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Architects: Kim in-cheurl+ARCHIUM
- Area: 1029 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: MASIL, COAZ Construction, ENG Energy Design Lab, SEN Structural engineers Co.LTD
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Gilmosery / Kim in-cheurl+ARCHIUM
5 Years Later, A Look Back on OMA's Prada Transformer
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the opening of OMA’s Prada Transformer. This fantastical temporary structure, erected in 2009 adjacent to Gyeonghui Palace in Seoul, Korea, is one of Rem Koolhaas’ most popular projects to date. Composed of a stark white membrane stretched across four steel frame shapes, The Transformer was often referred to as an "anti-blob" --a hexagon, a rectangle, a cross, and a circle leaning against each other to create a tetrahedron-like object reminiscent of a circus tent. The name Transformer came from the idea that any one of the pavilion's sides could serve as the building's floor, allowing for four unique spaces in one building devoted to exhibitions of modern art, fashion and design.
The Prada Transformer played host to four such events, being lifted up and repositioned onto a different face each time via crane. The first was a garment exhibition, displayed using the hexagonal floor plan. The second, a film festival that took place on the rectangular floor plan. A fashion show was staged using the Transformer's circular floor plan, and an art installation was shown using the cruciform floor plan. As patron Miuccia Prada stated in an interview with The New York Times, “In my mind they [the arts] may be mixed but I want to keep them separate… So the Transformer concept was not for a generic space, but to be very specific, with all things separate in one building.”
We asked OMA's Vincent McIlduff to tell us more about this project. See his answers, a photo gallery and a time-lapse video of the transformation after the break!
UNStudio’s Responsive Facade to Transform Seoul Office Tower
UNStudio has won a competition to remodel the Hanwha headquarters in Seoul. With an aim to transform a building into a symbol of the leading environmental technology company’s values, UNStudio's winning scheme will replace the skyscraper’s opaque panelling and single layer of dark glass with an animated facade designed to reduce solar gain, increase natural light, generate energy, and interact with its surrounding.
Urban Hive / ARCHIUM
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Architects: ARCHIUM
- Area: 10166 m²
- Year: 2008
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Manufacturers: Alto
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Professionals: MASIL, SEN Engineering Group
Case Studies in Coastal Vulnerability: Boston, Seoul, Hamburg, Bangladesh & New York
This article originally appeared in the latest issue of ArchitectureBoston as “Troubled Waters."
The challenges of sea-level rise cross boundaries of all sorts: geographic, political, social, economic. Proposed mitigation strategies will also necessarily shift and overlap. Here, we present five case studies from across the globe that offer intriguing ways—some operational, some philosophical—to address the threats associated with climate change. Drawing on a research initiative focused on vulnerabilities in Boston, a team at Sasaki Associates developed these additional design-strategy icons to illustrate the layered approaches. They are adaptable, the better to meet the unique demands of each coastal community.
PAPYRUS Glasses Shop / Archi@Mosphere
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Architects: Archi@Mosphere
- Area: 59 m²
HUB / Hyunjoon Yoo Architects
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Architects: Hyunjoon Yoo Architects
- Area: 3200 m²
- Year: 2013
SCL – Seoul Creative Lab / Hyunjoon Yoo Architects
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Architects: Hyunjoon Yoo Architects
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2013
Sang Seng Jae / Design Guild
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Architects: Design Guild
- Area: 294 m²
Dragonfly / IARC Architects
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Architects: IARC Architects
- Area: 1151 m²
Seoul New City Hall / IARC Architects
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Architects: IARC Architects
- Area: 7590 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: PPG IdeaScapes
White house / designband YOAP architects
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Architects: designband YOAP architects
- Area: 350 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: YIINSIGAK, LINE engineering, Qauntum engineering
Rest hole in the University of Seoul / UTAA
Velo Towers / Asymptote Architecture
Asymptote's Velo Towers, designed for the Yongsan master plan in Seoul, Korea, are formed by vertical cluster of cylindrical volumes which were strategically stacked and rotated to maximize views, privacy and environmental conditions. Consisting of eight distinct residential components, each cluster is carefully choreographed to establish a strong visual connection with the adjacent Yongsan Park and distant Han River. These clusters are complimented by a series of roof gardens, shared amenities and internal circulation spaces centered around light filled open atriums.
House in Hyojadong / Min Soh + Gusang Architectural Group + Kyoungtae Kim
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Architects: Gusang Architectural Group, Kyoungtae Kim, Min Soh
- Area: 254 m²
- Year: 2013
Sejong Center for Performing Arts / Asymptote Architecture
New York based Asymptote Architecture have unveiled designs for a new Centre of Performing Arts in Sejong, South Korea. Described as celebrating "the cities emergence and growth as a place of stature and culture," the arts centre is designed to "seamlessly connect to the city fabric." Containing two theaters, the program of the building has been designed to create a unified experience, allowing for a "powerful and 'episodic' interiority and experience."
National Library of Sejong City / Samoo Architects & Engineers
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Architects: Samoo Architects & Engineers
- Area: 21076 m²
- Year: 2013
Invisible Skyscraper Unveiled for Seoul
California-based GDS Architects' new proposal, dubbed Infinity Tower, is designed to disappear from its Korean skyline. How? Cameras will be mounted at six strategic points; thousands of LED screens on the facade will then broadcast the real-time photos captured and logged by the cameras. Though no estimated completion date has been announced, the developers have received construction permits to break ground. More about this incredible vanishing act and how it's done at Fast Co-Design.