The project is located at the intersection point between CBD area in Gangnam and the densely populated housing neighborhood. Due to the nature of the intersecting space, it is the urban domains in which various restaurants and beauty services co-exist in a chaotic layout with a full of signage’s that invaded the entire city. Also, the site is extremely small (14mX12m) and requires a complex zoning regulations with a daylight setback and five surface parking to be accommodated.

In order to generate a building form that are visible from the narrow street (6m wide) and to maximize the accessibility for both the people and vehicle, the lower part of the building (first and second floor) are rotated at 45 degree angle from the street for smooth vehicle access while addressing the major flow of people approaching from the opposite side. Whereas the upper part of the building (5th and 6th floors) remain in rectangular shape perpendicular from the street and remains within the zoning envelope. The middle portion of the building (3rd and 4th floors) are connecting those two different orientations of the floors and as a result it gives a building an unusual appearance and contrast from the surrounding. For the exterior envelope, the cement panel was cut into pieces like louvers and attached in horizontal direction that stacked up like a contour planes to describe the unusual building look and remains as if it is a ‘Monolithic’.