Seoul Forest Tower
A high-rise tower precedent by PLP Architecture showcasing a dramatic diagonal structural carve at the ground level that frames the primary entrance and creates a luminous urban presence at dusk.
- What we like about this project
- The inverted V-cut carve creates an open-air public porch shielded beneath the upper tower volumes.
Materials
- glass
- metal
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- diagonal-carved-entrance
- vertical-louvers
- glowing-facade
- corner-tower
Style tags
- contemporary
- high-tech
- expressive-structure
Visual tags
- commercial-tower
- dusk-lighting
- carved-massing
- urban-landmark
- glazed-facade
- Geometry
- A vertical tower mass with a sharp corner alignment featuring a dramatic diagonal cutaway or notch carved into the lower floors to frame a grand entrance canopy.
- Facade system
- Unitized curtain wall with external vertical louvers on upper floors and patterned glazing at the base.
- Structural guess
- Steel or composite frame with central core and transfer trusses supporting the carved facade openings.
- Spatial scale
- High-rise commercial tower scale featuring a prominent multi-story base and tall vertical proportion.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior condition with warm internal illumination glowing through vertical louvers and glazed curtain wall levels.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and welcoming urban presence created by warm internal lighting contrasting against the deep twilight sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner setting with mature trees and surrounding nighttime traffic.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street, the compressed diagonal undercroft draws the eye upward into a glowing multi-story atrium space.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical fin rhythm on the upper levels interrupted by the dynamic diagonal geometry of the multi-story ground incision.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower with mixed-use public base
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- diagonal-carved-entrance, vertical-louvers, glowing-facade, corner-tower
- Style tags
- contemporary, high-tech, expressive-structure
- Visual tags
- commercial-tower, dusk-lighting, carved-massing, urban-landmark, glazed-facade
- Geometry
- A vertical tower mass with a sharp corner alignment featuring a dramatic diagonal cutaway or notch carved into the lower floors to frame a grand entrance canopy.
- Facade system
- Unitized curtain wall with external vertical louvers on upper floors and patterned glazing at the base.
- Structural guess
- Steel or composite frame with central core and transfer trusses supporting the carved facade openings.
- Spatial scale
- High-rise commercial tower scale featuring a prominent multi-story base and tall vertical proportion.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior condition with warm internal illumination glowing through vertical louvers and glazed curtain wall levels.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and welcoming urban presence created by warm internal lighting contrasting against the deep twilight sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner setting with mature trees and surrounding nighttime traffic.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street, the compressed diagonal undercroft draws the eye upward into a glowing multi-story atrium space.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical fin rhythm on the upper levels interrupted by the dynamic diagonal geometry of the multi-story ground incision.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower with mixed-use public base
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture