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Sinseol-dong Hanok

CoRe Architects designed the renovation of an old hanok in Seoul, Korea, adopting a steel frame structure to make the other volume floating above the existent building.

Sinseol-dong is a place where some urban hanoks still exist. But some are too old to be used as dwellings and mostly are over the maximum FAR.

It was not allowed to construct new buildings on the site. It was only possible to add the 50% of the existing building’s area: 49.5 sqm (previously 99.9 sqm). Paradoxically, because of complicated restrictions, this shabby, old hanok could survive so far.

As a way to extend hanok vertically, the architects adopted a steel frame structure to make the other volume floating above the hanok, so it could be preserved and the new volume could stand as an independent structure.

The new building has seven steel-columns on the ground, away from the hanok’s shape. CoRe arranged column avoiding roof of hanok and made cantilever structure using horizontal and inclined beams.

CoRe Architects, Sinseol-dong Hanok, Seoul, 2016

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CoRe Architects, Sinseol-dong Hanok, site plan

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CoRe Architects, Sinseol-dong Hanok, ground floor

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CoRe Architects, Sinseol-dong Hanok, mid-level floor

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CoRe Architects, Sinseol-dong Hanok, first floor

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CoRe Architects, Sinseol-dong Hanok, section

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CoRe Architects, Sinseol-dong Hanok, south elevation

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Sinseol-dong Hanok, Seoul
Program: renovation
Architect: CoRe Architects
Design team: Zongxoo U, Vin Kim, Youngrae Choi, Aran Cho, Heera Kang, Yunjeong Park
Structural Engineering: S.D.M structural consulting engineers
Contractor: JEHYO
Total floor area: 149.4 sqm
Completion: 2016

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