"In South Korea's coastal city of Busan, Kengo Kuma and Associates have completed the Busan Lotte Tower, a fluid glass skyscraper rising from the former City Hall site. The project stands at the meeting point of land and sea, its form shaped by the surrounding harbor and the patterns of movement that define the port. The tower's facade captures the rhythm of waves drawn by passing ships, and expresses the city's maritime identity through its texture and fluid, reflective surfaces."
"Horizontal bands ripple across the exterior, tracing a continuous line around the building. These curved bands blur the distinction between spandrel and vision glass, softening the vertical rise into a fluid gesture that reflects the changing surface of the sea. The glass shifts from transparent to gently tinted to mirror the light and color of Busan's coastal sky."
"The Busan Lotte Tower is shaped by Kengo Kuma and Associates as a stack of curved transparent volumes. This vertical stack is reflected through the internal program, each layer subtly offset to suggest motion. This composition produces an interplay of concave and convex surfaces, echoing the undulation of waves. The materials - glass, aluminum, and finely detailed louvers - allow light to shimmer across the facade while maintaining a calm rhythm that tempers the building's scale."
Busan Lotte Tower rises on the former City Hall site at the meeting point of land and sea in Busan. Its form responds to the surrounding harbor and port movement patterns, with a facade that captures the rhythm of waves. Horizontal bands ripple around the exterior, blurring spandrel and vision glass and shifting from transparent to gently tinted to mirror coastal light. The tower is composed as a stack of curved transparent volumes, producing concave and convex surfaces. Materials including glass, aluminum, and finely detailed louvers temper scale and filter light. A rooftop observatory uses slender louvers to frame panoramic views of city, sea, and sky.
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