The client demanded that all the building sides should be built with curtain-walled windows, but the land was located in an area of no interest, and according to the deliberation criteria, the building had to have a less than 60% of windows surface. The Korean architects modified the sizes of the windows according to the direction in which they were seen from each of the corner faces of the building and accentuated the sense of speed of the panorama. As a result, the windows get smaller as they are going backward from the side overlooking the Han River.
Thumbs-up building, Seoul
Program: office building
Architect: B.U.S Architecture – Jihyun Park, Seonghak Cho
Collaborators: Jihyun Park, Seonghak Cho, Byungyup Lee, Hyemee Park
Area: 316.88 sqm
Completion: 2016