Courtesy of UnSangDong Architects + Kim Woo Il

In the design proposal for the Asian Culture Complex, UnSangDong Architects + Kim Woo II constitutes a stage that acts as a new container for the culture and everyday events. If the new stage for the city is creating an empty open space out of penetrations pathways and plazas, making the new ‘city stage’ is the same as to conduct an enormous mapping operation with penetrating programs and landscape. They propose the Asian Culture Complex as the earth in between creation and disappearance. The earth that is transformed into fragmented pieces and become urban landscape filled with memories of the site and historical evolution of various spectrums of relationships. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Ojanen_Chiou Architects + SWA Group

Designed by SWA Group with Ojanen Chiou Architects LLP, the 157 hectare Dongtan Central Business Master Plan is at the heart of Dongtan City: a new urban center located just 30 km south of Seoul in South Korea. The development zone is situated on a former agricultural plain that had been taken over by various industrial uses. Bounded by a river to the west and mountainous terrain to the east, this zone is bisected by a major transportation corridor connecting Seoul with the southern reaches of the country. At the core of the development is a transit center that will accommodate high-speed and metropolitan rail stations connecting with a bi-modal (bus + tram) transit system, and long-distance and city buses, establishing Dongtan City as a major regional transit hub. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© ChaiSoo Ok

Architects: Joel Sanders Architect, Haeahn Architecture
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Client: LIG Engineering&Construction Co.
Size: 8,000 squaremeters / 2 acres / 86,111 sf
Units: 12 at 3,000 sf each
Photographs: ChaiSoo Ok

   
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Architect: Chiasmus Partners
Location: Danwon-gu, Ansan, South Korea
Year: 2010-2011
Collaboration Artist: Sang Cho
Materials/products used: Steel Structure, Painted, Glass Curtain wall w/ Aluminum louver
Photographs: Youngchae Park

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Architects: iArc Architects
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Area: 7,590.64 sqm (Building), 12,709.40 sqm(Site)
Photographs: Youngchae Park

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© Youngchae Park

Architects: iArc Architects
Location: Daejon, South Korea
Year: Completed 2005
Area: 9883 sqm (Building), : 214,138 sqm (Site)
Photographs: Youngchae Park

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Architects: iArc Architects
Location: Daejon, South Korea
Year: Completed 2010
Area: 4998 sqm (Building), 214,138 sqm (Site)
Photographs: Youngchae Park

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Architects: iArc Architects
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Year: Complete January 2010
Area: 6,172.65 sqm (Building), 1862.25 sqm (Site)
Photo Credits: Youngchae Park

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Architects: iArc Architects
Location: Incheon, South Korea
Year: Completed March 2010
Area: 2,869 sqm (Building), 12,300 sqm (Site)
Photo Credits: Youngchae Park

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Courtesy of SO-IL

Architects: SO-IL
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Client: Kukje Gallery
Project Area: 1,500 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of SO-IL

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Courtesy of MACK Architect(s)

Architect: MACK Architect(s)
Location: Pan Gyo, South Korea
Project Team: Mark Mack, Matt Bean, Kyle Richardson, Ine Mayerhofer, Alia Hasan, Gerardo Rivero
Associate Architect: Dongwoo Architects
Client: Korea National Housing Corporation
Sustainability: Ibe Consulting Engineers
Landscape Architect: Ahbe Landscape Architects
Project Area: 26,200 sqm
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Courtesy of MACK Architect(s)

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The construction of the Busan Cinema Center by architecture firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU is nearing completion. Slated to be the new home of the Busan International Film Festival, the complex will house cinemas, restaurants, a 1000 seat multifunctional theater, and numerous public spaces. More details after the break. read more »

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Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Location: Busan, South Korea
Text: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: ISOCHROM, Nathan Willock

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Rendering from Southwest

Otherwise known as Doosan Haeundae U-Dong (or “We’ve the Zenith”), the Zenith complex is a residential condominium development in the Haeundae region of Busan, South Korea.  The complex was designed by DeStefano Partners of Chicago, Illinois and is slated for substantial completion in November of 2011 and full occupancy in the summer of 2012.  More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »

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Architect: DeStefano Partners, Samoo Architects & Engineers 
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Project Year: 2o11
Photographs: Samoo Architects & Engineers 

Originally called the Dongnam Distribution Center (DDC), the recently renamed Garden 5 Tool complex is a mega-shopping center in Seoul, South Korea.  The structure was designed by DeStefano Partners of Chicago, Illinois in conjunction with Samoo Architects & Engineers as the associate architect. read more »

Courtesy of Andrés Jaque Architects

Based on the research on spread-in-the-city-domesticity, Andrés Jaque Architects produced their ‘Sweet Parliament Home’ based on the field work they have been doing in the last months in Seoul, South Korea and was presented at the Gwangju Design Biennale 2011. More images and brief description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Eirini Androutsopoulou & Dimitra Maniaki

This proposal, by architects Eirini Androutsopoulou & Dimitra Maniaki, defines a new icon and a strong identity for the city of Busan and drives a direct link between Korea’s past and Korea’s future image. In order to do so, the proposed scheme describes the idea of the Korean garden within the building’s shell and the new Opera House within the Korean garden. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of PAPER | TOTEMENT

The shaping concept of the buildings for the Busan Opera House by PAPER | TOTEMENT is based on placing simple forms together with their capacities and location determined by their functional tasks. The outside shape of the achieved agglomerate is made by cutting off the surpluses to make a cube form put on its edge. The aesthetics of the given object depends neither on a separate turn of any of its parts nor on their size or quantity, but is defined by a lot of similar but different elements with its external shape of an ideal Platon body in an unusual twist. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Carlos Escobar

The proposal, by design team Diana Q. de Saul and Alejendro Munevar, consists of an organic building-scape which allows for a variety of recreational and educational activities while creating a cultural icon for Busan. The building is organized around three principal wavelengths generated parametrically based on the pre-existing local tensions: a stunning ocean view to the west, a bustling city to the east, and a thriving cultural district to the south. More images and project description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Ayrat Khusnutdinov

Russian architect, Ayrat Khusnutdinov, shared with us his proposal for the Busan Opera House. The main idea behind the design was the outstanding natural environment: the sea and the mountains are features that are reflected in this project. They, not architecture, are prime actors in this scene; this is the reason why so much attention was paid to let people enjoy them, here the architecture is just a frame that defines this great picture. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »