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Boutique Monaco
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". The lower five floors are retail and commercial facilities, and the officetel, a type of studio apartment in Korea, sits on the upper floors.

Boutique Monaco was the recipient of the 2008 Silver Emporis Skyscraper Award, beating the much taller 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center. It was awarded the prize for housing in the Seoul Architecture Award 2009.

Architecture

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.

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.

In media

Film

  • 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.

Television

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    Lobby
  • Façade
    Façade

See also

References

  1. ^ "Boutique Monaco". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
  2. ^ Kwon, Mee-yoo (November 23, 2014). "A peek into architect's mind". The Korea Times.
  3. ^ Agerman, Johanna (July 13, 2009). "Back Issues - Boutique Monaco". Icon.
  4. ^ Emporis 2008 awards
  5. ^ "[Rediscover Seoul(98)] Architectural highlights of Seoul". The Korea Herald. October 7, 2010.
  6. ^ Lee, Woo-young (April 3, 2016). "What determines Seoul cityscape?". The Korea Herald.
  7. ^ "Faszination Wolkenkratzer - Missing Matrix, Seoul". IMDb. February 12, 2014.
  8. ^ "A drama highlights Seoul's two new landmark buildings". The Dong-a Ilbo.
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