Suh Architects: 4Habitats

Using 160 layers of Spunbond, Suh Architects designed for Kolon Corporation 4 ‘habitats’ of repeated human profiles that evolve and transform.

4Habitats is the coalescence of Kolon Corporation’s vision to establish its global identity and Suh Architects’ awe of its kaleidoscopic range of industrially-produced materials.

Known domestically as Korean outdoor gear brand, Kolon Corporation is also a producer of flexible fibers.

Suh Architects decided to create space from Kolon’s materials themselves in their raw, massive state. They also shed their assumptions about plastics. Everywhere and nowhere, plastics offer utility, endurance, affordability, convenience. Spunbond was their material of choice. Printed off the roll and hung, 160 layers of Spunbond create 4 ‘habitats’ of repeated human profiles that evolve and transform, one person at a time. Each explores the range of selves we inhabit as solitary and social beings. These habitats are transportable and reconfigurable, designed to adapt to its host venue.

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Suh Architects, 4Habitats

Suh Architects, 4Habitats

Suh Architects, 4Habitats

Suh Architects, 4Habitats

Suh Architects, 4Habitats. Spunbond Art Film

Suh Architects, 4Habitats: "One to Only"

Left: Suh Architects, 4Habitats: "One to Only". Right: Suh Architects, 4Habitats: "One to Many"

Suh Architects, 4Habitats: "One to Higher self"

Left: Suh Architects, 4Habitats: "One to Higher self". Right: Suh Architects, 4Habitats: "One to Infinity"

Suh Architects, 4Habitats: "One to Infinity"

Suh Architects, 4Habitats

Suh Architects, 4Habitats. Spunbond Furniture Workshop

Suh Architects, 4Habitats. Spunbond Furniture Workshop

Suh Architects, 4Habitats. Diagram

Suh Architects, 4Habitats. Diagram

4Habitats, Beijing, China (2014/04/25~05/04) and Seoul, South Korea (2014/06/27~07/06)
Program: temporary installation
Architects: Suh Architects / KyungEn Kim
Design Team: Eulho Suh, Kwangchul Byun, Janice Wong, Jwagyum Kim, Mijung Lee, Sera Lim
Consultants: Marcel Bilow, Ulrich Knaack, Holger Techen, Thomas Auer
Art film Production: Imagebakery / Sound by Simon Pyke, Freefarm
Documentary Film Production: Imagebakery / Direction by Hein Seok / Sound by Woody Pak, Chaos Music
Exhibition: Cheil Worldwide
Fabrication: Cheil Worldwide
Client: Kolon Corporation

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