2008 the 7th space prize for international students of interior design
Theme IT + Ecology Project ......
Jury
Jeon, Shi-hyoung, Jeon associate

 
EXCELLENT PRIZE
SEED_growth space
KOREA
Choi Kyung-cheol, Choi Jin-man, Lee Hyun-seoung_Kyunghee University
 

 

Remember Pinocchio? Created as a wooden figure, he becomes a human being. By learning to move, he begins to develop an understanding, becoming almost human with his understanding of human emotions. This is what the next-generation space of Seed Growth is all about. As we grow from children to adults, we are influenced by and influence the surrounding space.

The space evolves so that it fits the people, each with his or her unique personality, and the surrounding environment. That an inhuman object can grow appears to be magic. But with the possibilities presented by today's technology, that magic is not far-fetched. It may be manifested through the IT products that we are currently using.

The micro-sized devices contain an unimaginable amount of data, facilitating movement and exchange. The data so contained represents more than a mere aggregate of data. The IT products also hold my time and memories. Purchased as simple objects, these products become part of my life, as the data generated from me holds the emotions and records of my life at certain moments. And each product has unique characteristics. From the products that appeal to and enable the five human senses, we can see the manifestation of many different seeds.

Each seed has a different set of movements, in accordance with the manifested characteristics. It could be only one seed germinating, or two or three different seeds germinating at different axes and forms. The seeds germinate independently, but are connected with each other through interaction between humans and environment, generating movement in other seeds, creating flexibility and diverse space.

Such movements of seeds have been specified and implemented here within a limited scope, called the one-person settlement space. A number of seeds are changing and growing according to the daily lifecycle of a woman. The changes come slowly, not in reaction to momentary stimulation, but as accumulation of a person's lifecycle, eventually creating a sustainable space for a person.

In a broader sense, the space grows with a person's whole life, storing information along the way. In the end, it reverts to one seed, becoming a space, like the urn that contains the information of the person it grew with.