Pumasi is a traditional form of communal labor in Korean agricultural society. Korea's traditional ‘mutual help’ spirit, Pumasi, is to represent that the ancestors regarded the fellowship and affection as being more important than rational calculation. In order to resolve two social issues of Sari-myeon, the ‘Intergenerational Program’, adopting the Korean traditional Pumasi form and exchanging positive effects between the two generations, is proposed.
If intergenerational program is started, various social roles will be assigned to the first generation of seniors in Sari-myeon, and the ‘Sense of Ownership’ of the village and community will be developed. In addition, this voluntary ownership will become the driving force to make the program to be sustainable even without the auxiliary human resource. At the same time, the third-generation children in Sari-myeon can strengthen their social adaptation ability by experiencing the social relationship and emotional ties through interaction and contact with the elderly.
This architectural project, Pumasi, becomes a sustainable intergenerational integration methodology which can develop a strong bond between different generations by forming the ‘Community of generations’ out of the existing family unit community.
Intergenerational Program
The Senior Center and the Junior Center are separated physically, but the ‘Multi-purpose Hall’, where the intergenerational program is provided, will give the functional connections. The framework of the whole space will be configured in order to maximize the contact with other rooms by utilizing the multi-purpose hall as a central space. The events occurring in the multi-purpose hall will give vitality to each other through the contact with different spaces and the exchange of five senses.
Open-ended Facade
Sense of ownership is the most needed to make the intergenerational program sustainable. For the effective expression of ownership, a sense of responsibility and attachment should be acting along with the social role. It is aimed that the residents have the ownership of the building itself and 'the Community of Generations' associated with the building by assigning roles to them in the facade design. The ‘Open-ended Facade’ is the creating process of the skin wraps around the intergenerational program.
Existing structure
Existing facade
Site Plan
