SHERATON HOTEL ENTRANCE, D-Cube City, Seoul, 2011

 

Award      Urban Land Institute Award 2012 (D-Cube City)

                 Korean Grand Prize in Landscape Architecture 2010-2012 (D-Cube City)

Scope     Building Finish, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Art Works,

                 Construction Supervision

Size         340 glass panels, 480 m2

Client      Daesung Corporation, Starwoods Hotels & Resorts

 

At the entrance the traveler is welcomed under a glass tree canopy. The art work is a contemporary interpretation of the Korean tradition of welcoming visitors under a tree at the village entrance.  Integrated lighting corresponds to dawn, dusk and night, intensifying the experience of the tree.