“Heterogeneous Harmony” © 2026, Park Soyun

This artwork visually explores the extreme formal and chromatic contrast between urban and rural forms. The composition divides the forms of both regions equally, allowing them to be seen at a glance and maximizing the stark visual contrast effect. XPS and acrylic paint were used to clearly express the forms of the city and countryside. Ultimately, this work confronts the urban-rural imbalance facing modern society through extreme visual contrast. Based on this, it aims to harmoniously integrate the strengths of both domains—the efficiency of the city and the sustainability of the countryside—to explore a future-oriented new form of coexistence.

Park Soyun is a student at BC Collegiate, Korea, interested in how different lifestyles shape architectural spaces and human environments. Through photography and material-based work, she explores the tension between urban and rural, tradition and modernity, and appearance and reality.

Her works—including Heterogeneous Harmony, Extinction, Hidden Facade, and The Flow of Roof Tiles—examine imbalance, disappearance, and hidden instability within contemporary spaces. At the same time, they seek new forms of coexistence by combining contrasting materials, structures, and perspectives.

These works connect to the themes of hope and possibility by proposing that even within conflict and loss, new relationships can emerge. By reimagining the coexistence of city and countryside, tradition and modern materials, the work suggests that the future is not fixed but open to reconstruction and integration.