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Gramaticales Dancing Dragons in Seoul

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CHICAGO, May 10, 2012 - Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is pleased to announce its design for Dancing Dragons, a pair of landmark supertall mixed-use towers for the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea. The buildings, which include residential, officetel and retail elements, consist of slender, sharply angled mini-towers cantilevered around a central core. The design aesthetic is highly contemporary yet informed by aspects of traditional Korean culture. The mini-towers feature a dramatic series of diagonal massing cuts that create living spaces that float beyond the structure. This recalls the eaves of traditional Korean templesa design theme echoed both in the geometry of the building skin and the jutting canopies at the towers base. The theme is extended in the building skin, which suggests the scales of Korean mythical dragons, which seem to dance around the core hence the projects name. (Yongsan, the name of the overall development, means Dragon Hill in Korean.) Dancing Dragons scale-like skin is also a performative element. Gaps between its overlapping panels feature operable 600-mm vents through which air can circulate, making the skin breathable like that of certain animals. Towers 1 and 2 - about 450 meters and 390 meters tall, respectively - share an architectural language and, therefore, a close family resemblance, but are not identical. In the taller structure, the 88-level Tower 1, the massing cuts at the top and bottom of the mini-towers are V-shaped. In the 77-level Tower 2, the cuts move diagonally in a single unbroken line; they are also arranged in a radial pattern around the core that is perceptible as viewers move around the tower. Theres a sympathetic and complementary relationship between the two masses at the level of the cuts, almost as though they were dancing, says Adrian Smith, FAIA, RIBA. Its always important for our designs to reflect and interpret the cultures they serve, and the Dancing Dragons complex certainly does that, although in an abstract and highly technological manner. We try to design in a way that is at once beautiful and focused on performance. In both buildings, the mini-tower cuts are clad in glass at the top and bottom, making for dramatic skylights above the units at the highest levels and a transparent floor beneath the units at the lowest levels. This offers the opportunity for special high-value

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penthouse duplex units with spectacular 360-degree views of downtown Seoul and the adjacent Han River, along with an abundance of natural light. 1) Identificar al menos 15 funciones gramaticales (variadas) en la lectura. Justificar su seleccin, usar el siguiente recuadro para su identificacin. Lnea 2 Funcin Gramatical Dragons Justificacin Indica nombre de animal, y est en su forma plural.

2) Responder las siguientes preguntas acerca del texto: a) Qu servicios se incluyen en los edificios? b) Nombre dos caractersticas que distinguen el diseo de dragn en estos edificios. c) Qu ventaja particular tiene la vista de los penthouse en las Dancing Dragon Towers? d) Luego de leer el artculo, como ingeniero, Qu opinin tienes de la rentabilidad y funcionalidad de las Dancing Dragon Towers? e) Cul crees que es la principal ventaja de un rascacielos, con respecto a otros edificios?