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The Teachers’ Pension Tower is a high-rise office building located in Yeouido, Seoul. It is a new variation of Junglim Architecture’s office design concept characterized by a low-rise podium and high-rise office tower. Designed to break away from the monotonous and standardized grid-type buildings common in Yeouido during the 1970s, the building contrasts a stone podium base with a glassy high-rise tower. The design aims to relieve the imposing presence of the tower by providing generous outdoor space and using friendly colors. The podium accommodates mixed-use facilities to function as a meeting hall, while the tower houses rental offices, streamlining vertical circulation and improving convenience for maintenance.
The office portion pursues a lively and dynamic aesthetic through the contrast of precast concrete walls and aluminum curtain walls. The concrete walls experiment with a new texture mimicking Indian sandstone using hard rubber panels. Also, to simplify aluminum curtain wall details and improve indoor ventilation efficiency, air vents were installed at the connections between the fan coil units (FCU) and the external glass.
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Status
Completed
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Awards
- 1983 Korean Institute of Architects Award(Design Award)
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Client
Korea Teachers Pension
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Program
office
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Design Year
1979
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Completion Year
1982
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Location
Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
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Site area
9,917.00m2
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Gross Floor Area
41,570.47m2
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Building Area
3,467.43m2
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Number of Levels
B3, 20F, R2
The Teachers’ Pension Tower is a high-rise office building located in Yeouido, Seoul. It is a new variation of Junglim Architecture’s office design concept characterized by a low-rise podium and high-rise office tower. Designed to break away from the monotonous and standardized grid-type buildings common in Yeouido during the 1970s, the building contrasts a stone podium base with a glassy high-rise tower. The design aims to relieve the imposing presence of the tower by providing generous outdoor space and using friendly colors. The podium accommodates mixed-use facilities to function as a meeting hall, while the tower houses rental offices, streamlining vertical circulation and improving convenience for maintenance.
The office portion pursues a lively and dynamic aesthetic through the contrast of precast concrete walls and aluminum curtain walls. The concrete walls experiment with a new texture mimicking Indian sandstone using hard rubber panels. Also, to simplify aluminum curtain wall details and improve indoor ventilation efficiency, air vents were installed at the connections between the fan coil units (FCU) and the external glass.
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