"Set at the edge of a protected forest in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, overlooking the Medongaule botanical garden, REST is a restaurant by Pezo von Ellrichshausen that reads as a piece of infrastructure embedded in the landscape. Designed for Les Jardins de Medongaule, the project unfolds as a monumental structure that hosts culinary programs ranging from intimate dining to large social gatherings."
"A regular grid of sixteen rectangular columns defines the building; their exaggerated thickness transforms them into inhabitable elements. Space exists not only between the columns but also within them. Below the main structure, a fully buried, specialized kitchen supports the entire operation, freeing the upper levels from service constraints and allowing the architecture above to remain spatially abstract. images © Pezo von Ellrichshausen a concrete infrastructure shaped by inhabitable columns"
REST sits at the edge of a protected forest in Gyeonggi-do beside the Medongaule botanical garden. The structure is cast in reinforced concrete with a soft green tint that echoes surrounding vegetation. Dark oak and terrazzo cladding introduce warmth and tactile contrast. A regular grid of sixteen oversized rectangular columns defines the plan and transforms columns into inhabitable elements, with space between and within them. A fully buried specialized kitchen beneath the main structure supports operation and frees upper levels from service constraints. The building is organized into three strata responding to topography and use. The lowest level forms a covered amphitheater that funnels activity toward the valley; an intermediate layer is suspended beneath a thick horizontal slab.
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