架构师提供的文本描述。首尔新市政厅必须是一座符合韩国地形的未来建筑，以适应首尔市民的文化情感。熟悉的建筑水平线和深浅的屋顶是适合韩国地形和气候的形式。首尔的建筑与城市结构之间的空间关系与西方有很大的不同。韩国的居住空间没有从入口可以看到的轴线或立面，因为它由山脉和山谷组成。韩国人认为空间体验比光学物体更重要，因此建筑的入口是开放或封闭的多样空间，而不仅仅是直线。首尔新市政厅希望成为符合文化和地形的未来建筑。设计来自首尔广场。首尔广场是首尔的象征中心，也是唯一存在的外部公共空间。

Text description provided by the architects. The Seoul New City Hall has to be a future shape architecture which goes with the Korea terrain that adapts to the Seoul citizens’ cultural emotion. The familiar horizontal line of architecture and deep shade of roof is suitable form for Korean terrain and climate. The Spatial relationship between architecture and urban structure of Seoul is very different from the western one. The Korean living space has no axis or facade which can be seen from the entry, because it consists of mountains and valleys. The Korean think experience of space is more important than optical object, so entry of architecture is diverse space like open or close, not just straight line. The Seoul new city hall wants to be a future architecture that goes with the culture and terrain. The design comes from Seoul square. Seoul square is a symbolical center of Seoul and the only existing outside public space.

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概念设计是首尔广场的垂直延伸。首尔市政厅设在垂直广场的后面，文化设施位于顶层空间。文化设施要挂起来了。多层次的悬挂平台是喜欢连接到这个文化设施。呼吸式幕墙是为垂直广场、文化设施和多层悬挂平台而设计的风循环拥抱式幕墙。这个幕墙环绕的悬空露台是生态广场，有可持续的生态系统和绿色墙。城市行政是通过整体垂直的办公空间向公民开放的，这象征着首尔市政厅的透明度和民主。市民可以通过现有的市政厅和沉陷广场上的桥梁进入新的市政厅，打开地下室一层。首尔-新的市政厅是通过连接首尔广场的过去和未来而建成的。

The concept design is a vertical extension of Seoul square. The Seoul city office is arranged in back of the vertical square and cultural facility is in top space. The cultural facilities are hanging. The Multi-level hanging terraces are liked linking to this culture facilities. The breathing curtain wall which is designed for wind-circulation hugs Vertical Square, culture facility and multi-level hanging terraces. The space where hanging terrace surrounded by this curtain wall is ecology square that have sustainable eco-system and green wall. The City administration is opened to citizen through overall vertical space of office and that symbolize transparency and democracy of Seoul city hall. The Citizen can access to new city hall through existed city hall and bridge on sunken square to open basement one floor. The Seoul-new city hall is completed by linking the past and future of Seoul square`s placenes.