PRG: Commercial Building
Seoul, KR
An innovative adaptive reuse project combining traditional timber-and-tile roof structures with sleek curved corrugated metal walls for a contemporary commercial space.
- What we like about this project
- The seamless curve of industrial corrugated metal tucked directly underneath classical upturned eaves of the historic tile roof.
Materials
- corrugated-metal
- timber
- clay-tile
- glass
- stucco
- aggregate-concrete
Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal
- hanok-roof
- curved-facade
- historic-modern-juxtaposition
- timber-columns
Style tags
- contemporary
- hybrid
- industrial-vernacular
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- commercial
- heritage-integration
- industrial-materials
- contextual
- Geometry
- Low-slung traditional timber and tile roof forms intersected by a sweeping, curved corrugated metal facade and smooth plaster elements.
- Facade system
- Curved corrugated sheet metal wall panels combined with historic timber post-and-beam construction and recessed glass storefronts.
- Structural guess
- Traditional timber framing integrated with lightweight steel stud framing to support new metal cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story courtyard scale, intimate and pedestrian-oriented with wide entry steps.
- Lighting
- Soft twilight sky casting even, diffuse light across the facade, with warm uplighting highlighting the perimeter planting beds.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, curated twilight mood bridging historic warmth with crisp industrial coolness.
- Environmental context
- Urban setting featuring traditional Korean architectural fabric juxtaposed against contemporary commercial intervention.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved forecourt, the visitor encounters a contrast between historic timber eaves and gleaming industrial metal curves.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal traditional tile eaves offset by vertical corrugated metal flutes and vertical timber posts.
- Style reading
- Contemporary heritage hybrid
- Program
- Commercial retail or showroom space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- corrugated-metal, timber, clay-tile, glass, stucco, aggregate-concrete
- Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal, hanok-roof, curved-facade, historic-modern-juxtaposition, timber-columns
- Style tags
- contemporary, hybrid, industrial-vernacular
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, commercial, heritage-integration, industrial-materials, contextual
- Geometry
- Low-slung traditional timber and tile roof forms intersected by a sweeping, curved corrugated metal facade and smooth plaster elements.
- Facade system
- Curved corrugated sheet metal wall panels combined with historic timber post-and-beam construction and recessed glass storefronts.
- Structural guess
- Traditional timber framing integrated with lightweight steel stud framing to support new metal cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story courtyard scale, intimate and pedestrian-oriented with wide entry steps.
- Lighting
- Soft twilight sky casting even, diffuse light across the facade, with warm uplighting highlighting the perimeter planting beds.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, curated twilight mood bridging historic warmth with crisp industrial coolness.
- Environmental context
- Urban setting featuring traditional Korean architectural fabric juxtaposed against contemporary commercial intervention.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved forecourt, the visitor encounters a contrast between historic timber eaves and gleaming industrial metal curves.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal traditional tile eaves offset by vertical corrugated metal flutes and vertical timber posts.
- Style reading
- Contemporary heritage hybrid
- Program
- Commercial retail or showroom space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture