GLOBAL START UP HUB BUSAN
An aerial precedent for urban waterfront regeneration, featuring a large linear pavilion and public plaza extending into a harbor.
- What we like about this project
- Small triangular canopy modules cluster near the pier tip like sails.
Materials
- steel
- polycarbonate
- concrete
- paving
Visual identifiers
- waterfront-pier
- barrel-vault
- translucent-pavilion
- tree-lined-plaza
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- masterplan
- lightweight
Visual tags
- urban-design
- waterfront
- masterplan
- public-realm
- pavilion
- Geometry
- Symmetrical linear pier plan terminating at the water's edge, anchored by a long barrel-vaulted structure and flanked by formal tree alignments.
- Facade system
- Translucent lightweight membrane vault over an open structural frame.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frames supporting a lightweight arched roof canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Massive urban scale; pier length accommodates hundreds of people and ships alongside.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows; high contrast between the water and the urban context.
- Atmosphere
- Open, breezy coastal civic energy framed by mountains and high-rises.
- Environmental context
- Coastal harbor pier setting with dense high-rise urban fabric and mountainous background.
- Spatial experience
- Expansive waterfront arrival sequence moves from wide open paved plaza zones into the covered length of the translucent pavilion.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating rows of trees framing the central pier axis leading to the pavilion structure.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic waterfront masterplan
- Program
- Startup hub exhibition and public event pavilion
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- steel, polycarbonate, concrete, paving
- Visual identifiers
- waterfront-pier, barrel-vault, translucent-pavilion, tree-lined-plaza
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, masterplan, lightweight
- Visual tags
- urban-design, waterfront, masterplan, public-realm, pavilion
- Geometry
- Symmetrical linear pier plan terminating at the water's edge, anchored by a long barrel-vaulted structure and flanked by formal tree alignments.
- Facade system
- Translucent lightweight membrane vault over an open structural frame.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frames supporting a lightweight arched roof canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Massive urban scale; pier length accommodates hundreds of people and ships alongside.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows; high contrast between the water and the urban context.
- Atmosphere
- Open, breezy coastal civic energy framed by mountains and high-rises.
- Environmental context
- Coastal harbor pier setting with dense high-rise urban fabric and mountainous background.
- Spatial experience
- Expansive waterfront arrival sequence moves from wide open paved plaza zones into the covered length of the translucent pavilion.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating rows of trees framing the central pier axis leading to the pavilion structure.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic waterfront masterplan
- Program
- Startup hub exhibition and public event pavilion
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture