A room to gather

Look closely before drawing the next line.

Wooden desks inside an empty university lecture hall

How repeated furniture and natural light shape collective attention. Reference photograph by Changbok Ko at the University of Seoul; used to discuss spatial composition, not as a practice commission.

Light · repetition · gathering

Repeated desks organize attention. A shared route through the room must also make space for different bodies and different ways of learning.

Prepare a spatial brief

Original conceptual adjacency diagram. Not a measured plan of the photographed building.

MATERIAL BOARD

Three samples, one note.

Drawn samples for talking about the study, not a specification of the photographed building. Choose one to carry into your brief.

Choose a sampleM1Oiled oak desksWarm to the touch; repeated, the desks read as one shared surface.M2Lime plasterA soft white that spreads daylight evenly across the room.M3Cork floorQuiet underfoot, so attention stays with the room.