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Pictures: Kohn Pedersen Fox’s fractured tower

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  • 'Block H' by Kohn Pedersen Fox associates

    'Block H' by Kohn Pedersen Fox associates

    Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) have released their design proposal for Block H of the Yongsan International Business District (YIBD) in Seoul, a 385m tower on the northeastern tip of the YIBD.

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  • Elevation

    Elevation

    The KPF structure lies next to the 620m Arup-designed Landmark Tower, the teetering centre piece of the 19-skyscraper development, spread across a combined 340-hectare site along the Han riverside of the South Korean capital.

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  • Aerial view

    Aerial view

    Situated on a 14,600 square metre parcel of land, the Y-shaped tower achieves a FAR of 11.4%, delivering a luxury 5-star hotel, and 167,225 square metres of high-end serviced residential space.

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  • Stepped terraces

    Stepped terraces

    The desire is not to create a composition of tower and podium, but rather to create a tower that emerges or grows organically out of the podium, treated as one singular form, with a language of terraces and set-back forms that grow upwards and outwards towards light and views.

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  • Swimming pool

    Swimming pool

    Block H will look out across a dynamic urban environment master planned created by Studio Daniel Libeskind, designed to maximise the natural potential of the site and its surrounding urban assets.

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  • Reception area

    Reception area

    "Our goal for this project is to establish and make connections to street life, the new city of Yongsan, and to the larger context of Seoul. We do this through a thoughtful approach to the program, position, and character of the building," said Trent Tesch, KPF design principal.

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  • Interior spaces

    Interior spaces

    The tower also contains casino, retail, and spa facilities in the basement, as well as a large banquet hall and further other amenities for the hotel in the podium proposed by the design team.

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  • Slabs of stone, planks of wood, and real alloys comprise both interior and exterior surfaces

    Slabs of stone, planks of wood, and real alloys comprise both interior and exterior surfaces

    "Seoul is one of the leading innovative architectural arenas in Asia, and we are proud to design the hospitality component of it. We hope that it will successfully bridge the high speed rail network with the commercial components to invigorate the master plan," said Richard Nemeth, KPF managing principal

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  • Site plan

    Site plan

    The buildings three distinct wings rise asymmetrically to exploit natural lighting and the dramatic views, oriented to face the Han River to the south (low-wing), the Yongsan Park to the east (mid-wing), and the Nam-San historic district and adjacent landmark tower to the north (high-wing).

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  • Curtain wall

    Curtain wall

    The solid elements on the facade transition from stone slab at the base of the building to textured metal surfaces at the top of the building where the program shifts from hotel to residentia

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