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Evolo Skyscraper Winner 2014 Transforms Korean 'Hanok' Into Impressive High-Rise - ArchDaily
Evolo Skyscraper Winner 2014 Transforms Korean 'Hanok' Into Impressive High-Rise - ArchDaily
Vernacular Versatility, recently awarded first place in the 2014 eVolo Skyscraper Competition, seeks to adapt
traditional Korean architecture into a contemporary mixed-use high-rise. The vernacular design of the Hanok,
the "antonym of a western house" and epitome of the Korean style, has disappeared from every town.
Extensive urban development in the 1970s led to a boom in modern apartment dwellings and, consequently, a
loss of established Korean vernacular architecture. Yong Ju Lee's proposal aims to reimagine the Hanok in one
of the country's busiest districts, drawing people's attention to and stimulating their interest in traditional
architecture with the intention that "it will eventually be absorbed into people’s everyday lives"
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According to Yong Ju Lee, "the Hanok is featured by its own wooden structural system and tiled roofs,
creating a strong formal gesture. The edge of the roof can be adjusted to control the amount of sunlight that
enters the house. The core structural element is a wooden connection known as a Gagu, which sits just
beneath the roof where column meets beam and girder without any additional fastener. The simplicity of this
connection also characterises the aesthetic of Korean traditional architecture."
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Historically this structural system has been developed exclusively in plan, applied only to one-story residences.
With the advent of more complex modelling software, ways in which this system can be integrated into high-
rise buildings have been explored in great depth. This scheme can "open a new chapter of possibilities" be
bringing this hundred-year-old tradition to the present day with "high-resolution intelligence and beauty."
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This competition, established by eVolo Magazine in 2006, aims to recognise innovative proposals for vertical
living. After reviewing nearly 600 projects from 43 different countries, the jury has selected three winners and
20 honorable mentions. See the other winning schemes and honourable mentions here.
Wiel Arets, Principal Wiel Arets Architects, Dean of the Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of
Architecture
John Beckmann, Principal Axis Mundi
Michael Hensel, Principal AKNW + NAL, professor at Oslo School of Architecture
Lisa Iwamoto, Principal IwamotoScott Architecture, professor at University of California Berkeley
Kas Oosterhuis, Principal Oosterhuis-Lénárd, professor at Delft University of Technology
Derek Pirozzi, Architectural designer Oppenheim Architecture + Design, first place 2013 eVolo Skyscraper
Competition
Tom Price, Principal Tom Price
Fernando Romero, Principal FR-EE
Craig Scott, Principal IwamotoScott Architecture, professor at California College of the Arts
Carol Willis, Director Skyscraper Museum, professor at Columbia University
Dan Wood, Principal WORK Architecture Company, professor at Yale University Save
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Competition
2014 eVolo Skyscraper Competition
Award
First Place
Project Name
Vernacular Versatility
Architects
Yong Ju Lee
Project Year
2014
Photographs
Yong Ju Lee
References: eVolo
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