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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. The Gatehouse Seoul, South Korea by Prime ArchitectureAugust 27th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Prime Architecture The Gatehouse We have completed a ‘water well’ inspired building near Seoul, which is home to a family run Shabu-Shabu restaurant. The form of the building was taken from a disused natural water well which was revealed on site. The water well was further incorporated into the functionality, where it is used to provide water throughout the building, as well as irrigation for the restaurants micro-farm on site.  Image Courtesy © Byungchul Jeon
 Image Courtesy © Byungchul Jeon We were appointed to design a 2000sq.ft restaurant for a Client in a suburban area of Seoul, called Siheung-Si. The Clients grew up near the site and recall their family using the natural well during their childhood. After spending most of their working lives in Seoul their dream was to move back and create a restaurant which provided the local community with home grown produce. Historically, the natural water well was used by the locals and served as a central meeting point for the community, but became disused once running water was provided in years past.  Image Courtesy © Byungchul Jeon  Image Courtesy © Byungchul Jeon With this in mind, our design approach was to re-establish the well by using it as an aesthetic cue, and also to incorporate it in a practical sense. The building is formed with three masses. The masses are positioned carefully into the landscape and within the retaining walls which frames the sites sloping topography.  Image Courtesy © Byungchul Jeon  Image Courtesy © Byungchul Jeon The lower volume in closest proximity to the water well, is a glass transparent lightweight box, which conveys water. The two solid concrete volumes take vessel like forms. The first one provides the ‘serviced area’ and is finished in timber board exposed concrete. This volume is where customers are served, with the seating, dining area and lounge. The other solid concrete form is the ‘service area’ which is purposely finished in traditional exposed concrete formwork to differentiate itself from the other volumes. This space is where the kitchen, plant, WC, storage areas, and services are positioned.  Image Courtesy © Byungchul Jeon  Image Courtesy © Byungchul Jeon To highlight the water well, a connection was formed from the existing well, which brings the water through to a viewable chamber now located in the external terrace, under the 4.7m long cantilever. An exposed trench which is positioned at the foot of the retaining walls, shows this diversion of water to the chamber. This also acts as a water store which is used to transfer the water back through the building for use throughout.  Image Courtesy © Byungchul Jeon  Image Courtesy © Prime Architecture About us We are a small architecture practice with our main office based in Fulham, London SW6. The majority of our work is based in London, but more recently been appointed on a number of international projects, and have an office based in Seoul… mainly down to our co-founder (Jin Kim) being from South Korea! With the other founder being from London (Tom Tighe).  Image Courtesy © Prime Architecture  Image Courtesy © Prime Architecture  Image Courtesy © Prime Architecture  Image Courtesy © Prime Architecture  Image Courtesy © Prime Architecture  Image Courtesy © Prime Architecture  Image Courtesy © Prime Architecture  Image Courtesy © Prime Architecture
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