Located in the dense urban core of Seoul, Hotel Myeongdong Station (2025) takes the internal programme itself, rather than the external context, as the starting point of its form-making. The spatial density and functional integration of the micro-accommodation units determine the overall configuration and formal principle of the building. This strategy establishes an auto...
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Architect
Yong Ju Lee Architecture (Yong Ju Lee)
Design team
Kim Dohoon, Son Dajeong, Studio Hade
Location
13, Toegye-ro 18-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea
Programme
tourist accommodation facility (hostel)
Site area
129.3㎡
Building area
112.59㎡
Gross floor area
214.52㎡
Building scope
2F
Height
2.5m
Building to land ratio
87.08 %
Floor area ratio
165.91%
Structure
steel frame, cement brick structure
Exterior finishing
fire-retardant ABS, composite panel
Interior finishing
painting and wallpaper finish
Construction
Sunjin Plus
Design period
Jan. – Mar. 2025
Construction period
Apr. – Sep. 2025
Cost
600 million KRW
Client
Lee Janghak, Lee Sanghoon
Yong Ju Lee
Yong Ju Lee is an architect who pursues experimentation across all layers of space. His works, spanning diverse scales and media, seek to provoke and inspire everyday life. He has exhibited at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Venice Biennale, and received the Korea Public Architecture Award, iF Design Award, and Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard. He studied architecture at Yonsei University and Columbia University, and is currently an assistant professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, leading the Robotic Fabrication Studio. He published Constructing Thought (2024).
