{"id":63275,"date":"2025-08-12T19:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63275\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:28:13","slug":"timber-facade-enfolds-renovated-public-toilet-in-south-korea-by-daniel-valle-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63275\/","title":{"rendered":"timber facade enfolds renovated public toilet in south korea by daniel valle architects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Valle Architects Renovate Public Toilet near Lake in Daegu<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Located on the southern edge of Susongmot Lake in Daegu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-korea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Korea<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/public-toilets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public toilet<\/a> facility dating back to the 1990s has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/renovation-architecture-and-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">renovated<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/daniel-valle-architects\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Valle Architects<\/a> to meet current functional and environmental standards. The project redefines the relationship between built form and its natural surroundings through structural adaptation and material choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The renovation prioritizes openness, daylight access, and integration with the landscape. Several original concrete and stone walls were removed, allowing natural light to penetrate deep into the interior. In their place, a new double-layer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/wood-and-timber-architecture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">timber<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/facades\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">facade<\/a> was introduced. Comprising 450 vertical studs set at alternating inclinations, the facade allows light to enter while maintaining visual privacy.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"double-layer timber facade enfolds renovated public toilet in korea by daniel valle architects\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-toilet-renovation-4-689aefd14d351.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>all images courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielvalle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daniel Valle Architects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Daegu Public Toilet adapts to seasonal changes in the landscape<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielvalle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">design team<\/a> at Daniel Valle Architects develops the timber structure to support ecological interaction over time. Climbing plants are expected to gradually grow over the facade, visually embedding the building into its setting. Bird nests have been incorporated between selected studs, enabling the structure to function as a small-scale habitat in addition to its public utility role.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This combination of material strategy, ecological accommodation, and spatial reconfiguration transforms a utilitarian facility into an adaptable element of the lake\u2019s public infrastructure, responsive to both seasonal change and long-term environmental growth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"double-layer timber facade enfolds renovated public toilet in korea by daniel valle architects\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-toilet-renovation-5-689aefd14d391.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>Daniel Valle Architects updates a 1990s public toilet facility in Daegu<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"double-layer timber facade enfolds renovated public toilet in korea by daniel valle architects\" width=\"818\" height=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-toilet-renovation-6-689aefd14d3c5.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>a redefined relationship between architecture and landscape<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"double-layer timber facade enfolds renovated public toilet in korea by daniel valle architects\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-toilet-renovation-7-689aefd14d3fd.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>concrete and stone walls removed to improve openness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Valle Architects Renovate Public Toilet near Lake in Daegu \u00a0 Located on the southern edge of Susongmot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[50732,449,458,459,64,63,50733,460,134,33023,4340],"class_list":["post-63275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-korea","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-valle-architects","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-public-toilets","tag-renovation-and-restoration-architecture-and-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}