IPARK, Daegu Wolbae Development, New Korea Residential Building Images
IPARK, Daegu Wolbae
Building Development for Hyundai Development Company, South Korea ? design by UNStudio, Architects
28 Aug 2017
IPARK, Daegu Wolbae
Design: UNStudio
Location: Daegu, South Korea
Breaking the Mega-Block Mold
IPARK, Daegu, Block 1:

Creating identity on an urban and a human scale
Monday 28th Aug 2017 – Following its implementation as a result of the rapid urbanisation of the booming middle class in South Korea, apartment living continues to be the most popular type of housing in the country. In cities across South Korea this type of housing can be found stacked in identical, densely packed, utilitarian blocks.
In 2012 UNStudio was invited by the Hyundai Development Company to propose a design intervention for two new residential developments in Daegu Wolbae which would counteract this prevailing utilitarian approach and instead create distinct identities across multiple scales. The result was a provocative yet investigative, affordable and health-focused proposal to break the impersonal homogeneity and the traditions of high density living in South Korea. IPARK, Daegu, Block 2. Video by Rohspace:

UNStudio Daegu IPark Block 2 from UNStudio on Vimeo.
IPARK – Creating points of identity
Daegu is the fourth largest city in South Korea and is often referred to as ?Textile City?, due to its rich history of manufacturing textiles and clothing. As a ?Fashion Capital?, Daegu is hos...