South-Korea-based Haeahn Architecture, in collaboration with New York?s H Architecture, has won the competition to design a new K-Pop Concert Hall in South Korea. Organized by the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, the competition sought proposals for the renovation of the existing 1988 Olympic Gymnastics Arena, which is located within the Olympic Park in Seoul, Korea.

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South-Korea-based Haeahn Architecture, in collaboration with New York?s H Architecture, has won the competition to design a new K-Pop Concert Hall in South Korea. Organized by the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, the competition sought proposals for the renovation of the existing 1988 Olympic Gymnastics Arena, which is located within the Olympic Park in Seoul, Korea.The arena not only holds historic significance with its role in the 1988 Olympics but is also ?the premiere cultural performance venue of Korea,? with its location inside one of the largest man-made public parks in Korea.
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The design of the new K-Pop Concert Hall ?was developed with the goal of establishing a new programmatic identity while preserving the historical and symbolic significance of the existing structure and façade as much as possible," said the architects in a press release. 

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The project will utilize the majority of the existing struc...