The Korea Water Resources Corporation is the primary agency responsible for the comprehensive management of the nation’s water resources. Seeking to break away from the typical public buildings—which are often perceived as authoritative, oppressive, and disconnected from the public—the new Integrated Operations Center aimed to embody a new vision of public architecture. This vision aligns with the Corporation’s motto, which emphasizes water, nature, and people.

We attempted to achieve this through reprogramming and restructuring. High-public-use facilities such as the customer service center, exhibition spaces, sports facilities, and educational experience centers were placed on the lower floors, with nature and open spaces integrated between them.