Mimesis Art Museum

Álvaro Siza + Carlos Castanheira + Jun Sung Kim · 2009

ArchitectÁlvaro Siza + Carlos Castanheira + Jun Sung Kim

Year2009

LocationPaju, South Korea

Coordinates37.7168° N, 126.6889° E

TypeCulture · Museum, Architecture · Museum Building

StatusMust Visit

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About this place

Álvaro Siza's curving white concrete museum in Paju Book City — a sculpted volume wrapped around a courtyard, lit by carefully controlled daylight.

Completed in 2009 for the publisher Open Books in Paju Book City, the Mimesis Art Museum by Álvaro Siza with Carlos Castanheira and Jun Sung Kim is a white, curving concrete building that folds around an inner court. Its galleries are lit indirectly through high openings, a lesson in Siza's handling of light and form.

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