The final mass is made of two arc shapes. It reflects the site shape and the building code regulations. The big arc part is for the leasable area and the small one is for the core and circulation.

The grey window shape is rounded, followed by the curved mass design. windows and doors are composed like a floating bubble within the white mass. The extruded windows are maximizing the efficiency of the leasable space. They can be used as desk slide-in space or shelving.

Building O is a design interpretation of the desire to maximize the area of the site. The white round mass with extruded rounded windows can be the joy of design composition and shape. From the owner and user’s perspective, the design language can be utilized for extra space and maximize the leasable area.

The final mass is made of two arc shapes. It reflects the site shape and the building code regulations. The big arc part is for the leasable area and the small one is for the core and circulation.

The site is in one of the low-level districts in center of the Gangnam district and adjacent to the main boulevards, Hakdong-ro. These low-level districts have been formed by rather subsidiary and inert development than the outgoing expansion. Among tall buildings’ forest, the low-level commercial area should have its own role and attraction.

The Brass field is the renovation of interior and exterior of the old building, four stories above ground with one basement in low-rise district in Gang-Nam district in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

The front side of sectional profile of the louver is rounded. It creates three-dimensional depth and various reflections by lighting and surrounding colors. The rounded corners of the buildings and sides at the opening of 2nd and 4th floor creates the coherent language with the profile of the louver. Especially, at the entrance of the 1st floor, louvers, wrapping the opening by interweaving louvers with lighting creates the joy of the detail .

The design intension is that the building presents itself as a brass furniture box to store the valuable products. At the mock-up stage I was worried the brass-colored anodized louvers would creat eexessive effects. However, the completed materiality has its own character and freshness, while it blends with the surrounding contexts. I hope this project bring joyable intrigues and optimistic efffects to users and public.