Boutique Monaco | |
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![]() Boutique Monaco in 2020 | |
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General information | |
Address | 397, Seocho-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul |
Coordinates | 37°29′50.28″N 127°1′28.76″E / 37.4973000°N 127.0246556°E |
Year(s) built | 2008 |
Height | 117 m (384 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 27 |
Floor area | 54,844.94 m2 (590,346.0 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Minsuk Cho |
Architecture firm | Mass Studies |
Main contractor | GS E&C |
Website | |
boutiquemonaco | |
References | |
[1] |
Boutique Monaco ( Korean: 부띠크모나코) is a 117-metre, 27-storey residential skyscraper in the ward of Seocho-gu in Seoul. The 172-unit residential tower was developed by Bumwoo Co., Ltd. and designed by Minsuk Cho as the working title of "Missing Matrix". [2] The lower five floors are retail and commercial facilities, and the officetel, a type of studio apartment in Korea, sits on the upper floors. [3]
Boutique Monaco was the recipient of the 2008 Silver Emporis Skyscraper Award, beating the much taller 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center. [4] It was awarded the prize for housing in the Seoul Architecture Award 2009. [5]
Boutique Monaco is known for its daring design, which includes several recesses that give the building a unique appearance. The 15 "missing spaces" were intentionally left empty to comply with the floor area ratio limit of the site. If the building had been designed as a simple vertical square, it would have exceeded the ratio limit by 10 percent. It met the restriction by removing the chunks from the building. [6]
In addition to addressing the limitation, the 15 voids provide micro-environments on the high-rise building. Each void contains a "sky garden" that can be overlooked from the resident's balcony. Cho intended to combat the high tower's lack of human interaction by injecting more human qualities. [3]
Boutique Monaco | |
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![]() Boutique Monaco in 2020 | |
| |
General information | |
Address | 397, Seocho-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul |
Coordinates | 37°29′50.28″N 127°1′28.76″E / 37.4973000°N 127.0246556°E |
Year(s) built | 2008 |
Height | 117 m (384 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 27 |
Floor area | 54,844.94 m2 (590,346.0 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Minsuk Cho |
Architecture firm | Mass Studies |
Main contractor | GS E&C |
Website | |
boutiquemonaco | |
References | |
[1] |
Boutique Monaco ( Korean: 부띠크모나코) is a 117-metre, 27-storey residential skyscraper in the ward of Seocho-gu in Seoul. The 172-unit residential tower was developed by Bumwoo Co., Ltd. and designed by Minsuk Cho as the working title of "Missing Matrix". [2] The lower five floors are retail and commercial facilities, and the officetel, a type of studio apartment in Korea, sits on the upper floors. [3]
Boutique Monaco was the recipient of the 2008 Silver Emporis Skyscraper Award, beating the much taller 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center. [4] It was awarded the prize for housing in the Seoul Architecture Award 2009. [5]
Boutique Monaco is known for its daring design, which includes several recesses that give the building a unique appearance. The 15 "missing spaces" were intentionally left empty to comply with the floor area ratio limit of the site. If the building had been designed as a simple vertical square, it would have exceeded the ratio limit by 10 percent. It met the restriction by removing the chunks from the building. [6]
In addition to addressing the limitation, the 15 voids provide micro-environments on the high-rise building. Each void contains a "sky garden" that can be overlooked from the resident's balcony. Cho intended to combat the high tower's lack of human interaction by injecting more human qualities. [3]