{"id":8976,"date":"2003-12-15T10:42:35","date_gmt":"2003-12-15T01:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/?p=8976"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:42:13","slug":"chungwoon-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/chungwoon-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Chungwoon Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pjtText\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The floating mass of light represents the image of an open church spreading the Gospel in all directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spiral-shaped mass and the outdoor deck extending from it form a continuous space that rises from the site and ascends toward the sky, symbolizing the church\u2019s pastoral policies of growth and mission. The light, transparent, amorphous mass\u2014which appears to float atop the massive base\u2014serves as a visual focal point and a nighttime landscape feature. The diverse architectural vistas visible from both inside and outside the building, as well as from the city, facilitate the church\u2019s expansion into the urban fabric and foster a connection with its surroundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sought to preserve the 30-year-old ginkgo tree at the site\u2019s entrance as an architectural element and to reinterpret the materials of the existing church in order to reconnect with the church\u2019s historical legacy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"8978\" src=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/2003_Chungwoon-Church_slide_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/2003_Chungwoon-Church_slide_01.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/2003_Chungwoon-Church_slide_01-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"8979\" src=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/2003_Chungwoon-Church_slide_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/2003_Chungwoon-Church_slide_02.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/2003_Chungwoon-Church_slide_02-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The floating mass of light represents the image of an open church spreading the Gospel in all directions. The spiral-shaped mass and the outdoor deck extending from it form a continuous space that rises from the site and ascends toward the sky, symbolizing the church\u2019s pastoral policies of growth and mission. The light, transparent, amorphous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,15,28,66,20,21,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2000s","category-projects","category-religious","category-seoul","category-year","category-type","category-location"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}