Housing by Office For Beyond Boundaries Architecture.

This apartment block in the Naebalsan-dong district of Seoul, aims to redefine the quality of housing in a city where much of it is nondescript. The block is designed by Office For Beyond Boundaries Architecture, (OBBA) who took time and trouble to understand their task with thorough analysis of the district, before finding disarmingly simple design solutions. The key features are simplicity of design, and some exceptional brickwork. The brick roof pitch, is something I do not believe I have seen before. It gives a continuity of material around the roof wall junction, and a very solid appearance to the building. It is also unexpected. The perforations of missing bricks is a detail repeated in most countries of the world that use brick construction, but it is seldom done with such elegance.   Gratitude to iGnant.