Unicity is the headquarters and research center of Carver Korea, a cosmetic business in South Korea. Carver Korea wants to make a splendid building design to show recent growth of the company. 

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Architects: D-Werker Architects

Location: Seoul, South Korea

Architect In Charge: Jieun Lee, Hwon Yoon

Area: 0.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

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D Werker Architects Construction: Gaudikorea Co.

Structure: Ferroconcrete

Finishing Materials: Pine Board Exposed Concrete, Exposed Concrete

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Site Plan

From the architect. Unicity is the headquarters and research center of Carver Korea, a cosmetic business in South Korea. Carver Korea wants to make a splendid building design to show recent growth of the company. 
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However, the condition of the site, located in Mapo, one of the old sections in Seoul, makes hard to design a building to be distinguished in urban scenery. Regarding physical environment of the site, the significantly irregular shaped site locates behind buildings consisted of ordinary neighborhood living facilities. Briefly, the site is hardly visible in surroundings, especially from main streets of City. In addition, due to the legal limitations, the building can be put in only small part of the site, and ground level has to be planned for parking lots. Hence, it was essential for us...