Article source: studio_GAON

Around 600 B.C., King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon made a garden for his wife Amitis of Media Kingdom in the midst of desert, noticing she got homesick longing for her country’s forest. It is said that the garden was a “hanging garden,” that was built not on the ground but on a structure like terraced balconies. The garden was designed so well it felt like walking on regular ground. It is also said that water was drown from the far Euphrates River through water pipes, to continuously feed the plants in its garden. Probably all the advanced techniques of the time were used. Power of love created a garden hanging over the sky in the middle of the desert. It is regrettable that nothing remains, but still it is such a romantic story. This story became starting point.

Image Courtesy © Yongkwan Kim

• Architects: studio_GAON
• Project: Amytis’ Garden
• Location: Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• Photography: Yongkwan Kim
  
• Project Team: Seongwon Son, Sungpil Lee, Joowon Moon, Laeyeon Kim, Minwoo Lee, beom Kim, jinwook Kim
  
• Site Area: 430.3㎡
  
• Building Area: 223.22㎡
  
• Gross Floor Area: 1136.83㎡
  
• Buliding Scope: B1-6F
  
• Height: 23.3m
  
• Building-to-Land Ratio: 51.88%
  
• Floor Area Ratio: 194.90%
• Design Period: 2015.06–2016.04
• Construction Period: 2016.03–2017.03
  

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