The terrace and balcony, which are preferred as the best space in the whole building in the Western world, are disappearing in Korea due to the desire of more indoor space. It lost its distinct character by being covered with glass or being expanded to an indoor space. For the Namsan Patio, we wanted to create a place that would substitute this vanishing space.

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Architects: Architects Group RAUM

Location: Namsan-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea

Architect In Charge: Oh sin-wook

Partner Architect: No Jeong-min

Area: 108.91 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Yoon Joon-hwan

Design Team: Ha Jeoung-un, Kim Dae-won, An Shin, Yu Seong-cheol, Yoon Jeong-ock, Park Gyu-hyun
Client: Gawk Hye-jung, Jin Jae-un

Construction: Taebaek Construction(Kim Tae-hong)

Electric Engineer: Young Shin Engineering

Structural Engineer: In Structure Engineering

Mechanical Engineer: Shinheung Engineering

Site Area: 190.50 sqm

Gross Floor Area: 357.34 sqm

Building To Land Ratio: 57.17 %

Floor Area Ratio: 187.57 %

Building Scope: B1, 4F

Height: 14.25 m

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From the architect. The terrace and balcony, which are preferred as t...