Infectious Disease Response Hub

A three-floor infectious disease response hub proposed for the site of Gangnam-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. The building reorganizes the fragmented response system — medical staff, public health administrators, and the general public — into distinct spatial territories with deliberate points of intersection. Architecture as coordination mechanism: the building’s circulation, material opacity, and spatial sequencing are the protocol.

A three-floor infectious disease response hub proposed for the site of Gangnam-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. The building reorganizes the fragmented response system — medical staff, public health administrators, and the general public — into distinct spatial territories with deliberate points of intersection.

The building doesn’t merge its users — it creates the conditions for connection. Each group has distinct circulation paths; the hub is the point of articulation between them. Architecture as coordination mechanism: the building’s circulation, material opacity, and spatial sequencing are the protocol.

A metal frame grid carries polycarbonate panels at varying opacity levels — fully open at public-facing zones, progressively screened toward sensitive medical areas. The building communicates its program through its skin.

Selected Proposal Pages

Pages from the final design proposal submitted for Architecture Design Studio, Fall 2022.