From a Disused Space to a Women’s Shelter
May 05, 2020
3 minutes
Ko Youngsun
principal, TPL Architects
A Confined and Narrow Site
The site was located near the crossroads of Sanggye Elementary School in Nowon-gu. To the south, there is a bustling commercial area facing Sanggye-ro road, whereas to the north there is a residential area in which multi-family houses are concentrated.
The area was only 211m , and an L-shape, where an approximately 4m-wide expanse followed the road to turn inward lengthways for about 13m. The zone that turned inward was surrounded on all sides by five different buildings. In many respects, the site
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