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Surreally so Real / FHHH friends

Miwa Negoro — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000

"Surreally so Real" confronts the limitations of commercial architecture in Hongdae while proposing an alternative. In this dense urban district, most commercial buildings prioritize maximum exposure in order to secure higher rents. Interiors and streets are often separated only by thin walls or show windows, yet this very condition reinforces the dichotomy between inside and outside. This project distances itself from that logic by introducing a buffer zone between the two realms, allowing the city itself to enter the building. In doing so, it recalls traditional architectural strategies in which space negotiates relationships rather than being reduced to pure market efficiency.

Folded Ground Neighborhood Facility / LIFE Architects

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 03:00:00 +0000

What stance should a building take on the bustling streets near Hongik University, filled with the vibrant energy of a university town? "Folded Ground" is a neighborhood facility that thoughtfully explores ways to interact with its surroundings on a site bordered on three sides by Wausan-ro and a playground.

maoom office / Design Studio Maoom

Miwa Negoro — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 23:00:00 +0000

This place is a 55-year-old house that served as a home for a family for 47 years and as a space for Design Studio Maoom for the past 8 years. Design Studio Maoom has now renewed the space to welcome its second season. The newly redesigned space has been thoughtfully crafted to foster flexible thinking for Maoom's creative journey. Throughout the space, Maoom's members can freely explore and share their ideas. By exchanging stories with one another, their thoughts will grow deeper and broader.

Tan Hair Studio / oftn studio

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Tan Hapjeong is the second location of the Tan brand, following the first store in Yeonnam, both designed by oftn Studio. Before beginning the design of the Hapjeong branch, two primary points were emphasized. The first was to create a space with a distinctly different mood from the Yeonnam store. Interestingly, before starting the design, the team explored the hair portfolios and social media profiles of the designers who would work in this space. The goal was to reflect the personality and style of the actual users in the design, thereby completing the brand's identity. The client also aimed to differentiate this location by appealing to designers with unique styles or those pursuing alternative approaches to hairstyling compared to the first store.

Bar Pivot / OFF studio

Hana Abdel — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The site is located at the alley intersection in Hapjeong-dong. Due to these geographical characteristics, every road connects to this space. The name of the space, 'Pivot', meaning the center of transition, originated from this concept. In addition to being a geographical focal point, various visual and spatial transformations were realized through different architectural elements within the space.

AON Building / LKSA

Hana Abdel — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 01:00:00 +0000

The site is located at the end of the Gyeongui Line Forest Park, featuring contrasting contexts with a 20-meter-wide road in the front and a park in the back. Accordingly, the design minimizes the number of openings toward the road, giving the building a solid and heavy mass. On the park side, the openings are maximized to create a dense visual interaction with the park's forest.

DADAM Commercial and Office Building / A'DUS [Architectural Designer Cluster]

Hana Abdel — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu is home to huge and diverse modern buildings. ‘Dadam’ subtly reveals its presence among these. Dadam Building embodies the owner’s wish to ‘contain all hopes and wishes.’ We wanted to incorporate Dadam's identity and value so that its meaning can be found in the building.

Seongsan-dong Mix-use / a round architects

Hana Abdel — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In old neighborhoods, design begins with thinking about how a building should relate to its predecessors to create continuity in the neighborhood. We analyzed the approach to the old building, the role of the fence and garden, the exterior materials, and the shape of the roof, and metaphorized them to the new building. The first floor is the client's design office, the second and third floors are rental offices, and the fourth and fifth floors are the client's residence.

EGO building Mixed Use Building / owolarchitects

Hana Abdel — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 02:00:00 +0000

The main concept is visual simplicity. The design was made up of functional elements except for the most decorative elements. Fortunately, the architect's taste and our taste matched well. Windows, exterior materials, and interior materials were all simplified, so it was our purpose not to mix various materials. The design of the elevation is also planned with geometric figures and consists only of regular straight lines and curves. Red bricks were selected because there were many buildings built with red bricks in the area, and they wanted to fit in with the neighborhood by applying modern red bricks to the old neighborhood, taking advantage of a large number of commercial and residential, young and old people.

Lazy Studio / unseenbird

Hana Abdel — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Find your tattoo. This is the slogan delivered by LAZY STUDIO. This is a place that collaborates with tattoo artists to create designs and sell products that can be attached and erased. This is a place where you can comfortably experience tattooing by eliminating the burden of engraving into your flesh.

eof Hair Salon / orosy studio

Hana Abdel — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000

A space that captures the city’s seasons. We wanted to capture the moments of people visiting this space and the seasons of those moments. Since the hair salon visit cycle lasts more than a month, we wanted to record seasonal changes each time we visit.

Slowyard BBQ Restaurant & Bar / Indiesalon

Hana Abdel — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Slow Yard: A Fresh Perspective on Texas BBQ - Located in the heart of South Korea's Hapjeong-dong, the 'Slowyard' Texas BBQ restaurant is a new creation born from the innovative spirit of Indiesalon. The term "Texas BBQ" alone evokes images of families gathering in backyards, grilling meat over charcoal fires, scenes commonly seen in TV shows and films. Indiesalon set out to introduce the Texas BBQ culture to a country dominated by apartment living, creating a unique space where people could experience it.

NONSCALED Studio Space / TCTC

Hana Abdel — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0000

NONSCALED Studio aims to be a complex cultural space with a café operating on the first and second floors of the Academy Science Seoul office building and a gallery operating on the third floor. It is a rental filming studio space under the NONSCALED brand.

NONSCALED Cafe / TCTC

Hana Abdel — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +0000

The main keyword of space design at the first meeting with the client after receiving the project was "Signature Color". It was the use of signature color. NONSCALED, who will use and operate this space in the future, will work with branding design within the space. He wanted to use a paint color that could represent Nonscaled, and through several meetings, the space design and I chose blue as the "Key Color" of the branding design.

OY SEOUL Fashion Store / COV Corp

Hana Abdel — Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Located in Seogyo-dong, the OY shop sports geometric lines and shapes. It’s a fashion brand that reinterprets and expresses itself in a modern way. OY SEOUL has a 2-floor showroom.

Me:Dom KPOPMERCH Flagship Store / FLYmingo

Hana Abdel — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0000

KPOPMERCH aims to become a business that exists for fans. The spatial concept of the flagship store called "ME:DOM", a portmanteau of "ME" from KPOPMERCH and "DOM" from the word fandom, has been completed. ME:DOM by KPOPMERCH is not only a collection of everything about K-pop but also our—and my—shrine that the fans and KPOPMERCH will complete together. A space that signifies being with fans, ME:DOM plays an important role in strengthening connections with the fans, bringing K-pop fans closer to their idol celebrities, and raising the awareness of each fan as a member of the K-pop community through his/her interaction with other fans.

DORAE KNOT Café / Studio GIMGEOSIL

Hana Abdel — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000

Dorae knot, one of the basic traditional knots in Korea, refers to a knot that connects one knot to another or marks the beginning and the end of the knot. “Dorae” is a Korean word generally used when the time or the chance draws near. “Dorae Knot” is the first café directed by Mr. Ryan Kim, who has a long career as a hospitality expert in diverse fields. “Dorae Knot,” as his first knot, was modeled after his calm yet vigorous character by making use of linear gestaltung and grid.

CHO SHOP / maumstudio

Hana Abdel — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0000

The theme of the pop-up store commemorating the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International Korea, an international human rights organization, is "CHO." The candle contains the message of Peter Benenson, the British lawyer and founder of Amnesty International, that "it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."