FLOWER
A great flower of metal masses,
made of a minus curved surface
is installed in Archi-Fiore as a
concept using “pop art”, and by
doing so, the architects, Iroje KHM
Architects, intended to enhance the
identity of commercial buildings.
International project
Archi-Fiore
T
o respond to context
and to give identity as a
commercial building, the
shape of this project has
been curved like a flower.
The architects expect that
this complex building will
be the architectural flower
and landmark of the town.
They extended the existing road in front
of the site to this project which is the
vertical town, consisting of complex
programs of architecture, a coffee shop,
restaurant, office and house.
Dynamic stairways fly up from the first
floor at the road level up to the roof
garden at the top of 6th floor, strolling on
various routes of this vertical town. Iroje
KHM Architects didn’t want this complex
building to be considered as one building,
but rather a small town consisting of four
independent buildings.
Dialogue with round gymnasium and
curved shape
The most influential existence of the
surrounding site is a huge, rounded
gymnasium in the disorganized
surrounding context. To create a dialogue
with the round mass of the gymnasium,
the architect designed this project as a
curved shape which is derived from the
curve of the traditional Korean roof.
The curve of the roof
Iroje KHM Architects hoped to give
this project the identity of a commercial
building, so applied the negative curve
of the traditional roof of Korea to
harmonize with the round gymnasium.
In the house, they floated the curved
mass of the family room over the living
room, which looks and feels like a
‘floating roof’.
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