SSK located in Seoul via London and Düsseldorf is an architectural design studio that pursues high-tech architecture based on ‘Sustainable Adaptive Architecture’. As a high-end studio that performs total design from furniture and lighting, which are the basic parameters of architecture, to construction documents and supervision, we do not accept low-priced orders. As a design-oriented studio that pursues the pinnacle of architectural detail through intensive study, we continue to carry out innovative spatial work ranging from the remodeling of modern cultural heritage to cutting-edge academic information centers.

The Professional Design Team for Sustainable Architectural Design

SSK pursues environmentally optimized architectural forms adapting to local microclimate in modern high-density urban areas which is being expanded such as London, Berlin, and Seoul. Based on this notion, we rethink the role of architecture as a social medium and realize spatial sustainability as well as social publicity. Especially, it's time to make a strong sustainable architectural design strategy for Asian countries of high-density such as Seoul, South Korea, which has a risk of 2nd environmental contamination from a neighbor country according to CO2 emission and local position.

Further, SSK pursues a cross between art and architecture. We believe in the role of architecture as a medium between society and nature. We have been seeking the real value and veritas in society, and have been producing buildings of every size and type, especially in terms of public, memorial, and sustainable architecture. It is our conviction that sustainable methodologies offering good space will be the only optimum solution for our great clients. To do this, SSK reflects sustainability and publicity from the initial conceptual design phase.

Firstly, to get a technical realization of sustainability, various environmental analyses are serviced to find out built-forms guaranteeing sustainability - Seasonal indoor thermal mass analysis / Solar radiation analysis according to the materiality of a building surface / CFD analysis according to built-forms, and so on. Through these methodologies, a built-form and a site plan showing optimal thermal efficiency in a selected site are determined.

Secondly, to secure publicity, the optimum moving pattern is simulated not only by preference analysis of occupants based on psychological research such as Prospective cohort study and survey sampling but also by behavior-pattern analysis according to psychological status in public space. SSK is skilled in extracting the most objective solutions in a site by such double-branched methodologies. We avoid dogmatic architectural volumes which are scripted excessively by blind blandishment to definitions in a process of built-form development. We try to find adjusted alternative plans by optimal coding as a medium cooperating with society in a defined regulation frame.

Project Sample-1 / Heygate Estate Regeneration (London, United Kingdom)

We reflects sustainability and publicness from the concept design stage. Various environmental analyzes are conducted first to find building types that ensure sustainability. Indoor thermal analysis by season (thermal mass) / radiant heat analysis according to building skin material (solar radiation) / wind tunnel analysis (CFD) according to building type, etc. Micro climate environmental analysis shows optimal thermal efficiency at the site. The building shape and layout are determined.

Project Sample-2 / Sustainable Built Forms Theory in High-density Urban Area (Seoul, South Korea)

We simulate user behavior patterns that can be implemented on the site through analysis of residents' preferences through psychological research such as prospective cohort study and survey sampling, and analysis of behavior patterns according to psychological states in public spaces. Through restrained architectural design coding, we seek restrained alternatives that harmonize with the surrounding environment and reflect the sense of place.

Design Phase-1 / CFD Analysis

We analyze airflow in high-density urban areas through CFD (Computation Fluid Dynamic) using various environmental analysis programs. Through this, we derive the best building form that can save energy in the climatic conditions of Korea, which has four distinct seasons.

Design Phase-2 / Seasonal Shading Analysis

Shading analysis using environmental analysis programs such as Ecotect and Geco analyzes the direction of the building that affects the heating and cooling load. Through this process, we derive the best building form that can save energy in the climatic conditions of Korea, which has four distinct seasons.

Design Phase-3 / Micro-CFD Analysis

Through CFD (Computation Fluid Dynamic), we analyze the airflow in the building skin that affects heating and cooling loads. Through this process, we derive the best building form that can save energy in the climatic conditions of Korea, which has four distinct seasons.

Design Phase-4 / Urban Daylight Analysis

Daylight analysis analyzes the amount of sunlight that affects heating and cooling loads. Through this process, we derive the best building form that can save energy in the climatic conditions of Korea, which has four distinct seasons.

Design Phase-5 / Seasonal Insolation Analysis

We analyze the amount of sunlight that affects heating and cooling loads through seasonal solar radiation analysis. Through this process, we derive the best building form that can save energy in the climatic conditions of Korea, which has four distinct seasons.