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Jindo Sanhaedogyeong Observation Tower
Competition, 3rd prize
Design 2025
Jindo Sanhaedogyeong Observation Tower begins by capturing the terrain where mountain and sea, island and sea road intersect, and by choreographing that variability into a synaesthetic experience of crossing the sea road. Each level is assigned an independent hierarchy of views, precisely organising the observer’s gaze as a continuous narrative formed by three overlapping frames: the coastline’s horizontal panorama, the due-east sunrise, and an elevated outlook surveying the sea road’s trajectory.
The project is structured around three primary axes—the sea-road axis linking Modo and Hoedong-ri, a horizontal scenic axis parallel to the shore, and a due-east axis receiving sunrise—which together define the massing logic and integrate sea, islands, and mountains into a layered experience. Fragmented and aligned to these view corridors, the volumes operate as spatial instruments that capture the coastline, island silhouettes, the flow of the sea road, and the mountainous backdrop from varied angles and heights; their misaligned stratification evokes the temporality of thresholds and the sea road’s rhythm of emergence and disappearance.
Roofs extend into outdoor terraces, alternating interior framed borrowed views with open-air inhabitation to accumulate multiple landscapes across levels. Calibrated to the visual scale of the coastal road, a light mass that resonates with the ridge line and a projecting upper volume secure legibility, while vertical segmentation reduces scenic load. Circulation unfolds three-dimensionally with changes in elevation: the lower level draws in the expansive horizontal foreground, the middle level receives sunrise, and the upper level aligns with the sea road’s path to complete the site’s viewing axis.
Architects : Narrative Architects
Lead Architects : Sihong Kim, Namin Hwang
Location : Jindo, Republic of Korea
Results: 3rd prize
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