We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer cre-te about their original and creative Complex Cultural Space design work. cre-te is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original complex cultural space works.
cre-te ("Cre-te") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work I Park The Urban Complex Cultural Space . Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
Cre-te : It started with New York's Central Park as a motif. From the actions in the park to the skyscrapers surrounding it, I wanted to bring the empirical aspect and the constructive logic of the space. The result actually implemented contains a variety of lifestyles enough to talk about cents as miniatures of parks.
Cre-te : In Korea, we often use the word ‘slipper area’(a neighborhood in the heart of it all). It means an area where you can wear slippers and live. New York Center wanted to realize a one-stop service space that can lead a variety of lifestyles in a miniature place in the park, and we are proud to have created more than 90% of it. This can be achieved with the active support of the client and the constant efforts of our team.
Cre-te : The project is still 15 months away from completion. Maybe in 15 months, I will experience and use this space myself.
Cre-te : I started this project in 2017, and even in the process of changing the business owner, I was able to continue working on this project. I think it was a rare opportunity. It took 5 years to complete the concept and plan. If you think about the point of completion of the building, you can see that it has invested 7 years in the project. It can be said that there is no project in Korea with a planning period like this.
Cre-te : This project, which has a complex program, was carried out by myself from planning to design. The client has provided active support in many areas in this area. In the end, we were able to come up with a design and marketable result.
Cre-te : As answered in other question, I like Daniel Libeskind's design. The design of this project is a completely different design in the larger context, but I think I borrowed some elements.
Cre-te : I don't think there is a similar project in Korea, but from the point of view of a complex project, I think it is the largest 'park' in Korea.
Cre-te : The spatial brand name of the project is ‘Park the Urban’. It is intended to remind you of New York's Central Park, which was used as a motif, and to apply this much sky park to the city center in Korea, a high-density city beyond New York.
Cre-te : My company solved all the design and technical aspects, and collaborated with a medium-sized architectural design office on the scale of the project.
Cre-te : A large-scale survey was conducted to analyze business feasibility and define user characteristics and targets. Consumer preferences for central commercial facilities near the site were investigated, and such objective data were actively utilized in project composition. The program's composition and MD also utilized these data.
Cre-te : There is a large multiplex in the program, and an office of 60,000 py(198,350㎡) is formed on top of it. A lot of time has been devoted to structural review to address this. And consumer preference and market analysis for office sailing is also a part of the effort.
Cre-te : Since domestic awards target completion of construction, we decided to submit it to leading overseas awards that prioritize design. It was also because it took too much time to wait for these achievements until completion. We also decided that it would be a great help in promoting Cre-te's design skills.
Cre-te : The effort of one or two people is not enough to design a space of this scale. Of course, there were numerous participants, and it was also difficult to lead them. It seems that there are over 70 actual participants. Leading and materializing the design required the ability to bring the team together, so I think I was able to learn how to control myself as well.
