#supertall

In Seoul, South Korea, ODA recently won the Creative Innovation Architecture Design Pilot Project competition. with a proposed mixed-use tower that seamlessly integrates greenery and public space into its design. This competition is the first time that the city of Seoul incentivized the private sector to incorporate meaningful public space in exchange for allowing participants to build more FAR and height. ODA built the Seoul proposal on the foundation that porosity leads to prosperity. By designing the public podium level to be open, inviting and accessible, the tower will be more attractive to residents,  tenants and passersby, as well as foster a greater sense of connection between the community and the city of Seoul. Secchi Smit... More