Hanwha Galleria
Hanwha Galleria, a famous shopping centre in Seoul, will be given a Heatherwick Studio makeover following a competition to reimagine six sites in the South Korean capital. The brief asked for a design that will challenge conventional notions of a luxury department store and affirm the country’s increasingly influential role as a global cultural powerhouse. Hanwha Galleria lies at a major crossroad framing the Han River in the distance. Located in the Apgujeong-dong neighbourhood in Seoul, the project acts as a focal point between the residential and the shopping districts of Gangnam and responds to the city’s vision to revitalise the Han Riverbanks. The studio proposed a design that redefines the store’s connection to the local area. Unlike a traditional, inward-facing shopping centre, the proposal uses the facade and the areas around it as public spaces, which are accessible to all whether they are shopping at the mall or simply enjoying the area. The Galleria consists of two symmetrically opposed twin buildings – alike but not identical – which are connected underneath by a subway.
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