The Federation of Korean Industries Headquarters

The ultra-modern, 245-meter-tall Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) office tower is a significant and recent addition to the skyline of Seoul, South Korea. The building, including below-grade parking and support spaces, consists of 170,000 square meters of gross floor area with 111,000 square meters above grade. A separate, free-form, glass and steel rib-shell structure at the podium also houses a 6,000-square-meter conference center. The tower structural system consists of a reinforced concrete core and composite perimeter columns coupled with steel outriggers and belt trusses to resist lateral forces. The superstructure is founded on reinforced concrete bored piles socketed into the local rock formation. Five below-grade levels were constructed utilizing top-down construction techniques. The exterior wall of the tower has been furrowed as part of the architectural expression and to provide optimal utilization of building-integrated photovoltaic panels. The unique exterior skin is a key factor in disrupting the organization of wind vortices for the purely prismatic tower geometry. All documentation was produced in 3D REVIT and TEKLA models.