Architects for Urbanity has released its designs for Seoul Urban Womb, a mixed-use women?s and family complex in South Korea. Located in Daebang-dong at the former site of the Seoul Women?s Shelter, the project aims to revitalize the current Seoul Women?s Plaza, a space previously described as ?gloomy? and ?deathlike.?

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Architects for Urbanity has released its designs for Seoul Urban Womb, a mixed-use women?s and family complex in South Korea. Located in Daebang-dong at the former site of the Seoul Women?s Shelter, the project aims to revitalize the current Seoul Women?s Plaza, a space previously described as ?gloomy? and ?deathlike.?The new facility will serve as a connection between the Women?s Plaza and nearby train station, as a mix of public and private space, and is hoped to help ?form creative culture, [teach] traditions, and expand the value of gender equality in family and community.?
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Designed as ?an organic womb that intensifies spatially and programmatically? throughout the site, the complex will consist of a large rectangular volume interrupted by a series of voids that define and connect the various programs throughout the facility.

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The building will be organized into three programmatic volumes: ...