Realistic, Holistic, and Strategic: Cultureland Office

SPACE April 2023 (No. 667)​ 

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The company complex for Cultureland, a business that engages in the sale of gift certificates, has allocated 60% of its total area to the company, 20% to cultural facilities, and 20% to neighbourhood living facilities. The site sits alongside Yeongdong-daero Road on the west. The opposite side of the site’s northern road was divided into two lots, and the building’s overall form, as well as the positioning of the office space, were determined by the right to light code, particularly in the area that does not border the road. Since there was a ten-storey office tower adjacent to the southern edge of the site, the parking tower and the building core were placed in the south, allowing the office space to be open to the east, west, south, and north directions replete with natural lighting and ventilation. In the lower part of the building, a 10m-high, east-west elongated multipurpose performance hall was introduced, managing to evade the strictures of the right to light code. The performance hall is connected to the pedestrian’s main entrance on the west side, and to ensure the ultimate sense of openness, it also features an 8m-tall window that looks out into the Tancheon Stream on the east. The sky office, which was positioned on top of the core after the office space on the tenth floor was reduced by half, boasts a 360-degree panoramic view of everything from Bukhansan Mountain to the Lotte World Tower. By eliminating the corridor space that connected the elevator hall and the office, terraces, as well as bridges with pine trees, were added to the elevation facing Yeongdong-daero Road. In addition, there are entry and rear gardens in the neighbourhood living facilities on the first basement floor, a rear garden for the neighbourhood living facilities on the first ground floor, and roof gardens on the third, tenth, and eleventh floors. The landscaping and outdoor space have been introduced throughout the entire building, so that the tenants can easily move through the spaces and breathe fresh air from wherever they are in the complex. Glass louvers with a silkscreen pattern were installed in the repeating windows and exterior insulation panels on the elevation. During the daytime, louvers allow the building to be perceived as a single, smooth mass, whereas at night they penetrate through the grid-shaped openings. In terms of function, they block the western light from penetrating the front elevation, while also serving as a type of viewfinder that naturally directs one’s gaze towards Tancheon Stream on the southeast and away from the apartment buildings that obstruct the view on the northeast. (written by Yang Soo-in / edited by Park Jiyoun) 

You can see more information on the SPACE No. 667 (June 2023).​ ​​