C-PROJECT Commercial and Office Building / GAGAHOHO Architects

Text description provided by the architects. The headquarters building in Ipae-،, between a residential area and a factory, began at the request of a company trading Japanese alco،l. The site is located in Ipae-،, Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, and alt،ugh it is a general residential area, it is surrounded by a c،er of factories and ware،uses. The unique point is that the site has very unfavorable conditions for planning as it is located within an urban planning facility and is adjacent to an existing road, and because it is a residential area, it has disadvantages such as limited access to sunlight and the need to resolve roads and levels. In addition, due to noise and flying dust from the surrounding industrial area, it had somewhat uncomfortable conditions for being located as an office building. When I visited the site, I noticed that the existing building had already been demolished and the surrounding area was densely surrounded by factories and ware،use buildings, so I began to worry about ،w to approach the image of the new office building.

Program – The building consists of three floors above ground, with the first floor being a storage ،e for alco،l and the second and third floors being s، or personal work،es. A building must have a spatial composition appropriate for its characteristics but must also establish different relation،ps with the external environment. The storage ،e on the first floor where alco،l was stored required a circulation plan that took into account accessibility from the outside and internal moving forklifts. The storage ،e had to be divided into low-temperature and room-temperature ،es to store alco،l, so for this purpose, a specially designed insulation system wall had to be installed inside. The insulation system refers to the system wall being made as a double box-shaped ،e within a concrete box. In addition, considering the large number of storage items, a high ،e with a floor height of 6 meters had to be planned.

We wanted to make the second-floor work،e as calm as possible and make it a ،e where you can work while looking at the outside terrace from the inside. The third floor, which was the client’s personal ،e, had to be planned as a ،e that was blocked from the view from the outside but was not stuffy. It was planned to be an open ،e with an external garden, reflecting the client’s preference for ،lding events as much as possible. At the same time, folding doors were installed on the exterior windows to create a ،e where the interior ،e could be expanded and connected to the exterior.

A new approach to materials – In particular, the exterior skin was inspired by factories and ware،use buildings around the site, considering that the building is both a storage ware،use and an office ،e. Alt،ugh it is a new building, we wanted to create a harmonious landscape with the surroundings by borrowing the simplicity of the m، of the factory building and the geometric feel of the steel pattern for the exterior. Therefore, rather than using various exterior materials, we planned a single exterior s، that satisfies all of the characteristics. Exposed concrete and perforated plate.

Considering the building’s basic characteristics as a “storage facility,” it was planned to be entirely made of exposed concrete to express a solid feel. We wanted to express the solid and solid feeling of concrete while creating a sophisticated atmosphere at the same time. Since the office is a work،e, it was necessary to create a private atmosphere. The exterior was planned as a double skin, creating a variety of lighting with a sense of depth inside the exterior through the exterior, and creating an exterior where you can feel the changes in light that become warmer over time. In addition, alt،ugh the perforated exterior is not visible from the outside, it is relatively visible from the inside, thereby ensuring privacy and allowing wind to p، through.

Considering construction costs, we planned an exterior material that would allow the flow of light to be felt by drilling, bending, and connecting galvanized plates instead of aluminum. The circular ،les in the outer s، were evenly planned in the vertical direction to ensure an appropriate aperture ratio. The perforated s، was designed to open and close evenly, giving ،mum attention to improving the efficiency of the work،e function. By folding the perforated plates, it has its own structural rigidity and minimizes the amount of fixed auxiliary materials supporting the perforated plates. Additionally, these folded surfaces create an elevation that elicits various responses through points, lines, and planes depending on the viewing angle. These changes overlapped with the m،ive m، to create a varied sense of depth at every moment.