Baemin Rider School (BaeRaS) is a facility dedicated to providing safety training for delivery riders.

“BaeRaS” is a platform designed not for profit, but as part of a corporate social responsibility initiative. Initially, training was conducted outdoors, but since it was heavily affected by seasonal and weather conditions, there was a need to transition to an indoor training environment to enable more stable and systematic training, which led to the launch of this project.

Since the site is adjacent to a residential complex on its southwest side, complaints regarding noise, visibility, and pedestrian traffic were anticipated when large numbers of riders gathered. Therefore, rather than viewing the inevitable physical separation from the outside world negatively, we proposed a new form of urban communication through the concept of “Voluntary Separation.”

This separation is not a closure but functions as a mechanism for buffering and transition.
While preventing the interior from being directly exposed to the outside, the corridor formed between them serves as an open boundary accessible to anyone. This interstitial space is a place for extraordinary experiences infused with landscaping and nature, functioning as a new form of public space where the city and its users engage in loose communication.

Exposed concrete was chosen as the exterior cladding to reveal the material’s inherent texture and structural integrity. Beyond serving a functional separation, this became a medium that visually embodies the concept of “voluntary separation” within the urban context.

Inside, a hands-on training area replicating a 65-meter-wide by 28-meter-long road environment, an auditorium for audiovisual-based theoretical instruction, staff offices, and a retail space for rider gear are organically integrated. We hope this space will transcend its role as a mere safety training facility to become an experimental platform where the city, people, technology, and safety intersect.