UNHEIMLICH IN THE CAPITALIST CITY
An apathetic stone-like building has suddenly appeared on a street in Seoul, lined with rows of luxury boutiques. This building is in the image of a quarry, a common and familiar scene before the city was formed.
It also takes a primordial form from which a skyscraper was originally conceived, but it still feels very unfamiliar and strange.
The Archaic, Primitive Monolith
Around 2000, Herzog & de Meuron (hereinafter H&dM) materialised their pursuit of a minimal mass and experimentation across a surface in two different ways. First is the method of designing a single monolith, such as Schaulager, Astor Place Hotel, and Prada Aoyama. Second is the method of designing an overall structure in which numerous textile-like interlaced masses are assembled, such as VitraHaus and Actelion Business Center. Between the two, ST International HQ and SONGEUN Art Space
