Meditation Pavilion: Scientist Path

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) celebrates 50th Anniversary of Scientist Path 

 'Meditation Pavilion', designed by Architect Lee Jung-hoon.

 Present is Gift from the Past.  

 The Pavilion named Meditation is an inspiring space. Scientists ponder silently on the path in mankind's advancement.

A monumental cube is 3,650mm in 3D, which reflects KIST's Backward 50 and Forward 50.  

The words of  renowned scientists and Dr. Choi Hyeong-Seop, the first director of KIST are carved on Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Panels. 

by WITHWORKS, Sungjin Kim, CEO

Client: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyDesign: Joho Architecture, Jung-hoon LeeContractor:  WITHWORKS, Digital Architecture Association, HanPil E & C

 Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it. - Thales

Eureka! - Archimedes

Necessity is the mistress and guide of Nature. - Leonardo da Vinci

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination, Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

- Albert Einstein

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

- Issac newton

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

– Stephen Hawking

Values and Virtues of Researchers

Shall not be deceitful in their studies. Shall not obsess over acquiring wealth.  Shall live every minute of the day as an honorable researcher.  Shall be devoted to research than title. Shall be concerned about what they don’t know rather than boasting about what they know.

- Hyung Sup Choi, First President of KIST