D-Cube City
| D-Cube City | |
|---|---|
The Jerde Partnership (Design Architects) | |
| Other designers | Landscape Architect: Oikos, Consultant: Mori Building Company |
| Main contractor | Daesung Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| Awards and prizes | 2012 MIPIM Awards Finalist, Shopping Centre Category |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
D-Cube City (Korean: 디큐브시티) is a mega-complex in Seoul, Korea, which comprises department stores, office space, a park, an art center, a theatre, a hotel, restaurants, a theme park, and private residences.[1] Daeseong Industrial Company constructed in 2011, and its main office is located here. This mixed use facility was developed by the same groups that developed Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.[2]
Architecture
D-Cube City’s six acres of parks, plazas, and gardens are spread across the structure’s stepped roofs.[3] The steel and glass façade and open internal architecture provides an opportunity for the surrounding landscape to enter into the structure, both visually and literally as many stores open out onto the adjacent parks and gardens. Large atriums house many species of plants as well as internal water features and a six story waterfall. “Water flow” is one of the interior aesthetic themes.[4][5][6][7][8]
During construction, an endangered species of frog,
Construction and sale
Daeseong Industries had to expand its business through construction, retail distribution and hotel business, but its financial structure quickly became insolvent.
Daeseong Industries had around 400 billion won in loans until 2007, but at the end of 2011, its debt rose to 278.8 trillion won due to the repayment of the D-CUBE City Construction Project Financing (PF) KRW 977 billion. Accordingly, it sold the D-cube office, D-cube hotel in 2012, and the D-cube department store in November 2014.
See also
- Namba Parks (Osaka)
- Canal City Hakata (Fukuoka)
- Riverwalk Kitakyushu (Fukuoka)
- Roppongi Hills (Tokyo)
References
- ^ "Building Stats".
- ^ "Building Developers".
- ^ "Landscape". Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ^ "Architecture 1". Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ^ "Architecture 2".
- ^ "Architecture 3". Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ^ "Architecture 4".
- ^ "Architecture 5".
- ^ "Endangered Frogs". Archived from the original on August 28, 2022.
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