About 20 years ago, government held “the house expo” in GangNam and constructed this “expo town” of low-rise residences, and every site of this town were designed by selected architects who had been famous in Korea at that time.
Project name
Ga On Jai House
Architecture firm
IROJE KHM Architects
Location
Bundang-gu, Sungnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Photography
Sergio Pirrone, Jong Oh Kim, Jeong Sik Mun
Principal architect
HyoMan Kim
Design team
Kyung Jin-Jung, SeungHee-Song, SuKyung-Jang, JiYeon-Kim, EunJin-Sin, HyeJin-Kim, WooSin-Sim
Built area
Building area: 319.96 m². Gross floor area : 329.35 m²
Material
Structure: Concrete rahmen. Exterior finishing : Black zinc plate, white stucco, exposed concrete. Interior finishing : Lacquer, Wood flooring, perforated steel plate
Typology
Residential › House
IROJE KHM Architects: Pilot’s house, this newly-developed residential site is very close to Incheon International Airport. The owner of this house is young pilot’s family. They have settled down in this neighbor village of airport to live their flying-life of the future.
Project name
Flying House (Pilot’s House)
Architecture firm
IROJE KHM Architects
Location
Gyeongseo-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon, Korea
Photography
Sergio Pirrone
Principal architect
HyoMan Kim
Built area
137.29 m², Gross floor area : 194.77 ㎡
Construction
Moun construction
Material
Structure : Concrete rahmen. Exterior finishing : Dry-vit system, Painted aluminum sheet. Interior finishing : Exposed concrete block, Confloor, Vynil paint
Typology
Residential › House
In designing a design museum, we have aimed to create a place to celebrate the intersection between creativity and ingenuity of the human mind. Conceptually the practice of design arises from the tension between form and function, between tradition and innovation, it is the fusion between technique and curiosity, the recognition of ancient craftsma...
Project name
National Design Museum Sejong
Architecture firm
AIDIA STUDIO in collaboration with ArchiWorkshop
Location
Sejong, South Korea
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Lumion, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Adobe Package
Principal architect
Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Natalia Wrzask
Design team
Emilio Vásquez Hoppenstedt, Rodrigo Wulf Sánchez
Built area
14,514 m² + 5,328 m² (underground parking)
Collaborators
Local Design Representative: ArchiWorkshop: Su-Jeong Park, Hee-Jun Sim
Visualization
AIDIA STUDIO
Client
National Agency for Administrative City Construction (NAACC)
Typology
Cultural › Museum, Library and Archive
The main objective has been to transform an inward-looking, utilitarian warehouse into a state-of-the-art, carbon neutral facility which places the user and the visitor at the centre of the operations and experience of the building.
Project name
Pyeongchang Knowledge Hub
Architecture firm
AIDIA STUDIO in collaboration with ArchiWorkshop
Location
Pyeongchang, South Korea
Principal architect
AIDIA STUDIO: Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Natalia Wrzask
Design team
Emilio Vásquez Hoppenstedt, Rodrigo Wulf Sánchez
Collaborators
Local Design Representative: ArchiWorkshop: Su-Jeong Park, Hee-Jun Sim
Material
Facade: Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete Panels
Visualization
AIDIA STUDIO
Tools used
Rhinocerous 3D, V-Ray, Lumion, Grasshopper, Ladybug, AutoCAD, Adobe Package
Client
National Library of Korea
Status
Honorable Mention in an International Design Competition
Typology
Cultural; Archive, Library and Office Building
Located at Yangnam intersection, the 300m² site had a severely irregular shape as it had a strong corner of about 45 degrees to the roadside and five vertices. The physical scale within the legally permitted limits was reviewed, but it had a smaller height limit compared to the surrounding building
Architecture firm
Pilotis Architects
Location
81-5, Yeongdeungpo-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Principal architect
Bon, H. Lee
Design team
Park Hyeong Soo, Lee Sang Won
Collaborators
Seo Jae Ho (project manager)
Structural engineer
Harmonyeng
Environmental & MEP
MKcheonghyo
Material
Limestone, Glass
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUP, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Commercial › Office
Manuel Monteserin: A library that looks to the future by learning from tradition. This project seeks to maintain a balance between the traditional use of a library and the new uses demanded by contemporary citizens.
Project name
Songdo Library
Architecture firm
Manuel Monteserin
Location
Songdo, South Korea
Principal architect
Manuel A. Monteserín
Design team
Manuel A. Monteserín Lahoz, Lucía de Ancos, Virginia Herrera, Javier Simó, Ignacio A. Monteserín Lahoz, Aman Rai, María Mallo, Yeonghwa Choe
Collaborators
Show me The Project, Manu-Facturas
Visualization
Show me The Project
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max , V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Ilustrator
Typology
Cultural, Library, Public space
aoe: The concept of this library starts from understanding the true nature of this library that it will not only be as a landmark in a city, but the importance of its publicity that connects with their local citizens and tourists. Therefore, two key spaces were carved out to create a Reading Hall (towards the south-facing natural view) and a Commun...
Project name
The Library of SONGDO International City
Location
# 115-2, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon (in Songdo International City)
Principal architect
Larry Wen
Design team
Jichang Pan, Xiangting Li, Ye Wang, Ruixue Fan, Yu Lu, Zhiyu Chang, Chen Liu (Interior), Yawen Xue (Interior)
Interior design
aoe interiors
Structural engineer
Inhabitgroup, Arup Group Limited Façade
Material
Concrete, Metal, Wood
Client
Architecture Division. Yeonsu-gu office, Incheon-si, S.Korea Structure
Typology
Educational › Library
Turkish Architect Öznur Pınar Çer’s firm MASK Architects has designed ‘’The First Art and Photograpy Museum in the World which has taken a picture by itself‘’ in Seoul, Korea.
Project description by the architects:
Named ‘’ The First Camera Obscura Photographic Art Museum ‘’ we can think abo...
