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In the hills of the Gangnam district south of the city centre of Seoul is a residential area of 1500 households realized. The initiative for the housing complex of 180.000m2 was launched by the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (KLHC) in April 2010. The objective of the KLHC was providing affordable public housing for low income families with the focus on providing a new public housing prototype in Korea.
Courtesy of Frits van Dongen – Photographs : LH Group
An urban plan was developed for the Gangnam District that is based on the topography of the landscape of the site. Within the sloping green hills of Gangnam lies an ensemble of urban blocks, a layout that is not seen often in the housing market of Seoul. The design of the urban block is a new typology called ?Tower Block Hybrids?, conceiving not only housing units but also public roads and private inner courtyards. Courtesy of Frits van Dongen – Site Plan
The design of the Tower Block Hybrid proposes not to be another housing tower of just suburban ?Sleeping City? but to be a real neighborhood: a community which is connected to Seoul but largely self-sufficient. The existence of a community is based on the possibility for social interconnection and the sense of ownership, a pride of place.
Courtesy of Frits van Dongen – Photographs : LH Group
To achieve this the Tower Block Hybrid has a clear distinction between public and private outdoor spa...