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'City Scales', International exhibition, Seoul, Korea - From furniture, to building, to city plan

This 'solo' exhibition featured design as research projects by the Architecture Research Unit. The Lonchel Gallery in Seoul invited ARU to make an exhibition as part of their continuing series of international design and architecture events such as an exhibition of Alvaro Siza, Portugal, graduates of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, etc.

Philip Christou was responsible for the selection of exhibition material, organisation with the gallery personnel, and design of the exhibition in collaboration with Florian Beigel and the Architecture Research Unit.

The title ‘City Scales’ refers to the focus of the exhibition. Projects were selected at a range of scales from furniture, to building, to city plan, all having a quality and making a contribution to urban civility, decorum and generosity. The intention is to make clear to the viewer that the space of the ‘city’ is being designed not only in urban design projects, but also in building design and interior design projects. Similar spatial concepts are employed. Design research sketches, models, texts and drawings were laid out on long specially designed tables that had an explicit building-like quality, arranged like a small urban composition.

This was the first extensive exhibition of ARU works in Korea. Korean and European projects were brought together. The exhibition installation design was made by ARU. An exhibition pamphlet was available at the gallery and posted with the invitation to the public opening.

Location: Gallery Lonchel, Seoul, Korea, 20 August - 19 Sept. 2009. Exhibition review: Lim Jong Up. 'Architecture is a gift to vitalise our community', Hankyoreh Daily Newspaper, Seoul, 27th August 2009.