Ewha Womans University College of Medicine and Ewha Seoul Hospital Awarded the 38th Seoul City Architecture Grand Prize

Ewha Womans University College of Medicine and Ewha Seoul Hospital Photo (Provided by Ewha Womans University)

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Ewha Womans University announced on the 28th that its College of Medicine and Ewha Seoul Hospital won the Grand Prize at the 38th Seoul Architecture Awards. Located in Magok-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine and Ewha Seoul Hospital cover a total floor area of 262,722.67㎡, consisting of a 10-story above-ground and 6-story underground general hospital building and a 12-story above-ground and 5-story underground medical school building. In particular, the hospital ward is designed in a courtyard style to enhance natural lighting and secure views and privacy. By utilizing renewable energy such as solar power and solar heat, it reduced energy costs by 32% annually. It is an eco-friendly building that cuts water usage by about half through water-saving sanitary and kitchen fixtures and the use of local recycled water. According to the judges' comments, the building naturally connects the general hospital and the medical school vertically through a central corridor called the Hospital Street, with a skylight inside to allow natural light to come in. Visual focal points such as the chapel are concentrated along this street. The delicate design inside the street, as well as the elimination of the rectangular volume through appropriate segmentation and voids, enhanced the building's completeness and received high praise. Additionally, to reduce the massiveness of the volume itself, vertical louvers made of metal glass or stone metal were used at various angles, creating a sense of lightness in visual contact, which was also noted as remarkable. Ewha Womans University stated that following the ECC building on campus winning the Grand Prize at the 2008 Seoul Architecture Awards and the newly built dormitory E-House receiving the Excellence Award in 2017, the College of Medicine and Ewha Seoul Hospital have achieved the grand prize, marking a great accomplishment.

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