Rock & Branch

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Architects: Hyunjoon Yoo Architects

Location: 395 Sindaebang-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Architect In Charge: Hyunjoon Yoo

Design Team: Jinsung Heo, Jaehong Kim, Daeun Seo

Area: 465.9 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Youngchae Park

Structural Engineer: Seum

Construction: Pureun jongwon construction

Mechanical Engineer: Min Sung engineering

Electrical Engineer: Hyeob-In

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Rock & Branch Janitor's Shelter for Boramae ParkA Tail of The HillThe building has such unique program and location. This facility is served as a place where the park janitors rest, wash and store cleaning tools at the same time. Boramae Park has small and large hills within the park. The site is located at the endpoint of one of those hills. The fan shaped area, which is about two-thirds of the site, is in contact with the road and the rest one-third touches the end of the hill. In fact, the site is in-between the last tail of the hill and the road. With the site given, the park required a shelter for the janitors and the storage for the equipment. 
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The rock and the branchFirst, the initial design concept was to minimize the shape of the site, which results an arc-shaped ...