Joh Sungwook Architects

N3315 Commercial Facilities

N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh

N3315 Commercial Facilities

Joh Sungwook Architects

LOCATION
Gangnam-gu, South Korea

CATEGORY
Commercial Architecture

AREA
793 m²

YEAR
2022

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Eden Structural Engineering Group

PROJECT DESIGNERS
Sungwook Joh, Wanggeon Kim, Yeonjae Jang

ASSISTANT DESIGNER
Eunyoung Oh

CIVIL ENGINEERING
CETS ENG

MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Suyang Engineering

The image of the buildings in Gangnam, Seoul is tall and have huge blocks facing the boulevard.

N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh
N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh
N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh

On the other hand, if you take a step inside from the main street, you can face human-scale buildings in the dense urban structure adjacent to the backside road.

The purpose of this project is to provide a building where occupants can keep a balance between work and rest.

N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh
N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh

Starting from a cube with maximum volume in the given site, the building is constructed by disassembling the mass into the pieces and stacking them up continuously.

The fragmented pieces are staggered layer by layer, but the direction of the external space is formed differently for each layer. Therefore, the terrace is spontaneously created with different widths, lengths, and directions.

N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh
N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh

The exterior space expands the interior space to the outside and provides abundant space in the limited working space.

The site adjacent to the steep road creates a level difference of one-floor height between the north and east road. Located in the intersection of the road, the first basement floor resembles to be the ground floor.

N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh
N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh

Natural light penetrates deep into the second basement floor through a sunken garden located in the corner.

Located in a mixed-use neighborhood, windows are placed in a direction of keeping privacy and the brick pattern of the facade is designed to block the views of the housing areas.

N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh
N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh

Architecture always transforms accordingly to the values pursued by society.

Unlike the era when only economy and efficiency were important, the present-day requires pleasant working conditions and comfort as much as the living environment.

N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh
N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh

As the architecture settles down in the site, the image it creates is very crucial.

'N3315' will become a space where these various social needs are fulfilled.

N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh
N3315 Commercial Facilities
© Kim Yong Kwan, Sungwook Joh


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Plan - 2nd Basement Floor
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Plan - 1st Basement Floor
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Plan - 1st Floor
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Plan - 2nd Floor
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Plan - 3rd Floor
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Plan - 4th Floor
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Plan - 5th Floor
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Plan - 6th Floor
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Plan - 7th Floor
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Plan - Roof


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West Elevation
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East Elevation
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North Elevation
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South Elevation


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Joh Sungwook Architects
T +82 2 5718881 F +82 2 5718805
Joh Sungwook Architects
6F, 191 Yangjaecheon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea