{"id":3031,"date":"2025-08-05T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:12:41","slug":"kengo-kuma-and-mad-among-architects-creating-walls-of-public-life-at-seoul-biennale-of-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/kengo-kuma-and-mad-among-architects-creating-walls-of-public-life-at-seoul-biennale-of-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Kengo Kuma and MAD among architects creating Walls of Public Life at Seoul Biennale of Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architecture studios Kengo Kuma and Associates<\/a>, MAD<\/a> and K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture<\/a> and designer Stella McCartney<\/a> are among 24 designers chosen by Thomas Heatherwick<\/a> to create walls for the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each studio will create a piece of wall measuring 2.4 by 4.8 metres for the Walls of Public Life installation, which will stand alongside a separate 90-metre long twisted wall decorated with text and images.<\/p>\n

The finalised 24 walls will be shown at Songhyeon Green Plaza in Seoul and include a wall by South Korean studio Nameless<\/a> made from stone and broken brick, Di\u00e9b\u00e9do Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9<\/a>‘s communal structure made from Korean pine and a wall that’s being constructed live by Burkina Faso village artisans.<\/p>\n

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Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9’s structure will be made from Korean pine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“These amazing Walls of Public Life are a giant, joyful clue that the outsides of everyday buildings could be so much better,” said Heatherwick, who is the general director of this year’s Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I want the public to take them as a real challenge to the bland, soulless surfaces of buildings that normally get imposed on us all,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“And I want developers to see the huge variety of walls and think, why couldn’t some of that apply to a building I am working on? Why stick with what we’ve got, when something like this could transform our experience of living in cities?”<\/p>\n

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A balcony features on Moreless Architects’ facade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other materials used for the walls, which aim to evoke an emotional response from passers by, will include mushroom and resin. The walls will also play with colour and texture.<\/p>\n

“I imagined walls not as barriers but as bridges,” K\u00e9r\u00e9 said. “One wall will be crafted from Korean pine, a material rich in local history and symbolism.”<\/p>\n

“The other will draw from the building traditions of Ti\u00e9b\u00e9l\u00e9, interpreted through Korean clay,” he added. “Together, these two walls speak to a shared human story, reminding us that architecture is rooted in connection and community.”<\/p>\n