Space for shared life and serviceThe Raphael Center is a free medical facility for foreign workers. The task for the architect was to renovate the poorer building used as accommodation for the examination into a medical facility for foreign workers and a complex cultural space for local people. Aside from the limited budget, the biggest problem was the narrow space of the space. Most of all, we planned empty spaces without defined layouts as much as possible, in order to enable many people to stay there, designing the flow line as the form of track in order to avoid interrupting patient?s circulation.

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Architects: KYWC Architects

Location: 8 Seongbukdong 1(il)-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Lead Architects: Kim Seunghoy (Seoul National University), Yoo Yongyeon
Construction: Ean R&C (Kim Jongkyu)

Area: 1177.0 m2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: KIM Jaekyung

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Space for shared life and service
The Raphael Center is a free medical facility for foreign workers. The task for the architect was to renovate the poorer building used as accommodation for the examination into a medical facility for foreign workers and a complex cultural space for local people. Aside from the limited budget, the biggest problem was the narrow space of the space. Most of all, we planned empty spaces without defined layouts as much as possible, in order to enable many people to ...