Gwanggyo is a new town south of Seoul and is getting a fresh-face. The town is getting ready to become home to a new city center called the Gwanggyo Power Center. Dutch architects MVRDV, who landed the project after winning a competition to design a city center, are designing this. A part of the two centers planned for Gwanggyo, this new center will be the proud edifice of the 77,000 residents of the city. Penciled in the project are housing, office, culture, retail, leisure and education complexes. A note worthy point is that most of the structure envision boasts of a terrace and this is achieved by designing the elements as rings that placed outwards, giving enough space for terraces.

The structures host box hedges on the terraces and roofs, which will result in better ventilation and reduce energy and water consumption. The atriums within each tower focus on creating lobbies for housing and offices, plazas for the shopping center, and halls for the museum and leisure areas. The project will be completed by 2011, which is not very far away!



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Topics: Building Tags: on December 3, 2008

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