1988
World Peace Gate
평화의 문
byKim Chung-up[K.C.U.](kim choong-up)· 김중업
Kim Chung-up's last work, completed posthumously for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The soaring red-and-blue canopies in Olympic Park reinterpret traditional Korean eaves at monumental scale.
Drawing Sheet
- Project
- World Peace Gate
- Architect
- Kim Chung-up (1922–1988)
- Year
- 1988
- Location
- 송파구, 서울
- Coords
- 37.5184° N · 127.1156° E
- Style
- Korean Modernism
- Status
- extant
- Access
- Open to public
Plan your visit
- Hours
- Olympic Park open daily 05:00–22:00
- Admission
- Free (Olympic Park entry)
- Nearest station
- Olympic Park Station (line 5), exit 3
- Korean address
- 서울 송파구 올림픽로 424