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Jerde

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Overall project | Credit: E Jae-seong
Overall project | Credit: E Jae-seong
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D-Cube City

Daesung D-Cube City, located in the dense capital city of Seoul, Korea, sets a new standard in mixed-use transit-oriented development connected to the city’s busiest metro line. The new cultural and commercial destination is one of the city’s first fully integrated developments of its kind, made up of over 300,000 square-meters of high­rise office and hotel, a multi-level commercial retail, entertainment and cultural complex, and over six acres of public landscape, parks and plazas. D-Cube City emerges as Seoul’s primary live, work, play, and stay destination—an authentic and vibrant pedestrian-oriented district with a six-level 80,000 square-meter retail complex and a major performance hall at its rooftop as its centerpiece. A 42-story landmark office and hotel tower rises from the commercial district, while a new public park connects the project to the Shindorim Station. Two adjacent 50-story residential towers complete the new urban complex. D-Cube City attracts millions of visitors annually, resulting in one of the most visited destinations in Seoul.  To date, Jerde has led design on more than 25 projects throughout the region, including D3 City and Star City (2008) in Seoul; Changwon City 7 (2008); Color Square Stadium Mall in Daegu (2011); Habjung in Seoul, scheduled for completion in 2012; and Eunpyung New Town, scheduled for completion in 2014. In addition to Samsung, Jerde has been comm­iss­ioned by leading South Korean multi-national companies Daewoo, Hyundai and Lotte, and has worked with major construction companies including Pos- co, GS Engineering & Construction, and Doosan Construction. Inspired by the dynamic culture of South Korea and the desire to re-energize the natural realm as the root of public culture, Daesung D-Cube City sets a new standard in urban social activity, influencing its people to evolve alongside the natural and urban environment around them.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Seoul, KR
Firm Role: Design Architect
Additional Credits: Client: Daesung Industrial Co., Ltd.
Executive Architect/Residential Towers Design: Samoo
Landscape Architect: Oikos
Water Features Designer: Fluidity
Strucutral: Chunglym
Engineering: Sunjin Engineering
Lighting: LPA, Newlite

 
Street view | Credit: E Jae-seong
Street view | Credit: E Jae-seong
Lantern buildings | Credit: E Jae-seong
Lantern buildings | Credit: E Jae-seong
Lantern buildings at night | Credit: E Jae-seong
Lantern buildings at night | Credit: E Jae-seong
Terrace view | Credit: E Jae-seong
Terrace view | Credit: E Jae-seong
Site aerial | Courtesy of Samoo, Young Chae Park
Site aerial | Courtesy of Samoo, Young Chae Park
Interior atrium | Credit: E Jae-seong
Interior atrium | Credit: E Jae-seong
Interior retail | Credit: E Jae-seong
Interior retail | Credit: E Jae-seong
Interior retail | Credit: E Jae-seong
Interior retail | Credit: E Jae-seong
Birdseye view | Courtesy of Samoo, Young Chae Park
Birdseye view | Courtesy of Samoo, Young Chae Park
Millefleur Park | Courtesy of Daesung
Millefleur Park | Courtesy of Daesung
Millefleur Park | Courtesy of Daesung
Millefleur Park | Courtesy of Daesung
Green terraces | Courtesy of Daesung
Green terraces | Courtesy of Daesung
Main Entry | Credit: Hiroyuki Kawano
Main Entry | Credit: Hiroyuki Kawano
Sindorim Station adjacency | Credit: Hiroyuki Kawano
Sindorim Station adjacency | Credit: Hiroyuki Kawano
Outdoor public space below culture venue | Credit: Hiroyuki Kawano
Outdoor public space below culture venue | Credit: Hiroyuki Kawano
Urban context | Courtesy of Samoo, Young Chae Park
Urban context | Courtesy of Samoo, Young Chae Park
Main elevation | Courtesy of Samoo, Young Chae Park
Main elevation | Courtesy of Samoo, Young Chae Park