daniel valle architects V-shapes publisher's headquarters building in south korea

daniel valle architects V-shapes publisher’s headquarters building in south korea
(above) the building combines book storage and working spaces
all images courtesy of daniel valle architects

designed by madrid-based daniel valle architects and located in south korea, the ‘kyomunsa’ publisher’s new headquarters in paju book city is a hybrid building that combines book storage with working spaces. the project takes the opportunity to propose a common container capable of absorbing both programs. consequently, the building is thought as a sequence of correlative sections constructed along an eighty-meter long structure. the first section is a rectangular, one floor, six by eleven meters shape –ideal for storing books. the last one in a three floor, pitched roof, fifteen by seven meters –a section that resembles a living or working typology. the sequence of sections along the project morphs smoothly between the first and last one.

the structure is made of concrete

the second step for daniel valle architects was to place the new structure on the location. as the site has a forty-five-meter squared shape –half the size of the building’s length- the structure had to twist itself in order to fit transforming itself from a rectangle to a V-shape. this operation allowed the possibility to relate exterior and interior spaces as the roof of the storage sections meets the same level as the floor of the sections containing the office program.

the V-shape structure creates asymmetrical corridors

wood rooftop terrace

a spiral staircase gives access to the premises

interior of the offices

concept diagram 

model

process models 

section 

ground level plan

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edited by: juliana neira | designboom