SPACE December2025 (No. 697)




Diagram
Façade diagram
You can see more information on the SPACE No. December (2025).
Architect
GUBO Architects (Cho Yoonhee) + Hong Jihak (Chungn
Design team
Lim Euihyun, Do Uram
Location
Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
Programme
neighbourhood living facility
Site area
489§³
Building area
291.2§³
Gross floor area
1,131.69§³
Building scope
B1, 5F
Parking
8
Height
17.35m
Building to land ratio
59.55%
Floor area ratio
173.2%
Structure
RC
Exterior finishing
stone cladding (travertine)
Interior finishing
exposed concrete, polished concrete
Structural engineer
GON Structural Engineers
Mechanical engineer
Timetech
Electrical engineer
Cheonnu Enc.
Construction
Jingun Constructs Architecture
Design period
May – Oct. 2023
Construction period
Nov. 2023 – June 2025
Cho Yoonhee
Cho Yoonhee has been working in architectural design since she co-founded GUBO Architects in 2015. After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University and MIT, Cho built her career at IROJE architects & planners in Korea and Höweler + Yoon Architecture in Boston, U.S. Cho¡¯s interest lies in building urban cities from the pedestrian perspective of an average person. She has worked as a Public Architect for Seoul Metropolitan Government and won the Korean Young Architect Award organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2021.
Hong Jihak
Hong Jihak, after periods of research and building his career at SAC International, HAEAHN Architecture, and Center for Advanced Urbanism (CAU) at Boston, co-founded GUBO Architects in 2015. Hong studied Architectural Urbanism at MIT and received his PhD on the theory of Architectural History at Seoul National University. Hong is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Chungnam National University.
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