The Independent Collective
Joshua Tan Seh Kiat & Caleb See De Kai
The project as a North Korean resort investigates how power can be projected through the transference of knowledge. Even as its borders open, the North Korean state will seek to establish its sovereignty on the international stage. A health and wellness resort is proposed to reinforce the state’s autonomy, positioning the state's ideologies as an alternative to the high stress and materialistic nature of its capitalist neighbour. The spatial organisation focuses on the solitude of the individual and how it can agglomerate into the collective and be repeated on multiple scales, starting from the individual resort room to that of the entire structure.
Situated on the Hwanghae Loop and one of the many gateways to access Pyongyang from the South, the project is in view of an optimistic future for North Korea, where the hermit nation eventually opens up to trade and tourism.
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