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Heatherwick reveals designs for luxury Seoul shopping centre

By 2024-08-02T12:21:00

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Brief asked for design which would “challenge conventional notions of a luxury department store”.

Heatherwick Studio has revealed its proposals for a shopping centre in Seoul designed to resemble two squashed hourglasses.

The Hanwha Galleria scheme would reimagine six sites at a major crossroad in Apgujeong-dong, an upmarket commercial district which is one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the South Korean capital.

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