Songdo International Business District by Kohn Pederson Fox

Located on 1,500 acres of reclaimed land on the West Coast of Incheon, Korea, Songdo International Business District become important business center in Korea. Designed by famous architects, Kohn Pederson Fox, Songdo International Business District will be very friendly for pedestrian due to the availability of walkable streets and an urban density that allows for an active street life.This district features the New Songdo City First World Towers, Northeast Asia Trade Tower, the 100-arce Songdo Central Park, and the Songdo City International School.

New Songdo City First World Towers is purposed for residential development. This tower consist of 2,545 units of apartment and projected to accommodate 65,000 residents. This tower also features live/work spaces, health club, day care center and senior's center.

Northeast Asia Trade Tower designed to be a skyline landmark of Songdo International Business District. This tower is a mixed-use development that combines office, hotel, and service apartment components, each with its own entrance lobby. The 1,010-foot-tall (308-meter-tall) tower offers views of the Yellow Sea, the city of Incheon, and the surrounding mountains.


Songdo Central Park serves to connect to various civic and cultural destinations and the waterfront via a series of man-made seawater canals accessed by water taxi. The combination of these natural and man-made elements makes this park the cultural and recreational heart of Songdo IBD. Within the park, a series of pedestrian bridges have been designed over the canal system, serving as focal points within the landscape and making for unique destination points.

Songdo International School can accommodate more than 2,000 students that facilitates diverse learning ang teaching styles. The design gives a unique material to each school community identity. Layers of stepped sections and sunken gardens separate these areas without creating barriers, invoking the interplay of solid and void that underlies traditional Korean design.