IntAR, Vol. 8; Water as Catalyst

Publication
In Interventions and Adaptive Reuse
2016-2017

Established in 2009 as the first American academic publication focusing on Design and Adaptive Reuse, the Int|AR Journal explores this inherently sustainable practice through multi-faceted investigations and paradigmatic examples. Encompassing issues of preservation, conservation, alteration and interventions, each peer-reviewed issue offers broad but distinct viewpoints on a single topic. Working side by side with the chief editors, Liliane Wong and Markus Berger, Sungkyu was the editorial and graphic design assistant for the Int|Ar Journal topic, "Volume 08: Water as Catalyst".

Volume 08: Water as Catalyst

We contemplate water in all of its many different manifestations. From Scarpa's poetic use of water in the redesign for the Foundation Querini Stampalia in Venice and Luis Barragán’s reflecting pools to Kraanspoor, the reuse of waterfront infrastructure in the Amsterdam docks, the Moses Bridge’s provision of access to a restored 17th century waterline, the reuse of torpedo stations in the Baltic Sea, lifted foundations and floating communities designed for rising sea levels, water has served as an inspiration, a material, a (destructive) force, an auditory experience, a catalyst for architecture and design.