Nowon Social Welfare Facilities by Junghee Lee |
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| DESIGN NAME: Nowon PRIMARY FUNCTION: Social Welfare Facilities INSPIRATION: Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu, is a typical highly residential area in Seoul packed with apartment buildings due to large-scale redevelopment in the 1980s. The block in which Nowon Community Selfsufficiency Center is located has not been redeveloped so far, being backward for a long time. Nowon Community Selfsufficiency Center has been silently playing its role with the goal of realizing a local community for over 30 years. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The site has the shape of a triangle facing the narrow road of 4m on the north side. In order to effectively utilize the heterogeneous site, a building mass made using two long sides according to the site shape was planned, and the surface in contact with the outer space was maximized by proposing a courtyard to the south. It was designed to be surrounded by rooms centered on the south-facing courtyard, creating a pleasant environment for light and ventilation in all spaces. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Nowon Community Selfsufficiency Center is making efforts to solve local unemployment and poverty problems and create a better neighborhood through various projects since the time of redevelopment in the 1980s. It provides systematic self-sufficiency services to the low-income class and the unemployed. The organization is also interested in the welfare of the elderly by operating a senior center in the local area. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Location: sanggye-dong, nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea Design period: Dec.2019-May.2020 Construction period: Mar.2021-Feb.2022 FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: As for the exterior material of the building, clay bricks, a material familiar to the elderly, were used on the first floor, represented by the senior citizens hall, to make it harmonize well with the surrounding environment. White coated metal panels were used for the office and education center on the 2nd and 3rd floors to give a bright and cheerful feeling to the underdeveloped area while easing the impression of large volume. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Site area: 299.63sqm Building area: 66.97sqm Gross floor area: 179.03sqm Building scope: 3F Height: 11.40m Structure: RC TAGS: NOWON, Social Welfare, social justice, Community Selfsufficiency Center, underprivileged RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The senior center on the 1st floor is designed to connect grandmother's room and grandfather's room directly to the silver ground, which is the courtyard, so that the elderly may safely and comfortably utilize the extended space to the outdoors. The office on the 2nd floor and the education center on the 3rd floor, which are used as the selfsufficiency center, are divided into a large space on the right and a small space on the left with a common area in the center. CHALLENGE: It is unfortunate that the construction of the resting rooftop garden, which was planned in the existing design proposal, could not be carried out at present because of the increase in construction cost due to Covid-19, but I hope that it will be complemented and become a space which will be actively used in the future. ADDED DATE: 2021-02-15 01:58:06 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Photographer Shin Kyungsub, Image #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 |
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NAME: Seoul Nowon-gu Office PROFILE: Nowon-gu Office in Seoul is a public institution that provides administrative services in the Republic of Korea. |
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Nowon Social Welfare Facilities by Junghee Lee is Runner-up for A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category, 2021 - 2022.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Junghee Lee. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Junghee Lee. |
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