminal technique for managing perspective and certainly one I'd use if displaying sculptures outside in a garden setting.
The weather adds an unpredictable element as well ensuring that each sculpture is gradually revealed and under varying conditions.
Architecture is always about light
Have a good day, my friend.
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Beautiful sculptures. That abstract art seems to have new meaning.