Delight.WITH SCULPTURAL COR-TEN TRUNKS AND A WARPED PERGOLA pergola Garden walk or terrace typically formed by two rows of columns or posts roofed with an open framework of beams and cross rafters over which plants are trained. Its purpose is to provide a foundation on which climbing plants can be viewed and to give shade. , THIS BOOK MARKET IS A LIVELY LOCAL FOCUS We're all familiar with the simple urban pleasure of browsing around open air bookstalls looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. that elusive first edition. In Paju Book City, a town of publishing companies near Seoul, in South Korea, this pleasure is amplified by the unusual form and layout of a local book market. Designed by Seung H-sang, of Iroje Architects, it employs robust materials, including Cor-ten steel, in an unaffected way to create a lively civic focus. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Set on the first floor deck of a large and somewhat anonymous cultural centre, the market needed to promote its presence and draw in trade. This is achieved by an aluminium pergola supported on slim tubular columns that warps and cranks its way around the market. Periodically adorned a·dorn tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns 1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" Ronald Firbank. 2. with colourful colourful or US colorful Adjective 1. with bright or richly varied colours 2. vivid or distinctive in character Adj. 1. banners, its angular profile is highly conspicuous from street level. Books are displayed and stored in rectangular trunks of waterproof plywood plywood, manufactured board composed of an odd number of thin sheets of wood glued together under pressure with grains of the successive layers at right angles. Laminated wood differs from plywood in that the grains of its sheets are parallel. wrapped in rusty Cor-ten steel panels. When closed, their heavy, monolithic quality recalls a collection of Richard Serra Richard Serra (born 2 November 1939) is an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large scale assemblies of sheet metal. Serra was involved in the Process Art Movement. sculptures, but when open, they are transformed into enticing treasure chests, with books spilling out everywhere. The Cor-ten trunks vary in height, so the landscape of the book market becomes, in some ways, a scaled-down version of the urban skyline. Simple slatted timber benches provide respite from browsing. Animated with books and people, the market has quickly become a popular local landmark. C. S. |
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