Cafeteria of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju

The office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju was built in 1961 to serve as the main hall (offices, library and classrooms), Henry Hall (dormitory) and cafeteria of Daegeon Theological Seminary. It was designed by an Australian priest whose name is unknown, and is notable for the way its buildings are organically linked to one another through a basement level. Daegeon Theological Seminary subsequently became Gwangju Catholic University, then the Gwangju Catholic University Lifelong Education Centre and the Gwangju Catholic Lifelong Education Centre, and since 11 August 2014 the buildings have served as the office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju. The Cafeteria of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju was built as the cafeteria of Daegeon Theological Seminary. It has a reinforced-concrete structure with exterior walls built up in red brick, and, as with Henry Hall, its flat roof has a channel formed inside the parapet around its edge, with water supplied over the slab — a technique that suppresses the rise in the building's temperature in summer.

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Where it is

Region

Seo-gu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산