Amorepacific Headquarters
Seoul, Republic of Korea · 2017
Photo · Noshe
A precedent for integrating large-scale biophilic sky-gardens and monumental voids within high-rise corporate architecture, balancing rigid structural grids with organic landscaping.
- What we like about this project
- A tiny human figure is visible standing on the upper terrace edge, emphasizing the immense scale of the opening.
Materials
- aluminum
- concrete-paver
- glass
- soil
- native-planting
Visual identifiers
- sky-garden
- vertical-louvers
- central-void
- curving-pathways
- elevated-courtyard
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- rationalist
Visual tags
- monumental
- biophilic-design
- sky-court
- shading-device
- urban-oasis
- corporate-headquarters
- Geometry
- A massive, rectilinear central void or sky-court framed by towering vertical facades. The ground plane features organic, curving pathways and mounded planting beds that contrast with the rigid, orthogonal grid of the surrounding architecture.
- Facade system
- Mullion-mounted vertical aluminum fins over a glazed curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete columns and post-tensioned concrete slabs spanning the massive void.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale, where the multi-story void dwarfs the mature trees and human-scaled pathways below.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight filters through the deep vertical louvers, with soft sunlight glinting through the tree canopy on the right.
- Atmosphere
- A serene, airy urban sanctuary suspended within a colossal architectural frame.
- Environmental context
- An elevated, semi-outdoor courtyard or sky-garden integrated within a high-rise corporate headquarters in an urban setting.
- Spatial experience
- The user experiences a dramatic transition from a sheltered, organic garden courtyard to a monumental, multi-story void that frames views of the sky and distant urban towers.
- Composition rhythm
- The strict, repeating vertical rhythm of the aluminum louvers contrasts with the fluid, organic curves of the garden beds below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental minimalism
- Program
- Corporate headquarters public/semi-private amenity space
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- aluminum, concrete-paver, glass, soil, native-planting
- Visual identifiers
- sky-garden, vertical-louvers, central-void, curving-pathways, elevated-courtyard
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, rationalist
- Visual tags
- monumental, biophilic-design, sky-court, shading-device, urban-oasis, corporate-headquarters
- Geometry
- A massive, rectilinear central void or sky-court framed by towering vertical facades. The ground plane features organic, curving pathways and mounded planting beds that contrast with the rigid, orthogonal grid of the surrounding architecture.
- Facade system
- Mullion-mounted vertical aluminum fins over a glazed curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete columns and post-tensioned concrete slabs spanning the massive void.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale, where the multi-story void dwarfs the mature trees and human-scaled pathways below.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight filters through the deep vertical louvers, with soft sunlight glinting through the tree canopy on the right.
- Atmosphere
- A serene, airy urban sanctuary suspended within a colossal architectural frame.
- Environmental context
- An elevated, semi-outdoor courtyard or sky-garden integrated within a high-rise corporate headquarters in an urban setting.
- Spatial experience
- The user experiences a dramatic transition from a sheltered, organic garden courtyard to a monumental, multi-story void that frames views of the sky and distant urban towers.
- Composition rhythm
- The strict, repeating vertical rhythm of the aluminum louvers contrasts with the fluid, organic curves of the garden beds below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental minimalism
- Program
- Corporate headquarters public/semi-private amenity space
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture