Stacey Frost Interviews Re:Store Winner: Jiyeon Song
“if our urban Re:Vision can be transplanted in a city block,
it can be cultivated on a larger scale.”
1.  What sparked your interest in participating in a Re:Vision competition?
I was very exited to be part of this project, which will change our planet with great thinkers, innovators and creative people. At the same time, I wanted to build my project or integrated my idea in architectural space in public place to make city green with other’s great idea.
2.  Were you inspired by nature?
Definitely. As a media designer and artist, I have always been surrounded by high-tech savvy. It, paradoxically, gave me enlightenment that technologies should be used in the context of embracing nature. This is why I started the One Day Poem Pavilion, which has such core values as eco-friendly, low-tech, nature time and meditation by utilizing Sunlight into messages without any electricity.
3.  What do you think of the scale of a city block?
A great start for realizing urban Re:Vision. In a typical urban environment, within a block people may find all the needs of his/her daily living. It means that if our urban Re:Vision can be transplanted in a city block, it can be cultivated on a larger scale.
4.  Do you have a background in design?
Yes, I do. I studied graphic and media design and have relevant working experience in both South Korea and United State.
5.  What in your opinion is the next step for developing the design of your winning entry? Different materials? Prototypes?
As a part of this Dallas project, my heart is building the first permanent the One Day Poem Pavilion, which delivers a value of nature to busy urban life.
Since the techniques, which used for the One Day Poem Pavilion can be used in different shapes of structure and messages, I am keep developing and designing other shape of structures.
6.  What is the one idea you wish someone would come up with?
Hope to get the ideas of how to build the One Day Poem Pavilion as a public art around the world with specializing in cultural and social background.
7.  Can you see your idea integrating with other ideas from previous competitions, and how?
The idea I used for the One Day Poem Pavilion is not only harmoniously mingle with urban environment as a sculpture, but also can be integrated into architectural space to generate messages with natural light source. This idea can be used for facade of building, Advertising, Bus shelter, Bench and so on. It will enrich experience in specific site and also it make our environmental alive.
8.  Which of our Re:Visionaries do you admire most? What would you ask them if you had the opportunity?
Re:Visionaries are awesome. I admire their thinking forward to future. I would like to meet and talk with Eric Corey Freed and other architects or designers to talk about how my project and ideas can be integrated in architectural space.
