JUNE PARK

June Park is a Spatial Designer based in Seoul.
She explores the sensory experiences of space through observation of societal topics, personal exploration, experiences, and research.

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Projects
Buffer-zone 2024
Gachi, sew the gap 2024
71’ of underground tunnel 2024
Madang in my back, my herniated voids 2024
A pupa in the city 2024
MINE Sensibility DATA-BLOCK mining space 2023

Space Planning
Tamburins Mong Flagship store 2023
Rakhee-alley 2022
Gachi, sew the gap, Makgeolli Bar 2021

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A Pupa in the City 2024
Various Media; Space planning, Sound interaction Furniture,Installation
Metamorphosing Urban Architecture in Seoul.
In seoul, due to many reasons such as rapid modernization, housing demands, urban renewal strategies, we can easily see reconstruction scene. When buildings are constructed in the city, materials like panels, fabrics, pipes, tarps, and nets are often used to signal construction for safety reasons, visibly creating boundaries between the site and the street.

All architecture, in this way, prepares its stage by showcasing the possibilities of space, layering itself into existence. Through panels, fabric, and nets, the potential of space emerges, and it feels as though a new life is being breathed into the space—like a pupa in cocoon preparing to transform into a butterfly.

This projects explores the phenomenon of urban reconstruction and the formation/structure of pupa, spatially interpreting the emotions and desires of modern city dwellers through the lens of personal experiences.

The wall of cocoon (2024) | Pupa in the city
Fabric, Ashes of my diary 1000*750

As an urban dweller, the contrast between tall, magnificent buildings and the worn-out construction sites covered with fabrics and nets felt like a pupa in cocoon preparing for metamorphosis. I wanted to become a caterpillar and enter this potential space—a pupa. In an environment that constantly pushes me to compare myself to successful others, I told myself: I am merely pausing to become a butterfly! Burning the diary filled with the secretions of my emotions, I surrounded myself in pupa covered with the walls of cocoon.

The Path to Pupa 2024
Space planning model 50:1

When a caterpillar is about to become a pupa, it selects a spot along a branch to form its cocoon. It secretes a secretion substance to create the protective cocoon, within which it transforms into a pupa. Inside the pupa, the caterpillar dissolves into a liquid state, preparing to emerge as a butterfly.

I viewed the shabby tarps and pipes covering reconstruction sites in the city as a potential image of a pupa in cocoon. By architecturally interpreting the formation process and structure of a cocoon by caterpillar, I designed a cocoon-like space for myself.

The Sound of Reconstruction, A Pupa in the City 2024
Video-_https://youtube.com/shorts/XpLA5ucEuck?si=YW7Z0hG40SCiKYUU
Steel pipes, Fabric, Safety net, Threads
1000*800*800