K-POP Learning  Centre: Floor Materials Strategy

The floor materials are supposed to be different for each programme.

The area designated for K-POP experiences features a wooden floor that effectively mitigates the impact on the knees and legs during movement and jumping. Furthermore, the industry's slimmest soundproofing mat, featuring dual layers of soundproofing technology to minimise both impact and airborne noise, is utilised throughout the learning environment. The entire seating area is made of wooden materials.

A Korean pine board frame is affixed to concrete to construct a concrete floor, producing a wooden texture. The wooden texture aims to diminish the boundary between the adjacent forest and the project.

K-POP Learning  Centre: Cross-Steel Column

Steel columns offer design versatility due to their diverse shapes and sizes. They also demonstrate enhanced ductility, thereby ensuring superior earthquake resistance and structural integrity. Steel, as a recyclable material, enhances sustainable construction practices.

Steel columns provide benefits compared to concrete or timber columns because of their superior strength-to-weight ratio, facilitating effective load-bearing capacity. They facilitate expedited construction via prefabrication and straightforward assembly. Thanks to its advantages, more cross-steel columns are situated at the edge to create more space in the centre.

K-POP Learning  Centre: Concrete Foundation

Concrete is the project’s primary structure, securing all columns and supporting the roof structure. Using timber-textured concrete can reduce the boundary between nature and the building.

The diagonal reinforcement concrete elements can spread the force received by the wall, increase its strength, and enhance the stiffness of the structural system simultaneously. Bracing increases strength, especially in resisting the compressive forces due to earthquake loads.

K-POP Learning  Centre: Material Strategy

Various materials are composed of the K-POP Learning Centre.  Most timber structures are inspired by traditional Korean Architecture; Korean Pine tree and Oak. The combination of modern and traditional materials plays a key role in this project regarding materiality. 

Concrete is the project’s primary structure that secures all columns and supports the roof structure. Using timber texture concrete can reduce the boundary between nature and the building.

Main Korean pine timber beams support the entire building between columns and the roof. Insulation is embedded between two timber beams.

The majority of structural steelwork is prefabricated, with very little site work required other than assembly via bolted connections. This leads to fast construction times and delivery.

K-POP Learning  Centre: Structure Strategy

The K-POP Learning Centre consists of a concrete foundation, cross-steel columns, Korean pine timber beams, and an aluminium roof structure. The columns are more densely arranged at the edge by creating void space in the centre of the project for K-POP music performance. A concrete foundation secures the columns robustly, and the columns support the timber roof frame and aluminium roofing.