International Competition Winner of Government Building in Sejong City / Tomoon Architects & Engineers

Oct 2011

By Christopher Henry — Filed under: Awarded Competitions ,Office Buildings ,Public Facilities , Republic of Korea, Sejeong, Soo-youl Lee + Gurlim Architects, Tomoon Architects and Engineers

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main view rendering

The 3-1 Zone of Government Building in Sejong City is a symbolic gate of the central administration town. The Urban Gate, where nature and citizen are together, and the Urban Plaza, which anybody can freely use, are planned for here. It is designed as a comfortable and cozy resting place shaped after nature. It will be used for various events including festivals and various culture and art activities. In terms of urban scale, the linear shape of existing master plan had been maintained.

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A green network, which will be the communicative community space, is created by linking the Jangnam Plain and the green axis in the suburb of Sejong City. In terms of block scale, a grand arch, which expresses the open communication between government and people, and an open square, linked to the grand arch in organic way, are provided. They express the symbolism of Office of Legislation and the Committee of People’s Right and Benefit, who put people’s happiness on higher priority. In terms of architectural scale, the building was designed as an environment-friendly building, which is generous to nature, environment and people, and saves energy by way of passive architectural shape. Regarding the facade, the smooth characteristic of Korean Line is expressed by way of the flow of traditional Korean silk. The facade pattern flow is more than simple formative design. It secures optimum energy economy by way of the Smart Green Facade. The sizes and angles of window are applied differently dependent of the sunlight simulation in the Smart Green Facade.

Text provided by Tomoon Architects & Engineers.

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Architect: Tomoon Architects & Engineers + Gurlim Architects
Location: Sejeong, Korea
Principal Architect: Yeol Park
Project Team: Moon-young Ko, Jae-jin Kim, Hong-bae Kim, Jeong-un Hwang, Jin-i Lee, Jin-ho Shin
Engineering: ARUP International Limited
Site area: 36,629 sqm
Site for Sport Area: 36,078 sqm
Bldg. Area: 7,513.57 sqm
Total Floor Area: 56,500.39 sqm
Landscape Area: 16,907.50 sqm

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* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

Cite:
Henry , Christopher . "International Competition Winner of Government Building in Sejong City / Tomoon Architects & Engineers" 22 Oct 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed 24 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/177572>

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Damian Erro says:

luv it

# October 22, 2011 at 12:41

up_today_arch says:

uhmmmm…. China going to be coolest country, speaking about architecture?….

# October 22, 2011 at 14:48

Albert says:

A. This is not China. It’s S. Korea
B. This is not cool architecture. It’s cool renderings
Oops :)

# October 22, 2011 at 22:45

gerson says:

A BIG sign of MacDrive, is what is faulting there.A terrible megastructure, thinking of triing to find someone there

# October 23, 2011 at 02:18

John Nickles says:

I would think the open road under the arch would make it susceptible to the effects of a powerful truck bomb, a concern especially considering this is a government building. – just thinking out loud

# October 23, 2011 at 20:47

Yordan says: