This project marks the first step toward realizing Kyungpook National University’s vision of creating a medical campus town. The main building of the Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, located in downtown Daegu, was in a state of disrepair and, as a designated cultural heritage site, could not be expanded or renovated. Consequently, the site for this project was selected near the Chilgok Kyungpook National University Hospital.

It will enhance the quality of medical services, secure new educational spaces that meet international standards, and contribute to the cultivation of talent as a medical education institution. The building consists of two masses joined together.
First, the 12-meter-wide mass finished in terracotta houses seminar rooms and clinical laboratories, which require a large amount of floor space. The 6.6-meter-wide mass, finished with a curtain wall on the front, houses offices, faculty research rooms, break rooms, and monitoring rooms. This curtain wall facade conveys a sense of transparency by opening up toward the campus and also serves to alleviate the sense of confinement associated with the double-deck system, a key floor plan concept in the upper levels. A void space was created in the main lobby to allow natural light to enter.