the result is a proliferating obsession with technology, consumption and a focus on the image rather than the essence. ![]() today there is not only an ‘overload’ of information, and public opinion is easily swayed and strategically manipulated through this crushing flow, but social networking sites use constructed images of false subjectivity and fabricated objectivity to feed consumers a simulacrum of their own feelings as if deeply personal and inescapably true. The control of information has always been the key to power, and with the evolution of information technology, this is the case more than ever. Intro: causes diagram (click image for larger version) not only are we technologically upgrading the bunker by creatively reconfiguring and redefining it, but through an unorthodox architecture programme, challenging visitors to engage and question their civility, social empathy and perceptions, by interrogating their behaviour and role as individuals within the community and more importantly in relation to each other and to the surrounding environment. what we are proposing is to transform this exceptional site into an unconventional ‘machine’ for social repair and cathartic self-introspection. this presented itself as the perfect opportunity to test and strategically challenge what we believe to be a rampant social issue. neglected for the past several decades and registered as a structure for storage, it is now the object of an urban regeneration project. In mulmangol, a small town sitting at the foothills of hwangnyoengsan mountain in busan, south korea, there is a unique urban site, an underground bunker facility, part of which existed since the japanese colonial era, and the rest constructed in 1968 as a military operations facility. curious to find out more? read on in the words of the architects themselves… inspired by dante alighieri’s epic poem the divine comedy, the architects decided to approach the project - which is set inside a bunker in south korea - from three different angles: inferno, purgatory, and paradise. ‘marketed as the ultimate journey/game, it has been reverse engineered to offer the possibility of a deep metamorphosis, one where the importance does not lay just in the experience but more in how each individual interprets and understands their ‘journey’,’ says cainer. Architect matteo cainer has revealed images of a speculative research project that he and his team have been developing.
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