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| General information | |
| Address | 397, Seocho-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul |
| Coordinates | 37°29′50.28″N 127°1′28.76″E / 37.4973000°N 127.0246556°E |
| Year(s) built | 2008 |
| Height | 117 m (384 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 27 |
| Floor area | 54,844.94 m2 (590,346.0 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Minsuk Cho |
| Architecture firm | Mass Studies |
| Main contractor | GS E&C |
| Website | |
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| References | |
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Boutique Monaco (Korean: 부띠크모나코) is a 117-metre, 27-storey residential skyscraper in the ward of Seocho-gu in Seoul. The 172-unit residential tower was developed by Bumwoo Co., Ltd. and designed by Minsuk Cho as the working title of "Missing Matrix".[2] The lower five floors are retail and commercial facilities, and the officetel, a type of studio apartment in Korea, sits on the upper floors.[3]
Boutique Monaco was the recipient of the 2008 Silver Emporis Skyscraper Award, beating the much taller 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center.[4] It was awarded the prize for housing in the Seoul Architecture Award 2009.[5]
Architecture[edit]
Boutique Monaco is known for its daring design, which includes several recesses that give the building a unique appearance. The 15 "missing spaces" were intentionally left empty to comply with the floor area ratio limit of the site. If the building had been designed as a simple vertical square, it would have exceeded the ratio limit by 10 percent. It met the restriction by removing the chunks from the building.[6]
In addition to addressing the limitation, the 15 voids provide micro-environments on the high-rise building. Each void contains a "sky garden" that can be overlooked from the resident's balcony. Cho intended to combat the high tower's lack of human interaction by injecting more human qualities.[3]
In media[edit]
Film[edit]
- Up to the Sky - Missing Matrix (Boutique Monaco), Seoul. Documentary, Germany, 2012. A film by Sabine Pollmeier and Joachim Haupt, Production: Parnass Film, ZDF, arte, series: Up to the Sky.[7]
Television[edit]
- Boutique Monaco is featured in episode 14 of My Love from the Star.[8]
Gallery[edit]
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Lobby -
Façade
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Boutique Monaco". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
- ^ Kwon, Mee-yoo (November 23, 2014). "A peek into architect's mind". The Korea Times.
- ^ a b Agerman, Johanna (July 13, 2009). "Back Issues - Boutique Monaco". Icon.
- ^ Emporis 2008 awards Archived January 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "[Rediscover Seoul(98)] Architectural highlights of Seoul". The Korea Herald. October 7, 2010.
- ^ Lee, Woo-young (April 3, 2016). "What determines Seoul cityscape?". The Korea Herald.
- ^ "Faszination Wolkenkratzer - Missing Matrix, Seoul". IMDb. February 12, 2014.
- ^ "A drama highlights Seoul's two new landmark buildings". The Dong-a Ilbo.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Boutique Monaco Museum - Official website