Today I have been reading about British architect Sir David Chipperfield, who has just been announced as the Pritzker winner 2023, the highest recognition in the architecture field.
From all his work, I am sharing some interesting pictures of the landscape design for the Amorepacific Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, 2017. The photographs belong to Noshe, David Chipperfield Architects, Ute Zscharnt, and were downloaded from ArchDaily where you can read the building description in the architects' own words.
I find the view through the sculptural trees fascinating. And the combination and contrast of the rigid facades grid, with the tortuous thin trunks and the rounded planters with lots of ferns.
The trees look so ethereal and permeable like the facades per se. Note the lighting and the floor reflections.
As described by the architects: "Nature permeates the building right up to the roof gardens, where large trees express their sculptural quality complemented by amorphous water basins."
The trees scale and the translucent floor. See how the planter is square and flat in the circulation.
The human scale.
Another translucent element in the floor, which has a square grid.
The trees scale in the overall magnitude of the building
The "hollowed" cube and the technical grid so beautifully inserted in the existing environment. See how a different grid is used in the building on the right.
One of the floor plans with the trees planters
One of the floor plans with the trees planters
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