Oude Office And Café
Oude Office and Café
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AREA
1747 M²
YEAR
2023
LOCATION
Seongdong-gu, South Korea
CATEGORY
Mixed Use Architecture, Offices, Coffee Shop Interiors
English description provided by architects.
The Oude Seongsu 2nd Branch is a space where you can observe the nostalgic atmosphere of Seongsu-dong, which used to be an industrial area in the past.
To focus on its essence, the building, holding decades of history, preserves its exterior and uses vintage tiles on the floor that resemble the irregular forms of nature.
The courtyard, placed at the center of the hall, allows one to experience all elements of nature – sunlight, rain, and snow – as it extends up to the second floor with trees gracefully reaching towards the sky.
Like the famous saying "Less is more" left by Mies van der Rohe, we believe that the closer we get to simplicity, the closer we get to the essence.
Instead of adopting the 'plus' approach of painting over or adding walls, we chose the 'minus' method of 'wall sanding,' carving the walls to reveal their essence.
Preserving the raw sensation, users can inevitably experience the aesthetics of the essence in this space.
