SPACE Jun 2024 (No. 679)
WOORAN FOUNDATION (Seoungsu)
THE_SYSTEM LAB started in Bundang in 2012 and now has two additional offices in Seongsu-dong. As the number of employees has grown from five to sixty-five, the team has spread across three offices. The Bundang office was chosen due to the economic conditions, while the Seongsu office was the result of a casual joke between team members that it would be nice to have satellite offices in each of the office buildings designed by THE_SYSTEM LAB. The Bundang office was originally used as a warehouse, and since the main focus of THE_SYSTEM LAB at the time was architecture which reveals fabrication methods, the raw materials used in factories were expressed in a raw way. Electrical reel lines were mounted on the ceiling, and finishes included steel pipes and trusses. Flexibility was pursued throughout the workspace; all desks and boards...
