In Yeoksam-dong 618-2, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, there is a two story building covered with layers of horizontal mirror strips and vertical red transparency strips. Overlapping transparency and reflection, these layered strips of different materials create a strong visual illusion. Walking along the narrow stair passage between the layers, the visitors may feel dizzy not only because of the optical repetition but because of the trembling of the strips. The stair passage links the ground level to the roof deck changing the ordinary views of typical commercial blocks in Seoul to a phenomenal experience.

© Kyung Roh

Architects: Wise Architecture · Office Profile

Location: 618-2 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Design Team: Sung-ho Kim, Chang-ho Shin, Bok-ki Lee, Jung-hoon Lee, Eun-young Kim

Area: 647.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Kyung Roh · Photographer Profile, Kim Doo Ho

Structural Engineering: Bong-woo Nam, Seoul Structural Engineering

Landscape Design : Dae-young Lee, Studio L

Construction Team: COAZ construction Co.

Site Area: 463?

Building Area: 228?

Gross Floor Area: 647?

Structure: RC + Hollow Steel Structure

Building Scope: B1, 2F

Finishing: Glazing, Stainless Frame, SS super mi...