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Architects: Chiasmus Partners
- Area: 478 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Youngchae Park
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Interior Coordinator: Taeheelim design studio, Taehee Lim
![Kyung Hee Cyber University ACAPeace Building Renovation / Chiasmus Partners - Facade, Column, Arch](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/549b/1e64/e58e/ce87/4600/01c6/newsletter/khuAcapeace-03.jpg?1419451985)
Text description provided by the architects. This peculiar project is akin to the re-telling of a story, or the re-making of an old B movie. It is as much about architectural language as it is about the creativeness that follows the life-story of the “situational condition” of the site and building.
![Kyung Hee Cyber University ACAPeace Building Renovation / Chiasmus Partners - Table](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/549b/1e7c/e58e/ce84/3600/01d7/newsletter/Rooftopbar-01.jpg?1419452011)
Located in the northeast part of Seoul (an area saturated with universities), the renovation takes an 1980’s reception hall and creates a hybrid building with dedicated academic office in the main volume, public lectures rooms in the basement and an open-air café on the roof terrace.
![Kyung Hee Cyber University ACAPeace Building Renovation / Chiasmus Partners - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/549b/1e4c/e58e/ce50/c800/0222/newsletter/beforeAfter.jpg?1419451961)
Neither a preservation project, nor a classicism creation, the renovation of the main volume “distills” the formal architectural language. The existing building’s classical order was “purified” and the proper “order” of columns re-established, achieving in the volumetric vertically of the major structural bays, which houses academic office and research labs. A former secondary eave line was re-inforced to become the major entablature of the new façade, achieving a balance that was missing.
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The awkward roof top volume of the existing building was wrapped in gradient-fritted glass, achieving a cloud like effect. This expresses the disparity in function from the main building; and also makes possible larger degree of view transparency from the roof-top café terraces.
![Kyung Hee Cyber University ACAPeace Building Renovation / Chiasmus Partners - Table, Chair, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/549b/1e4a/e58e/ce84/3600/01d5/newsletter/1fConference.jpg?1419451951)
We find this project to be difficult to categorize: Is it a complete renovation? Is it a classical creation? Is it a classic-revival effort? It is none of the above, and is the most interesting reality of the situation.
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