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This building's facade will be recycled when it is demolished

“We intended to reinterpret the possibility for the boundary of the wall using new materials.”

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SITUATED ON A nondescript street corner in South Jeolla Province in South Korea, this building is home to a facade that will be recycled when the building is demolished.

The concept is the work of artist and architect Hyunje Joo, who used 1,500 lightweight plastic baskets to finish the outside of the building.

He told TheJournal.ie that the plan was to change the perception of what an exterior wall had to be.

“We intended to reinterpret the possibility for the boundary of the wall using new materials.

“As a flexible architectural element rather than a fixed element, tbe wall consists of 1,500 semi-transparent baskets. This surface minimizes the separation between the inside and outside, light and silhouettes beyond the space show through.”

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Throughout the day, the light coming through the baskets alters the diffusion and silhouettes, something that Joo was keen to exploit.

“The surface of the wall changes over time due to the interreflection-reflection of material.

“Time stimulates the inside of our senses and more actively intervenes between spaces.”

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Part of the appeal of the project was the ability to recycle the materials and use them again, says Joo, who has trained and worked between Korea and Germany.

“When the building is demolished in two years, the baskets can be reused. And this idea could be expanded on.”

According to his website, Joo’s architecture practice “works within the disciplines of architecture, art and design”.

“We view every new opportunity as an exciting challenge. The result of this process is a unique and tailored design, remarkable and relevant in equal measure.

“We are deeply curious about how thoughtful design can make people feel, and the positive impact it can create.”

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    Jan 8th 2024, 9:10 AM

    Dense drivers ain’t gonna help either.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 9:28 AM

    Heavy fog on way to work. Of the 100s of cars I saw only 2 had fog lights on. Talk about dense – in every sense of the word!

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    Jan 8th 2024, 10:14 AM

    @Patrice Ahern: I Hope they turn them off when fog has lifted

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    Jan 8th 2024, 10:26 AM

    @Philip Murphy: that’s the problem, some don’t. You regularly see some thickos have their front fog lights on 24/7, no matter the weather. Maybe they think it makes them look ‘brighter’ (I’ll get my coat) in

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    Jan 8th 2024, 10:29 AM

    @Patrice Ahern: If you can see the cars ahead without the foglights, foglights are not needed. It’s really dense to use foglights on bumper to bumper traffic blinding everybody behind you where you can see the queue ahead anyway.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 11:18 AM

    @Sami Hentunen: Correct, fog lights should be used like full headlights, turn them on and off as required but that won’t happen…

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    Jan 8th 2024, 12:57 PM

    @Patrice Ahern: I’d hazard a guess they weren’t driving any slower than usual either.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 9:07 AM

    Never mind the fog it’s an ice rink in Navan, move over ice man of 2010…. there is a new kid in town….me lol ouch

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    Jan 8th 2024, 9:01 AM

    No fog here in West Cork and all Priority 1 and Priority 2 roads gritted. Well done to Cork Co. Co!!

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    Mute Denis Conroy
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    Jan 8th 2024, 11:17 AM

    @Sean O’Dhubhghaill: How did Cork Co Co get rid of the fog? Please let us know, don’t be keeping all the secrets in Cork

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    Jan 8th 2024, 10:15 PM

    @Denis Conroy: Maybe they sold it on eBay?

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    Jan 8th 2024, 2:58 PM

    My favourite part of the article was tonight is described as “very cold” by met eireann .. just had a vision of fr ted talking to dougal

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    Jan 8th 2024, 10:37 AM

    I live in Dublin and there was no fog or frost this morning

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    Jan 8th 2024, 12:01 PM

    @Gerry R: Good job you told us!

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    Jan 8th 2024, 4:39 PM

    @Gerry R: the sea breeze rose the coastal temperature above freezing

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    Jan 8th 2024, 10:45 AM

    This is the time they won’t turn on their fog lights.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 1:02 PM

    Everyday is a fog day in my head.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 5:16 PM

    Tipping minus 8 for last few nights in w cork. Just about made 2degrees for an hour and heading south again. The light showers today will make roads lethal by 8pm. For God’s sake stay at home and only travel for emergency. Your worth it.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 2:56 PM

    I’m working from home tomorrow, thank god. I almost broke my neck on numerous occasions this morning.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 9:18 PM

    @Gavin Gray: Slow down my man,there’s no need to go at break neck speed.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 10:16 PM

    @Gavin Gray: Get ice grips at least, it’s lethal underfoot without them.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 10:23 PM

    @F Fitzgerald: Hi FF,good to see ya again. Well,that broke the ice

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    Jan 8th 2024, 3:31 PM

    You wouldn’t be long getting frost bit.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 9:17 AM

    Coldplay. It was all yellow.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 7:14 PM

    jaysus it’s called winter.. natin to do with klimaat change..

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    Jan 8th 2024, 9:30 PM

    Children in Gaza sleeping in DIY tents. How cold is that? israel

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    Jan 8th 2024, 4:47 PM

    @Barry Williams. Those sheep are cold, the one’s over there are far far colder.

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    Jan 8th 2024, 9:16 PM

    @P. V. Aglue: It’s nice to have a happy ewe near

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    Jan 9th 2024, 1:43 AM

    Snowing in my part of Wexford now… 0145

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