Seoul Weather Station

The main building of the Seoul Weather Station centres on a cylindrical mass combined with simple cuboid forms around it, giving the whole an emphatically geometric, abstract shape and sense of space. It displays techniques of modernist architecture of the period, such as a cylindrical rooftop structure, a curved entrance and canopy, and a relief-patterned cornice near the top of the building. Ancillary facilities for weather observation also survive well, including a rain-gauge enclosure known as a "nojang" (an open-air observation yard) and maple and cherry trees planted so that seasonal change could be observed. Built as the headquarters of the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Gyeongseong Rain Gauge Station, the building has continued to be used for weather observation to this day, making it a valuable site attesting to the history of meteorological observation in Korea.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산