MERITZ BONGNAEDONG OFFICE BUILDING
SEOUL, KOREA
This new office building to be built near the Seoul Train Station in an emerging area of Seoul will house the expanding business of the Meritz Financial company on the north side of the Han River and will be a complement to the previously design Meritz Headquarters on the south of the River in Gangnam.
The design is representative of a business-like efficiency that is inherent in the culture of Meritz. Clad in a charcoal aluminum and glazed with the most efficient glass products currently available, the graphic character of the expression is subtly about business and the ubiquity of the use on each office floor, but with an orientation towards achieving unique character at the base and the top of the building.
The ground floor shares space with a unique retail arcade that is derived from earlier and historical patterns of retail in Seoul. The business lobby accommodates both the primary functions of circulation and security but also flows to a lower-level café and cafeteria in a sunlight sunken courtyard and rises in volume to another restaurant level on the second floor that will be something of a food court with multiple sources of food among common seating including on a bleacher which is part of the structure.
LOCATION
Seoul, Korea
CLIENT
Meritz Securities
SCOPE
High-Rise
SQ.FT
220,000
STORIES
18
SERVICE
Design Architect
COMPLETION DATE
2023
