Architects:OA-Lab

Area :2423 m²

Year :2019

Photographs :Kyungsub Shin, Jinbo Choi

Lead Architect :Jungmin Nam

City : Gangnam-gu

Country : South Korea

“11 Terrace” is an office building project located amid a congested neighborhood with offices, housing and retails in Samsung-dong, Seoul. In this development-oriented neighborhood, nature has often been pushed off priority amid rapid urbanization. Nature and public spaces are alienated, and buildings’ ground floors are dominated by parking spaces without care for the public and pedestrians. In this context, commercial office buildings become tall boxes with no outdoor interactions as developers try to maximize their floor areas.