Soongsil University School of Engineering

This project is a new building the extend area of which is 9 thousand pyongs in total. It consists of lecture rooms, labs, undergraduate faculty rooms, administration offices, a conference hall and a multi-purpose hall. The existing site is sloped, being located near a wide plaza. The building added up to the northwestern corner of the site accommodates small shops serving the passers-by and students themselves. Its higher part is planned to have a community for a variety of students’ activities, while allowing them to approach the campus.

The angled shape of the building roof extends beyond a building sprawling at the southern end of the site. After all, the building is designed to express the image of the university by means of its canopy and main access. On the other hand, the lower part of the building houses lecture rooms and labs; as the site is sloped, students may have an easy access to lecture rooms or labs from any of the three lower levels.

The 18-story building which houses the undergraduate faculty rooms and professors’ labs occupies an empty site of the campus. The College of Engineering building will act as a visual landmark in the region. The metal skin of the building is futuristic, highlighting a high-tech image, while the transparent look of the tower functions as a lighthouse at night.

The two lower levels of labs and lecture rooms and their parking lot are elongated towards the west, while functioning as a main foundation for the tower. At the same time, they are linked with a memorial hall and an exhibition space located at the southeastern access. The existing gate leading to the campus is also open to the vehicles coming to or going out of the parking lot. The 8-story-high lab annex extended along the western edge of the site has a curved The 8-story-high lab annex extended along the western edge of the site has a curved aluminum-paneled façade facing the west of the street, and its roof form reflects the topology of the site.

The northern part of this building is transparent, while its western part has few windows as avoid any direct natural lights. Moreover, the dynamic outside wall line forms a striking contrast with the existing buildings. The overall layout of the building reflects the relationship between patio and outdoor space. An well-organized passage linking the outdoor spaces forms an axis on the campus, attaching a new sense of significance to the existing terrain. The access built at the southernmost tip of the site is a sequence continued from the in-campus access axis; it is linked functionally with almost every part of the campus.