Local design studio Intg has created minimalist interiors informed by traditional Korean architecture for a Seoul bank lounge.
The private lounge was completed for Hana Bank, which is based in Yeouido, the main finance and investment banking district in Seoul, South Korea.
Hana Bank's lounge features a "floating meeting room"
Seoul studio Intg created a two-storey, 1,104 square-metre lounge with VIP zones as well as areas for regular customers, including various meeting spaces.
The studio aimed to design a space that would encourage clients to visit the branch in person in an age when banking is increasingly digital.
The lounge includes various spaces for clients
When visitors enter the lounge, they are met by a statement glass box in the centre of the space that is filled with seating and side tables, which Intg described as a "floating meeting room". According to the design studio, the room ? which is bordered by a moat of bright blue sand arranged in a swirly formation ? takes cues from traditional Asian architecture.
Intg built a moat of bright blue sand around the meeting room
"It is designed to subtly reflect the way people enter living spaces after stepping over a stone in traditional Korean houses," Intg co-founder Daniel Song told Dezeen.
"Separate meeting rooms are placed like islands similar to the Hanok structure," he continued, citing the Korean term for such houses.

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