Our Favourites: Three unique designs by David Chipperfield Architects

The administrative headquarters of the Amorepacific cosmetics group in Seoul, a funeral chapel in Singapore and the Zhejiang Natural History Museum in China.

A Building for the Whole City: Amorepacific Headquarters in Seoul

Integration instead of exclusion, openness to the city instead of a dominating demeanour: with their new headquarters for the cosmetics company Amorepacific, David Chipperfield Architects is breaking new ground in skyscraper construction. Christoph Felger, a partner with David Chipperfield, elucidates the background to this project in an interview with DETAIL. 
 

Client: Amorepacific Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Architecture: David Chipperfield Architects, Berlin (DE)
Location: 100, Hangang-daero, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (KR)

All under one roof: Cemetery chapel by David Chipperfield Architects

Inagawa lies about 40 km north of Osaka, amid the Hokusetsu Mountains. The Boenfukyukai Foundation commissioned David Chipperfield Architects to build a chapel and visitors’ centre for the local cemetery. The structure was to welcome people of all religions and cultural backgrounds. The result is a monolithic edifice whose spaces are arranged around an inner courtyard.

Client: Boenfukyukai Stiftung
Architecture: David Chipperfield Architects
Location: Inagawa (JP)

Colour of the red clay: Zhejiang Natural History Museum by David Chipperfield Architects

David Chipperfield Architects have designed the second building of the Zhejiang Natural History Museum in Anji with ochre-coloured pavilions on the slope of an extensive park landscape.

Client: Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, People’s Government of Anji County
Architecture: David Chipperfield Architects (Shanghai)
Location: Anji (CN)