韓國清州市政廳
Infra-monument 是一個虛構（敘事？）提案，由兩所北京的建筑設計事務所——也似建筑和青亭建筑建筑——合作完成。該競賽是由韓國清州市政府發起，旨在為忠清北道首府清州市設計一座全新的市政廳。該提案被描述為“虛構性（敘事性）”而非“構思性（解決性）”，是因為該設計的目的并非基于需求而構思一系列解決方案，而是“醉翁之意不在酒”，意在通過項目承載和展示設計師的想法和理念。
如何為這樣的一座城市設計一個象征？清州城市中心是一片不斷延展的“地毯”，由數不清的、尺度相近的建筑組成——是它們賦予了城市街道以謙卑的尺度。由于很明顯缺乏一座有力量的紀念物，清州對未來的雄心似乎只能由一座‘超尺度’的巨大雕塑來彰顯。然而在二十多年后，是否‘畢爾巴鄂效應’還能夠使一座城市變得更好？畢竟，清州本身的美來自這樣一個事實：這是一座大眾的城市。它均質化的外表下是多元的內核。‘日常的平庸’恰恰是最應被保存下來的品質。清州的市民們就是這座城市的象征。有鑒于此，新的市政廳將是一處“生產”象征的空間，而非讓自己成為“象征”。它將是這座擁擠城市的“留白”，擁有可以聚攏所有人的尺度。它是一處場所，而非一個物體。它既莊嚴又隨和。它渴望被以最為有創造力但又不合時宜的方法所占據。它激發靈感和行動。這是一個由千萬顆跳動心臟構成的新城市核心。
為了能夠形成這樣的空間，市政廳和市議會綜合體將作為一處鼓勵事件生長其上的基礎設施-就如同長滿真菌的大樹。城市空間與建筑體量難分彼此，消解了城市開始與結束的邊界。場地呈現出以下各具特色的“地理”景觀：北側是“山”，南側是“高原”，而中央是“平原”。它們以不同的方式探索著人體與地面的關系。當被視為一個整體時，它們創造了一種‘域外感’，讓場地有了一種迷人的神秘特質，吸引城市以各種方式與其互動。
設計單位：也似建筑+青亭建筑
項目名稱：韓國清州市政廳
設計主題： INFRA MONUMENT
主持建筑師： 羅韌、趙耀、葉青（青亭建筑）、周亭婷（青亭建筑）
設計團隊： 王楠、張春棟
用地面積：28459㎡
建筑面積：53972㎡
設計時間： 2020年3月
項目狀態：入圍榮譽提名
KOREAN CITYHALL
Infra-monument was a collaborative fictional project by Beijing based YES Architecture and QYTT Architecture. The project was a response to the competition announced by Cheongju City for a new city hall facility. The project is intentionally described as “fictional” rather than “speculative” as its purpose was not really to speculate about a set of solutions to a demand, but rather it was a carrier of certain thoughts and ideas which needed a place to manifest.
How can a symbol be designed for such a city? The city’s downtown area is a scrawling carpet, composed by similar sizes’ buildings- which are mostly low-rise that give the streets modest scale. The absence of a dominant monument is almost too obvious. It seems only a proper ‘over-sized’ sculpture can fit the city’s ambition. Yet it is skeptical whether if the city will be a better place just adapting ‘Bilbao Effect’ once again two decades later. After all, the beauty of Cheongju is the fact that: THIS IS A CITY FOR MASS. A city of diversity hidden under the skin of homogeneous. The ‘everyday-ness’ quality is exactly the quality that cry to be preserved. Symbol for Cheongju is symbol for its residences. To reflect this very beautifulness, the new city hall project will be a space that produce symbols, rather than symbol produces space. It shall be a ‘void’ in this congested town, which is large enough to bring all souls together. It is a place, not an object. It is ceremonial yet informal. It urges to be occupied, in perhaps most creative but inappropriate way. It provokes ideas, and actions. This is a new core for Cheongju, one with thousands beating hearts.
In order to shape a space as such, the city hall and city council complex will become infrastructures that allow events grow upon- as a tree to fungi. Urban space is intertwined with building volumes. The beginning and end of city space will vanish. The long site’s geography will be that of ‘Hills’ at north and ‘Plateau’ at south, with a ‘Plain’ in the middle. Each offer distinguishes image and atmosphere. Each explore exciting relationship between land and human bodies. Together, they create an almost ‘otherworldly’ feeling, giving this site an enigmatic character that allowing the city to act upon in various fashions.
Architect: YES.ARCH+ QYTT ARCHITECTURE
Project Name: Cheongju New Cityhall,S.Korea
Design Motif: INFRA MONUMENT
Principals in Charge: Luo Ren、Zhao Yao、Ye Qing(QYTT)、Zhou Tingting(QYTT)
Design Team: Wang Nan、Zhang Chundong
Site area: 28459㎡
Floor area: 53972㎡
Year: 2020.3
Status: Honorary Nomination
