Contract - April 2016 - 79

Seamarq
Architect Richard Meier
& Partners Architects
Client Hyundai Heavy
Industries
Where Gangneung,
South Korea
What 424,300 total square
feet on 19 floors
Cost/sf Withheld
at client's request
For a full project source
list, see page 106 or visit
contractdesign.com.

The curving staircase (left)
adds a sculptural element
in the lobby, near the granite
fireplace and seating area.
A restaurant (above) is
designed with minimal,
warm tones.

"The design of the hotel is concerned with the making of space,
not abstract space, not scale-less space, but space whose order
and definition is related to light, to human scale, and to the culture
of architecture," Meier says. "Every component of the hotel has
been carefully designed taking into consideration the public areas,
the weather, and natural light of the East Sea."
Seamarq is composed essentially of two volumes, including
a four-story base with a restaurant, wellness spa, indoor swimming
pool, banquet hall, amphitheater, and exhibition hall. On top of
that podium, a fifth-floor outdoor infinity pool and teak sundeck
allows for amazing swimming conditions. Guestrooms are primarily
in an 11-story trapezoidal hotel tower rising from the base.
The articulated planes of hotel tower balconies, as well as strategically
placed louvers, give the structure depth and also provide shade
for the guestrooms within.
Inside, guests arrive in an intentionally voluminous, doubleheight lobby lounge with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the sea.
A light-colored Italian marble floor establishes the ground plane
for this expansive public area upon which select seating by design
titans is placed, including Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona
Couch and Eero Saarinen's Womb Chair. Framed with granite
and backlit by LEDs, a wide fireplace sets the backdrop for one seating
area and adds warmth to the contemporary interior. Opposite
the fireplace, a sculptural spiral stair leads to the mezzanine level.
Sheathed in plaster with oak treads, the stair is an exclamation
mark of curving forms in the otherwise orthogonal public area.
Along the windows that face the sea, a poetic, undulating
Ingo Maurer light fixture hovers over a 66-foot-long table of solid
Zelkova serrata, which is a Japanese tree. Along the table, chairs
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Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: Five Steps Toward Knowledge Leadership
Product Focus: East Coast–West Coast Design
Product Briefs
HD Expo Preview
ICFF Preview
Vandal
Foxglove
Galaxy Macau
Seamarq Hotel
Palace Hotel
Kameha Grand Zurich
South Congress Hotel
MGM Harbor Resort
Designers Select: Hospitality
Sources
Ad Index
Exhibition: The Influence of Toyo Ito and SANAA
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