DAEWOO APARTMENTS, Kwangju, 1994-97

 

Awards

Invitation into Harvard Collection of Contemporary Landscape Architecture at Dumbarton Oaks, 2006

Grand Prize, 'The Most Livable Housing' Award 1998, Association of Korean Housing Industries

 

Scope

Landscape Design Guideline Development, Pilot Project Landscape Design,  Site Engineering and Construction Supervision

 

Client

Daewoo Housing Corporation

 

Oikos was asked by Daewoo Corporation's Construction Division to develop a differentiation strategy to market their housing division. Oikos proposed ecological design and emphasis on creating places for community interaction and participation. The Daewoo Apartments in Kwangju are the pilot project (590 apartments) where Oikos applied and tested the design guidelines we had developed, within the limitation of a low budget for this speculative housing. Post-occupancy evaluations by various researchers revealed a high level of resident satisfaction, and a rise in property value in the market. Kwangju University's botany and ecology students sometimes visit the site to study its abundance of plant species. Oikos' design guidelines are now routinely used for all Daewoo 'Green Apartments' developments in Korea.

 

Publication  10 Oikos Projects, In: Landscape Architecture in Korea, China Architecture and Engineering Publishers, Beijing, 2003 (Chinese)

 

"Pursuit of Green, Healthy and Human Housing: Daewoo Apartments", Architecture Journal (of Korea) 1997/3 pp 106-109 (Korean)  "Kwangju Housing: Outdoor Place Design", in: Environment and Landscape Architecture 1999/1 pp 38- 45 (Korean)