Pusan Film Festival to Get New Home

The city of Pusan has it’s sights set on making a huge complex for the Pusan International Film Festival:

The Pusan International Film Festival has selected Austria-based Coop Himmelb(l)au’s design as the winning entry for its 430,000 square-foot PIFF Cinema Complex and urban plaza in Pusan, South Korea. The firm, led by architects Helmut Swiczinsky and Wolf D. Prix, envisions a structure with a swooping, curvaceous roof that will act as a film screen on both surfaces. Images can be projected from below for visitors inside the complex to view, but also from above so that they appear on the roof for viewers to enjoy from the surrounding structures.

Prix explains, “the roof is not only a roof but also a flying building, so to say.” The building will include six cinemas, an exhibition hall, and an entry plaza that allows guests to arrive by boat. The project will also include a valley, a small canal park, and a red carpet zone and walk of fame.

Maybe it is just me but this monstrosity just looks weird and ugly. Plus what are they going to do with this thing for the rest of the year when the film festival isn’t going on?