Design update
Including hanging gardens for a high-rise building in Seoul and a new garden for the Horniman Museum
Hanging gardens have taken off around the world as a way of bringing greenery into densely built up cities. In the heart of Seoul, the Berlinbased David Chipperfield Architects has designed the high-rise headquarters of Amorepacific, Korea’s largest beauty company, around a central void to maximise light and ventilation. In addition, three large openings in the sides of the building, planted with soft mounds of multistem Japanese maples, underplanted with a mix of local species, create high level garden spaces with glass balustrades that allow uninterrupted views across the city. The open spaces have been landscaped by Korean landscape architects SEO-AHN to connect the heart of the building to an adjacent pocket park. davidchipperfield.com