UK designers Heatherwick Studio are working with South Korea’s Haeahn Structure on a makeover of Hanwha Galleria, a twin-building division retailer in Seoul’s Gangnam ward of Apgujeong-dong, near the Han River.
Heatherwick’s design for the 2 buildings proposes inverting the standard inward-facing shopfront and creating public areas surrounding the buildings.
The dual buildings are alike however not similar and can include a glass façade that creates a silhouette resembling a rippled hourglass.
Clad in a double layer of pores and skin, at night time the outer pores and skin can be utilized as a backdrop for glowing projections.
When trying between the 2 buildings they body the Han River. Guests can enter by a renovated underground subway to 2 landscaped plazas on the bottom stage.
A mid-level backyard could have eating places and retailers, with the rooftop providing views throughout town.
Neil Hubbard, Heatherwick Studio companion, mentioned: “Right here we’ve an necessary intersection in Apgujeong with two buildings, east and west, that felt like a chance to convey folks collectively.
“Mixed with Hanwha’s ambition to convey extra exercise to the buildings, we needed to offer a powerful general silhouette that creates a gateway, but additionally offers Seoulites new garden-like areas to satisfy, store and luxuriate in their metropolis.”
