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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14088 Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14088-design-vanguard-2019-jo-jinman-architects Layered Terrace House The facade of this residence for an extended family has a rough materiality on the street side, blending into the chaotic streetscape (shown), while the courtyard facades are entirely clad in an array of irregularly sized pieces of leftover wood. Photo © Kyungsub Shin Layered Terrace House The facade of this residence for an extended family has a rough materiality on the street side, blending into the chaotic streetscape, while the courtyard facades are entirely clad in an array of irregularly sized pieces of leftover wood (shown). Photo © Kyungsub Shin NXV In this tower in Gangnam, Seoul, the concrete lower portion contains offices while the cantilevering glazed upper block contains residential units for two families. Photo © Kyungsub Shin K2 Tower The envelope of the twisting office building, located at the intersection of Seoul’s central business district and a densely populated residential neighborhood, features cement panels cut into narrow pieces and arranged like louvers, giving it a lightness that belies its monolithic aspect. Photo © Kyungsub Shin Riverside Apse A concrete shell in the shape of a hemisphere, housing a range of programs, opens up to face a stream along with a walkway, popular with locals, that has been created through the Ecological River Development project. Photo © Kyungsub Shin