Jeil’s Hospital For Women

Jeil’s Hospital For Women, Seoul, Korea
Commission: Jeil’s Hospital For Women (Dr. Sunghil Roh)
Gynaecology, Obstetrics, and Fertility Hospital
Scheme Design
OCEAN UK: Tom Verebes, Michael Hensel, Andrew Wai-tat Yau , Eva Castro, Kim Yong Jun, Vike Koskelo, Tony Jones (Pod Productions, renderings)
Collaborating Local Architect: Hchio-Sang Seung, EPR Architects, Seoul
Structural Consultants: Arups BG2, Bob Lang
T. Verebes Role: Design Direction, Design, presentation
2000m²

Exhibitions:                                                                        

• DRLTENPOINTZERO, Architectural Association, February-March, 2008
• Archilab 2000, Orléans, France, 2000
• The Kunst Aanmoedigingsprijs Amstelveen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September, 1999
• Continuum, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK, August-September, 1999
• OCEAN Net: Urban Surfaces 97, Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo, Norway, December, 1997-January 1998
• Twenty Young Architects, 8th World Triennial of Architecture, Sofia, Bulgaria, June, 1997
• L’espace A Lien, Ecole d’ architecture de Grenoble, France, May, 1997
• OCEAN Net: Urban Surfaces 96, Architectural Association (AA), London, September-October, 1996

Publications:               

• Verebes, T., (2008). AADRL Documents 2: DRL TEN, A Design Research Compendium. (Obuchi, Y., Schumacher, P., Spyropoulos, T., Verebes, T., Eds.). London: AA Publications.
• O’Kelly, E. (2000). “Life and Seoul”, Wallpaper Magazine, January-February 2000 issue.  pp.29.
• Verebes, T. (1999). “OCEAN”, Hybrid Space: New Forms in Digital Architecture. (Zellner, P. ed.). London: Thames & Hudson. pp. 150-163.
• Hensel, M., Verebes, T. (1999). Urbanisations. London: Blackdog Publications.
• Möystad, O., (1998). “Architectuurpraktijk in de vorm van een network: Een beschouwing over de werkwijze van de groep OCEAN”, De Arkitekt, Issue 29, June 1998. Amsterdam: Ten Hagen. pp. 52-59.
• OCEAN UK, (1998). ‘OCEAN UK Profile’. Space Magazine, Issue 11. Seoul, South Korea: Space. pp. 88-109.
• OCEAN UK, (1997). “OCEAN UK”, Architectural Design AD, Architecture After Geometry issue. (Bates, D., Davidson, P., Guest Eds.). London: Academy Wiley. pp. 58-65. (International PEER-REVIEWED Publication)
• OCEAN UK, (1997). “OCEAN UK Practice Profile”,  Urban Design Quarterly, Issue 62, April 1997. pp. 40-41. (International PEER-REVIEWED Publication)
• Hensel. M., Verebes, T., (1997). “Jeil’s Hospital for Women”, Architectural Profile Magazine AP, N. 4, Volume 1, January-February 1997. . (Limwatanakul, N , Ed.). Bangkok, Thailand: ESP Publications. pp. 32-35.
• OCEAN, (1997). “OCEAN”, Arttu!. Helsinki: University of Industrial Arts Helsinki (UIAH). pp.1-48

 

A 2000 m2 medical building for Gynaecology, Obstetrics, and Fertility. A double-skinned building envelope is weathersealed by an orthogonal curtain wall and slab system. A second skin comprises two systems of mechanically adjustable louvers, one tightly spaced for maximum visual buffering and, one looser for baffling direct sunlight, causing gradients of privacy and lighting conditions. The louvered surfaces of the exterior fold up, into and through the seven floors, as a continuous interior urban spatial sequence. The ground surface incorporates a public garden, along with 60 cars parking spaces in a mechanical parking tower and a horizontal parking level within the interior of the building.