Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) recently completes the Bundang Doosan Tower in Jung District of central Seoul. With its stacked, interconnected masses, and glass facade what makes this tower so interesting is the 100-meter tall sky bridge connecting the two towers.
Designed for the Doosan Corporation James von Klemperer, KPF President and Design Principal explained, "The Bundang Doosan Tower represents the latest example of KPF’s work in Korea. The design strives for rational simplicity while being highly expressive and impactful. By using office building masses to define a large rectangular void, the composition affords striking views from the highway. The architecture conveys qualities of solidity and strength, and by organizing itself around a central space, it also communicates the value of community."
"When approached from the city, the portal serves as the main entry point to the building, leading tenants and visitors along a stone-paved plaza into two split lobbies. This progression takes place underneath the sky bridge, which creates a framed exterior room. The sculpted, interlocking volumes connect to create a lobby that breaks down the scale of the exterior masses and contrasts the building’s rigid form with soft materials and warm tones," shared KPF.
"The glass facades of the building allow plentiful daylight into the interior office spaces while limiting solar gain, particularly from the west, through a series of vertical and horizontal exterior shading devices." The repeating protruding fins are designed to "mitigate the glare from nearby buildings without obscuring the views of the surrounding cityscape from the interior. As the modern gateway to Seoul, the design of the fins reinterprets traditional materiality," explains the firm.
The 27- story tower includes 83,000 square meters of office space, an auditorium, and additional amenities such as a daycare center for employees, a fitness center, Doosan History Museum, and a cafe that leads to a landscaped roof terrace.
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So clunky and inelegant that I actually I like it.
"what makes this tower so interesting is the 100-meter tall sky bridge connecting the two towers" There's nothing interesting about this project except that we keep building the most inhumane environments possible.
The client saved so much money using every square foot they gifted KPF an allowance for the sky bridge.
The 90s are back, in the worst way
Wow Seoul loves its gigantic floorplates
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