Design team: Kim Jaekwan, Kim Sookhee, Kim Haeree, Shin Jinseok , Jade Narrido, Jason Houliston
Location: Seoul, Korea
Program: House+Commercial
Site area: 68m2
Building area: 40.76m2
Gross floor area: 183.97m2
Building scope: 4F
Parking: 1
Height: 15.8m
Building to land ratio: 59.94%
Floor area ratio: 193.27%
Structure: RC
Exterior finishing: Exposed concrete
Client: Jeon gyeong deuk
I feel uncomfortable whenever I see contemporary buildings with large openings. Such an entrance could be even worse if it is for a residence because personally I think it is often feared that it would only allow too much light inside and violate my privacy. Of course, it can be controlled with a variety of devices, such as curtains or louvers, but they can’t be used as the fundamental solution. Thus, I proposed small and unique windows to my client for this project. At first, they were concerned that it would be too dark inside but it has resulted in a space that has both sufficiently bright spots and dark ones.
While I was blithely dancing along with the imaginary building line, in addition to my habit of desiring ‘to connect things that seem irrelevant with lines’, I also established the order of randomness and this became the basis for designing external appearance of buildings. Virtually projected on the building, the lines were left as decorative marks on the interior walls. The biggest reason for taking on an uncontrollable situation as a designer or handing over the role of designer to random events and chance is not because I am indifferent but because they often present better solutions than I.
