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A Parking Lot as an Urban Solution: Jungan Public Parking Lot

CoRe Architects

written by
U Zongxoo, Kim Vin
photographed by
Roh Kyung
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CoRe Architects
edited by
Bang Yukyung
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SPACE October 2025 (No. 695)

 

 

 

 

In large cities, parking shortages are severe due to limited parking space and the overwhelming number of vehicles. In older downtown areas, where it is especially difficult to secure land for parking, the public sector has sought to address the problem by assembling large parcels and constructing public parking facilities—projects that inevitably have a major impact on the city’s appearance. Jungan Public Parking Lot in Jinju is an above-ground parking facility accommodating 218 vehicles, developed through a design competition to address the chronic parking shortage in the old city centre of Jinju. While achieving the basic objectives of its functional requirements and improving the surrounding environment, we aimed to create a parking tower that would allow local people to view the familiar city anew through the everyday act of parking. The site is surrounded by public facilities, including the Gyeongsangnam-do Jinju Office of Education (Former Main Building of Baeyeong Elementary School, Jinju) and ...

 
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Architect

CoRe Architects (U Zongxoo, Kim Vin)

Design team

Kim Naeun, Jung Hyeonwoo, Kim Gayeon

Location

29, Bibong-ro, Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea

Programme

exclusive parking building, neighbourhood living f

Site area

2,109.8㎡

Building area

1,882.21㎡

Gross floor area

5,212.63㎡

Building scope

B1, 3F

Parking

218

Height

12m

Building to land ratio

89.21%

Floor area ratio

247.07%

Structure

steel frame, RC

Exterior finishing

exposed concrete, brick

Interior finishing

brick, aluminum louver, polycarbonate

Structural engineer

SDM Partners

Mechanical engineer

cheongrim ENG

Electrical engineer

Kukdongmunhwa Electrical Design Company

Construction

YoungDam Construction Co., Ltd.

Design period

June 2023 – Mar. 2024

Construction period

Mar. 2024 – Mar. 2025

Cost

8.1 billion KRW

Client

Jinju City

Landscape design

Gramdesign (Choi Yoonseok)

U Zongxoo, Kim Vin
U Zongxoo and Kim Vin are co-principals of CoRe Architects. CoRe Architects is a group of architects who come together to share knowledge and contemplate architecture, and in which individual personalities are respected. They seek to build a better environment based on the power of collectivity and create a new way forward as a sustainable architectural group. They are interested in discovering new architectural types in response to construction methods, programme composition, experimentation with materials, and changing social structures. They are involved in large and small-scale projects in various fields that make up cities, ranging from architecture and cities to interior and infrastructure.
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