架构师提供的文本描述。最初名为Dongnam分发中心(DDC)，最近更名为花园5工具建筑群，是韩国首尔的一个大型购物中心，由伊利诺伊州芝加哥的DeStefano Partners与Samoo建筑公司共同设计。

Text description provided by the architects. Originally called the Dongnam Distribution Center (DDC), the recently renamed Garden 5 Tool complex is a mega-shopping center in Seoul, South Korea.  The structure was designed by DeStefano Partners of Chicago, Illinois in conjunction with Samoo Architects & Engineers as the associate architect.

花园5号工具位于首尔长吉河北岸的258，720 sf地块上。这里有1500多家商店，面积近300万平方英尺，整合了以前遍布整个中心城市的各种工业品零售商。除了该项目的零售部分外，花园5工具还包括一个补充设施，包括健身中心，食品场和办公室空间。

Garden 5 Tool is located on a 258,720sf site along the north bank of the Jang-Ji  River in Seoul.  With over 1,500 shops on site, the complex tips the scales at nearly 3 million square feet of space and consolidates a variety of industrial goods retailers that were formerly sited throughout the central city.  In addition to the retail component of the program, Garden 5 Tool also contains a supplementary facility containing a fitness center, food court, and office space.

 Courtesy of  Samoo Architects & Engineers 

Samoo建筑师提供的服务

这位建筑师表示，建筑设计受到许多物理因素的影响，包括该建筑与各种交通枢纽的距离。一条沿着西面和南面斜行的高速公路创造了一个很高的能见度系数。虽然花园5号工具靠近首尔机场，但该地区的建筑高度限制在50.7m(约10层)。由此产生的建筑方案是一个15层的建筑方案，其中10层以上。高级项目包括四层零售空间、三层停车场和储藏室。另外还有三层楼顶的辅助设施空间，低档项目在三层以上可容纳一千八百个停车位，另外还有两层额外的零售空间。

According to the architect, the building design was driven by a number of physical influences, including the structure’s proximity to various transportation hubs.  A highway that runs diagonally along the west and south façades creates a high visibility factor, while Garden 5 Tool’s proximity to the Seoul Airport restricts building heights in the area to 50.7m (about 10 stories).  The resulting architectural scheme is a 15-story structure, 10 of which are above grade.  Above-grade program includes four levels of retail space, three levels of parking and storage, and another three levels of supplementary facility spaces at the top of the building.  Below-grade program accommodates 1,800 parking spots over three levels and two more levels of additional retail space.

这座建筑的特色是由预制混凝土和钢组成的结构，覆盖着铝板、彩色绝缘玻璃和瓷砖板，以创造一种视觉动态，以符合相邻溪流的动态特性。建筑物的铝覆层被概念化，以反映水的弯曲路径和永久流动性。

The building features a structure comprised of precast concrete and steel, clad in sheet aluminum, tinted insulating glass, and ceramic tile panels to create a visual dynamism in keeping with the dynamic nature of the adjacent stream.  The building’s aluminum cladding was conceptualized to echo the water’s curving path and perpetual fluidity.