MAZE
Sunho (Tim) Kim (Nationality: Republic of Korea, Institution: Cornell University)
Ji Yoon (Kelly) Lee (Nationality: Republic of Korea, Institution: Columbia University in the City of New York)
University that is:
A MAZE.
About finding your own way
Infinite
Diverse
A journey for life
University that has:
No time
No professors
No limitations
No end
This space is designed for true learning and self-searching. The MAZE is a higher educational space created by a vision that LEARNING should be about finding yourself, finding your own way.
The MAZE achieves a careful balance between the individual experience and the collective learning. It takes you through a personal journey that is enriched by different layers of encounters — from analog style books and libraries to natural spaces to high-tech assisted galleries. In the midst of being lost, the paths become your own guidance, and the open spaces allow for interactions with the diverse other learners you will meet in your way. Through others, you will NOT be instructed but be inspired and informed.
Variations of circular spaces represent and allow for infinite search for knowledge you desire. After all, education should be endless, a never-ending journey towards knowledge and improvement.