Who Are You School 2015

Welcome, sociologists, educators, and guests, to the Who Are You: School 2015 Campus Exhibition. This pavilion is a rigorous spatial analysis of the modern South Korean educational environment as depicted in the critically…

We commence our tour in the provincial town of Tongyeong, at the 'Love House' orphanage, the original home of the bullied twin, Lee Eun-bi. Architecturally, this space communicates chronic underfunding and social marginalization. …

We transition to the exterior environment of the Tongyeong bridge. This is a critical liminal space in the narrative, the site of Eun-bi's attempted suicide and the catalyst for the identity swap. …

Emerging from the darkness of the river, we arrive at the imposing main gates of Sekang High School in Gangnam, Seoul. This is the domain of the missing twin, Go Eun-byul. …

We step into the claustrophobic epicenter of the drama: the 2nd-year, Class 3 homeroom. While the exterior of the school projects grandeur, the classroom is a rigid, terrifying panopticon. …

Leaving the suffocating grid of the classroom, we enter the humid, echoing chamber of the school's indoor swimming pool. This space is primarily associated with Han Yi-ahn, the star athlete and childhood friend of the missing…

Our final destination is the school rooftop. In the architectural lexicon of Korean high school dramas, the roof is perhaps the most critical space. …

As we conclude our traversal of the Who Are You: School 2015 Campus Exhibition, we descend from the rooftop and exit through the formidable main gates. This pavilion has utilized architectural analysis to lay bare the brutal…