Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe by Junghee Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category.
SilverArchitecture· 2018
Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe
by Junghee Lee
Client: 2m2 Architects
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Architecture Category
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Verify Award Status for #64476The Design
About Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe
Junghee Lee tried to divide a large floor space into several small spaces. For this purpose, the architect set the basic direction as a skip floor, and it is a two-story building, but it actually became a space of four floors up to the outside deck on the roof. On the same floor, exposed concrete wall was exposed in the middle and divided it into two parts again. The floor and ceiling finish produces contrasting effects. in addition, by installing a skylight, natural light enters the room during the daytime.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
Where to Get It
Innovative Commercial Architecture Design
We transform spaces through thoughtful architectural solutions that balance functionality with cultural context. Our expertise spans commercial, hospitality, and mixed-use projects where we employ innovative techniques like skip floors and exposed concrete to create distinctive environments. Winner of international design awards including A' Design Award.
Discuss Your ProjectInterviews
Grand Interview
Your innovative approach to dividing the Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe into multiple intimate spaces through skip floor design has earned significant recognition, including the Silver A' Design Award - could you elaborate on how this spatial concept evolved during your creative process?
I aimed to enhance the spatial qualities that people experience as they walk through by dividing the area into multiple smaller spaces with varying levels, rather than having one large open space.
The Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe seamlessly integrates with Kim Gwangseok's cultural district while maintaining its distinct identity - how did the neighborhood's artistic heritage influence your architectural decisions?
I wanted to design The Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe that naturally blends into Kim Gwangseok's cultural street while expressing its own character. After my first site visit, I felt that the path taken by the singer Kim Gwangseok was naturally connected to the building.
Your use of exposed concrete walls and contrasting floor-ceiling finishes in the Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor Commercial Cafe creates striking visual dynamics - what inspired these material choices and how do they enhance the visitor experience?
I value the powerful impression that materials themselves convey. I particularly enjoy how the use of two contrasting materials enhances that feeling. These are natural materials that provide people with a pleasing experience effortlessly.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- We tried to divide a large floor space into several small spaces. For this purpose, we set the basic direction as a skip floor, and it is a two-story building, but it actually became a space of four floors up to the outside deck on the roof. On the same floor, exposed concrete wall was exposed in the middle and divided it into two parts again.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross floor area: 209.87㎡
- Tags
- 2m2 architects, skip floor, exposed concrete, wood louver
- Production Technology
- pine-wood exposed concrete
red cedar
low e glass - Design Challenge
- making wooden louver folding door
- Research
- Architectural structural solution
- Inspiration
- The site where the project was carried out is Daegu City which is located on the side road of the old section of the city. In 2010, as the singer Kim Gwangseok's streets were built around, it became a popular neighborhood where many young people visited on the weekends.
we designed a building that does not stand out too much compared to the neighboring buildings, but has its distinct features and can be combined with the neighborhood atmosphere with 1/3 of the legal maximum possible size. - Project Duration
- Design period: Jun.2014-Aug.2014
Construction period: Nov.2014-Apr.2015
Location: Daegu, South Korea - Operation Flow
- skip floor
exposed concrete
wooden louver - Image Credits
- photographed by Shin Kyungsub
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