Tadao Ando Designs Subterranean Concrete Gallery for Antony Gormley Installation at Museum SAN
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Summary
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has designed a subterranean concrete gallery for British sculptor Antony Gormley's permanent installation at Museum SAN in Wonju, South Korea. The gallery features a 25-meter-wide dome with a central oculus and is conceived as both a work of art and an experiential site. The installation includes Gormley's cast-iron figures and represents a collaboration between the architect and artist to create an immersive space for viewing sculpture.
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Conceived by Ando and Gormley as 'both a work of art and an experiential site'
the gallery comprises a 25-metre-wide subterranean dome crowned with a central oculus
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