New Korea Hydro Nuclear Power " KHNP " HEADQUARTERS / H Architecture

KHNP Headquarters, render courtesy H Architecture

Located in the mountainous landscape of Gyeongju, South Korea, the Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Headquarters avoids becoming an obtrusive landmark tower in order to respect the geographic and historic aspects of the site.

KHNP Headquarters, render courtesy H Architecture

A simple, clean design that represents the rich culture of Gyeongju also becomes a symbol of KHNP as the creator of the world’s cleanest and safest means of energy production. Wrapped in a shell of Corten Steel, the headquarter building is a subtle architecture that blends with and emerges from the adjacent mountainside.

KHNP Headquarters, render courtesy H Architecture

Derived from the orbital lines of electrons, the design captures the nature of hydro nuclear power with elliptical and radiating forms and lines. The primary building mass gradually slopes upward as if growing from the adjacent elevated landscape, creating a form large enough for the required program that does not disturb the nature or the rural context.

KHNP Headquarters, render courtesy H Architecture

The façade takes on contrasting inner and outer designs. On the inner façade which faces south, a modular system of prefabricated 3 dimensional fins allows for optimal sunlight within the office spaces while preventing excessive direct solar radiation and heat gain. On the outer façade which primarily faces the north, a panelized elliptical surface of perforated oxidized steel articulates a continuous curvilinear wall. The steel is articulated with a pattern created from the image on the Emille Bell, a national treasure and well-known local cultural icon. The building creates a relationship between the history of Gyeonju and the advanced technologies of the hydro nuclear power.








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Emerson College Los Angeles Center

Emerson College, located in Boston, Massachusetts, has maintained an internship program in Burbank, California, for approximately 20 years. The new Emerson LA Center, located on Sunset Boulevard amidst the studios of Hollywood, provides a permanent location for the program, both for its instructional/administrative facilities and its residential student housing. In so doing, the College seeks to enhance its presence and identity within a city that is not only the center of the television and film industry but is home to many of its alumni.

The site for the Emerson College LA Center is located at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gordon Street in Hollywood, California. The area provides the perfect context for the Emerson internship program that seeks to link its rising, graduating talent with the Entertainment Industry here in Los Angeles. A neighborhood on the rise, the new site offers views to the north of the Hollywood Hills and the “HOLLYWOOD” sign; to the south a view over the trees of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, a center for community events and Hollywood movie nights; to the east the Hollywood freeway and the newly built Helen Bernstein High School, a trade school to the media arts; and to the west the vast array of studio buildings and live/work lofts, and of course, if on a very clear day, the Pacific Ocean.

Aiming for a minimum LEED-Silver rating, the project includes 23,000 net square feet of Instructional / Administrative program, 57,000 net square feet of student housing and staff/faculty apartments, 4,200 net square feet of retail, and 120,000 square feet of parking. In addition to the above program, the project provides outdoor terraces and instructional spaces totaling 16,000 square feet, which can be used by the staff, faculty, students and College guests.

The retail space is located along Sunset, currently planned as two separate food venues. The Emerson Café will provide deli food service to the student population and the public, maintaining a continuity and connection to the public and streetscape. The second venue is yet to be determined. In addition to the additional landscape and trees along Sunset, the vine-growing trellis along Gordon wraps around the northwest corner to accompany the outdoor seating for the Café, creating a welcoming alcove and entrance for the College and community. The main entry to the college is accessed at the northwest corner via a wide and welcoming staircase up to the lobby on the second floor. The remaining area of the ground floor is dedicated to staff/faculty parking, with the entrance along Gordon Street. Located at the southern end of the property is the ramp to the three, secured subterranean parking levels accessible only to resident students.

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Golden West College / Steinberg Architects

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Architects: Steinberg Architects
Location: Huntington Beach, California, USA
Design Team: David Hart, AIA – Principal in Charge& Project Manager, Michael Miller– Project Designer, Paul Garcia – Job Captain, Heather Melish – Interior Design, Vikas Shrestha, PhD, AIA – Sustainability Expert, Amy Newborn, John Almendras.
Photographs: Tim Griffith






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The Golden West College Learning Resource Center (LRC) incorporates 50,000 sq. ft. of general collection space for approximately 65,000 volumes, an Information Commons for tutoring and instructional support, a New Media wing, and community-accessible spaces for meetings. This state-of-the-art facility will not only consolidate campus resources, but also support the learning process by providing increased computer access for both students and staff.


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Designed in close collaboration with college leadership, administrative staff, and building user groups, the new facility is located at the western edge of campus, a site chosen for its prominence as the main college entry and its potential to connect the institution with the surrounding Huntington Beach, Calif. community.


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Architecturally, the building uses a simple palette of architectural concrete, stainless steel metal panels and glass for the exterior envelope. The interior’s exposed concrete is complemented by the use of bamboo flooring and wall panels, and through the use of vibrant color on both the flooring and furniture.


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The approach and entrance to the building moves visitors through a series of transitional spaces. First, they cross under a suspended installation that establishes a gateway to the campus while reinforcing the entrance to the LRC. Once in the lobby, the space expands into a double height volume that allows a visual and physical connection to the library located on the second floor.


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As visitors circulate vertically through the lobby, they arrive at another threshold bringing them to the main library entrance. Upon crossing this entry, is a second double height volume within the building. This area connects the second level to the third, acting as the primary circulation between floors.


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This portion of the library is highlighted further by the large communal seat stair for informal gatherings and presentations, as well as four large skylights that help bring natural lighting into the center of the building. The combination of these three elements — volume, communal gathering and natural lighting — create a very dramatic experience upon entering the library.


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Once inside, there is a natural organization to the various library sections created by the layering of quiet, collaborative, social and private zones of the floor plan. These are further enhanced by the abundance of high quality natural lighting made possible by maximizing the building’s northern exposure. In order to leverage the natural lighting on the east and the west facades, while minimizing solar heat gain, the glazing units have an integrated, expandable metal skin on the innermost layers.

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