Swiss Embassy Competition Entry / Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architects

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Located in the Seodaemu-gu district of Seoul, the Swiss Embassy proposal by Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architects stands as a pavilion sitting on four mushroom columns. Reaching the maximum authorized height, the project becomes part of the makeover that the neighborhood is about to undergo with its global and drastic transformations. The end result is a tree house like structure floating over a canopy of dense trees in an extremely urban context. More images and architects’ description after the break.

The low rise, seemingly chaotic urban fabric is destined to become a high-rise area as it is the case in most of Asia’s major cities. This extreme context is very strange to the urban realities in Switzerland, but we decided to accept it unchallenged and fully embrace it as it is. The building code allowed the construction of seven stories but the program was too small to build a traditional tower.

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Cite: Alison Furuto. "Swiss Embassy Competition Entry / Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architects" 03 Dec 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/299431/swiss-embassy-competition-entry-personeni-raffaele-scharer-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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