FACADE STUDY · CONSTRUCTED
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| Project Location | Seoul, South Korea |
| Project Type | Religious architecture, facade design, cathedral redevelopment |
| Project Description | Louvred screen facade design for Sarang Church in Seoul, integrating perforations, openings and religious iconography to create a coherent architectural identity across the cathedral campus. |
| Architect | UFO Architecture |
| UFO Architecture Team | Jonas Lundberg, Jason Gill, Wojciech Hydzik, Jooyun Cho |
| Project Status | Facade design study adopted by the client and constructed |
| Project Year | 2010 |
| Design Focus | Louvred screen facade, striated facade, religious architecture, iconography, daylight control, campus identity, facade retrofit |
Sarang Church Striated Facade is a facade design project for Sarang Church in Seoul, South Korea. The proposal was developed for a new cathedral building that the client felt lacked the civic and symbolic presence expected of a major religious institution and instead read more like a conventional office building.
UFO Architecture responded by designing a new louvred screen facade positioned outside the existing building envelope. The intervention introduces a layered architectural skin that integrates new openings, perforations and religious iconography into a coherent facade system capable of unifying the cathedral campus.
The striated screen creates depth, shadow and visual rhythm across the facade while improving environmental performance and controlling daylight. The design transforms the perception of the building from a commercial office typology into a recognisable religious landmark with a distinct architectural identity.
By working with a limited intervention applied to the existing structure, the project demonstrates how facade design can fundamentally alter the character of a building. The proposal was adopted by the client and subsequently constructed as part of the wider cathedral development.
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