Archinect - News2024-09-18T23:51:27-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150440011/heatherwick-studio-proposes-hourglass-shaped-volumes-for-seoul-shopping-center
Heatherwick Studio proposes hourglass-shaped volumes for Seoul shopping center Josh Niland2024-08-02T14:35:00-04:00>2024-08-07T12:33:00-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b6/b6be6dfde54c0633aed72402f9cbba9b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Another mixed-use retail project from <a href="https://archinect.com/heatherwick" target="_blank">Heatherwick Studio</a> is coming to <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/11458/seoul" target="_blank">Seoul</a>. The newly announced Hanwha Galleria project covers an existing metro subway station with a glass atrium and two landscaped plaza areas. Two asymmetrical glass volumes resembling hourglass forms and containing gardened areas conceal its program. According to the firm's project description, the structures come sheathed in a double-skinned facade that can be programmed for nighttime projections.</p>
<p>Neil Hubbard, partner and group leader at Heatherwick studio, described: "Traditionally, department stores are quite inward facing, they feel closed off to the surrounding streets. But here we have an important intersection in Apgujeong with two buildings, east and west, that felt like an opportunity to bring people together."</p>
<p>Local studio <a href="https://archinect.com/haeahn" target="_blank">Haeahn Architecture</a> will collaborate on its design. <br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5f/5fac3c3f9746d5e446c7e2dd05355a40.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5f/5fac3c3f9746d5e446c7e2dd05355a40.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Devisual, courtesy Heatherwick Studio</figcaption></figure><p>The project’s announcement follows <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/354290/thomas-heatherwick/30" target="_blank">Thomas Heatherwick</a> being named as <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150430388/thomas-heatherwick-to-direct-2025-seoul-biennale-of-architecture-and-urbanism" target="_blank">General Director...</a></p>