项目名称：迷迭香咖啡馆

地点：城南市，韩国

设计团队：Chiasmus Partners

建筑面积：570 m²

竣工时间：2024年

摄影：Namsun Lee

设计特色：

项目 - 坐落于韩国城南市大王水库旁边的迷迭香咖啡馆（Rosemary Cafe），由Chiasmus Partners设计，呈现出一种诗意的建筑表达，消融了建筑形式与自然景观之间的边界。这个于2024年完工的570平方米项目由两栋独特的建筑组成，通过一个中央楼梯巧妙连接，该楼梯既是物理上的也是概念上的桥梁。

咖啡馆最引人注目的特点是其类似DNA的螺旋结构，有机地连接了两层楼的四个内部空间，以及屋顶区域。这种创新的空间组织在法律上分离的建筑之间创造了连续的流动感，形成了六个相互连接的区域，每个区域都框定了周围环境的独特视角。

Chiasmus Partners在整个设计中巧妙运用了曲线几何。外立面的优美曲线最大限度地展示了大王水库的全景视野和背后茵陵山的森林景观。这些曲线从外部无缝延伸至内部，创造出亭子般的空间，仿佛漂浮在景观之中。

建筑外观特色是三层垂直堆叠的弧形阳台，配以水晶玻璃幕墙，反映出水的透明特质，同时唤起常常笼罩周围山脉的层层雾气。这种材料策略在光线条件全天变化的过程中，创造了建筑与环境之间不断变化的对话。

室内，弧形天花板呼应了外部的流动形态，而柱子则似乎从上方流下，创造出一种连贯的空间体验。通过保持内外材料的连续性，建筑师们实现了一种独特、统一的空间感，尽管建筑的组织结构复杂。

这个项目被构思为一个让游客能从高处体验自然的休闲目的地，它去除了不必要的功能元素，创造出沉思的空间，优先考虑周围的景观。它既作为框架又作为画布，用于体验其环境的自然美景。

团队 -Chiasmus Partners于2005年在纽约成立，现在在首尔和北京设有办公室。这家国际建筑事务所由三位主要合伙人领导：李炫昊、野村千佳和柯卫， 该事务所专注于多种类型的建筑项目，涵盖文化设施、教育机构、商业开发和住宅项目等。其代表作品包括庆熙大学校园总体规划（Space21）、仁川IFEZ艺术中心，以及获得多项建筑奖项的住宅项目。

李炫昊具有美国建筑师协会（AIA）资格，现任职于弘益大学建筑城市大学担任院长，并自2006年起担任Chiasmus Partners合伙人。野村千佳拥有日本建筑师资格，自2017年起担任Chiasmus Partners合伙人，并在弘益大学建筑城市大学担任兼任教授。柯卫自2006年起成为Chiasmus Partners合伙人，曾在北京Atelier FCJZ担任高级设计师。

Chiasmus的设计方法论建立在对每个场地固有特质的严格研究基础上，形成的建筑解决方案中，形式和内容成为功能和意义不可分割的表达。该事务所曾获得多项荣誉，包括2018年建筑大师奖、2018年世界建筑奖，以及2022年Dezeen奖提名等。

他们相信建筑具有魔力，能够保存、转化和加强场所的本质品质和人类体验。他们的作品既与当代设计理念产生共鸣，又体现了永恒的建筑原则。

Project Name: Rosemary Cafe

Location: Seongnam City, South Korea

Design Team: Chiasmus Partners

Total Floor Area: 570 m²

Completion: 2024

Photography: Namsun Lee

Feature:

Project - Nestled beside the Daewang Reservoir in Seongnam, South Korea, the Rose Mary Cafe by Chiasmus Partners emerges as a poetic architectural statement that dissolves boundaries between built form and natural landscape. Completed in 2024, this 570-square-meter project comprises two distinct buildings ingeniously connected by a central staircase that functions as both physical and conceptual bridge.

The cafe's most striking feature is its DNA-like spiral structure that organically connects four interior spaces across two floors, plus rooftop areas. This innovative spatial organization creates a continuous flow between the legally separated buildings, resulting in six interconnected zones that each frame distinctive views of the surrounding environment.

Chiasmus Partners, led by architects Hyunho Lee, Chika Nomura, and James Wei Ke, have masterfully employed curved geometries throughout the design. The facade's sweeping curves maximize exposure to the panoramic vistas of Daewang Reservoir and the forested Inreungsan Mountain backdrop. These curves continue seamlessly from exterior to interior, creating pavilion-like spaces that appear to float within the landscape.

The architectural envelope features three layers of curved balconies stacked vertically, complemented by crystal glass curtain walls that reflect the transparent qualities of water and evoke the layered fog that often shrouds the surrounding mountains. This material strategy creates a constantly changing dialogue between the building and its setting as light conditions shift throughout the day.

Inside, curved ceilings mirror the exterior's fluid forms, while columns appear to flow downward from above, creating a cohesive spatial experience. By maintaining material continuity between inside and out, the architects have achieved a sense of singular, unified space despite the building's complex organization.

Conceived as a leisure destination where visitors can experience nature from an elevated perspective, Rose Mary Cafe strips away unnecessary functional elements to create contemplative spaces that prioritize the surrounding landscape. The result is an architectural pavilion that serves as both frame and canvas for experiencing the natural beauty of its setting.

Design Team - Chiasmus Partners was founded in New York in 2005, with current offices in Seoul and Beijing. This international architectural firm is led by three principal partners: Hyunho Lee, Chika Nomura, and James Wei Ke, with a design team that includes talented professionals such as Yeongwoo Son and Seongyeol Lee.

The firm focuses on various types of architectural projects, encompassing cultural facilities, educational institutions, commercial developments, and residential projects. Their representative works include the Kyunghee University Campus Masterplan (Space21), the IFEZ Arts Center in Incheon, and numerous award-winning residential projects.

Hyunho Lee is qualified with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and currently serves as the Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Hongik University, while being a partner at Chiasmus Partners since 2006. Chika Nomura holds Japanese architectural qualifications and has been a partner at Chiasmus Partners since 2017, also serving as an adjunct professor at Hongik University's College of Architecture and Urban Planning. James Wei Ke has been a partner at Chiasmus Partners since 2006 and previously worked as a senior designer at Atelier FCJZ in Beijing.

Chiasmus's design methodology is built on rigorous investigation of each site's inherent qualities, resulting in architectural solutions where form and content become inseparable expressions of function and meaning. The firm has received numerous honors, including the 2018 Architecture Master Prize, the 2018 World Architecture Award, and nomination for the 2022 Dezeen Award.

They believe in the magical ability of architecture to preserve, transform, and intensify the essential qualities of places and human experience. Their work resonates with both contemporary design discourse and timeless architectural principles.