The Kim Il Sung University Educator's Apartment, (Korean: 김일성종합대학 교육자 아파트) also known as the KISU Residential Towers, are two high-rise residential skyscrapers in Pyongyang, North Korea. Built between 2012 and 2013, Tower One stand at 153 metres (502 ft) tall with 45 floors, while Tower Two stands 132 metres (433 ft) tall with 37. Their official name suggests that their main tennants are the didactic staff of the Kim Il Sung University of Pyongyang.[4][5][3]
| Kim Il Sung University Educator's Apartment | |
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김일성종합대학 교육자 아파트 (Korean) | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | residential |
| Architectural style | Postmodernism |
| Location | Taesong-guyok, Pyongyang |
| Town or city | Pyongyang |
| Country | North Korea |
| Coordinates | 39°03′38″N 125°45′13″E / 39.0605°N 125.7536°E |
| Completed | 2013 |
| Opened | 2012 |
| Owner | Kim Il Sung University |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 153 metres (502 ft) (Tower 1)[1] 132 metres (433 ft) (Tower 2)[2] |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Concrete |
| Floor count | 45 (Tower 1) 37 (Tower 2) |
| Floor area | 44,200 m2 (476,000 sq ft) (Tower 1) 34,848 m2 (375,000 sq ft) (Tower 2)[3] |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 300[3] |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
History
editThe two towers are part of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's so called "new architectural era" which emerged from his personal passion for monumentality and megalomania, from which he had promised better benefits for the fewer members of the studying middle class, and for everyone else, an immersion in a "totalitarian fairytale".[6] Representing a newer postmodernist style of architecture, the towers differentiate from most of the buildings in Pyongyang which mostly resemble the 1970s and 1980s totalitarian architecture style very widespread and common in North Korea.[7][8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "KISU Residential Tower 1". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "KISU Residential Tower 2". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Apartment Buildings for the Lecturers of Kim Il Sung University". Kim Il Sung University (in Korean). Kim Il Sung University. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ "Apartments in N. Korea". Korean Broadcasting System. KBS World. October 26, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ "[Photo News] Pyongyang high-rise apartments for educators and scientists". spnews.co.kr (in Korean). SPN Korea. December 21, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ "How North Korea's Architecture Is Changing". stroyka.uz. Stroyka. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ "Pyongyang Architecture guide, North Korea". koreakonsult.com. Korean Konsult. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ Oliver, Huw (October 14, 2020). "'A socialist fairyland': the bizarre and beautiful buildings of Pyongyang". Time Out. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
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Gallery
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The two buildings in 2014
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