Society of Architecture-Brickwell Mixed Use Building
그라운드 시소 서촌은 통의동 35-17번지 부지에 걸쳐 200년 가까운 도시 건설의 역사를 지켜온 옛 휴게소를 온전히 품고 있다. 수목터에 붙은 정원은 골목길을 자연스럽게 연결하도록 조성되었으며, 정원은 둥근 건물 중앙의 연못 위에 겹겹이 쌓인 중정과 합류한다. 1층을 필로티로 띄워 정원을 조성하고 거기에 위치한 수목들은 건물의 상부 아트리움까지 솟아오른다. 원형의 아트리움은 2층부터 4층까지의 내부 공간과 외부 테라스를 반으로 마주하고 있다. 아트리움의 길을 따라 또 다른 감각의 정원이 연출된다.
An Atrium for the White Pine - The white pine tree site, located west of 35-17 Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, was where a magnificent pine tree used to stand. Once known as the biggest of its kind in Korea, the tree had been designated as a natural monument until it died in 1991. What’s left of the past are its stump and a few more lacebark trees that were planted afterward. Three stumps of two-year-old lacebark pine trees stand next to the old stump to bring a serendipitous pleasure for those who walk along the narrow alleys, maximizing the walking experience unique to the Seochon district.
Brickwell stretches over the site of 35-17, Tongui-dong, and wholly embraces the old resting area which has witnessed the history of the city’s construction for nearly 200 years. Attached to the tree site, a garden was created to naturally connect the alleys, and the garden joins a courtyard layered over a pond in the center of the rounded building.
Rising Garden - The garden adjacent to the tree site, created by floating the first floor with piloti, expands as a garden united with the white pine stump and at the same time, rises to the upper atrium of the building. The garden also creates a deep sense of forest under the piloti by its continuity from the alley on the east side. The 10.5-meter diameter atrium both faces the interior space and outer terrace in half within the second, third, and fourth floors. Along the path of the atrium, a different sense of garden is created.
Landscape Framed by Flat Ceilings and Floors - The space of each floor is defined by concrete ceilings and floors exposed by a flat slab structure. In order to keep the ceiling without any pipings passing by, a separate space for air-conditioning facilities is provided and the form of a flat slab structure is exposed as it is without any beam. Through these, the courtyard can be faced anywhere in the 75py square plane. The horizontal opening within the slab frames the landscape outside the building, and especially on the third floor, the scenery of Inwangsan Mountain passes through the courtyard and enters the interior space.
The Possibility within Bricks - The materials used in the projects are mostly three types of structural materials; exposed concrete, yellow granite, and brick. Bricks define the internal and external communication methods through variations of construction methods including traditional brick masonry, pressing as tiles, and cladding.
Photography by Kyungsub Shin
from archdaily