On September 24th at 9:55 PM, EBS1 will broadcast Architectural Exploration – A/S, Ask the Next Door.
The house of the MZ couple built without a fence and the construction company representative
In Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, two houses that are similar yet different and harmonious yet different were built on the same day two years ago in a rural village at the foot of Baekun Mountain, which is quite far from the city center. There is not even a fence between the two houses… How did the owners of the house, Lee Ju-hyeok and Gu Ha-rim, come to build this house, which is guaranteed to be serviced for life?
A young couple living in the countryside for the first time wanted to build a house, so they met an impressive construction company CEO who showed them a house he had built 10 to 20 years ago, unlike other construction companies who just gave estimates. The CEO, who had bought a fairly large piece of land to build a house for his wife to spend her old age in after sending his children off to live independently, suggested to the couple, “Would you like to buy half of my land and build a house?” They built their houses side by side without a fence, using mutual trust as the cornerstone.
The most distinctive feature of this house is the ‘arch’. The roof features an elegant inverted arch that looks like something you would see in a European cathedral, and arches are placed throughout the house, such as in the entrance, shoe cabinet, main door, living room, and children’s bookshelf, creating a soft atmosphere. It is said that the design was done with care to foster creativity in young children by composing the space in curves rather than straight lines.
The living room is a two-story home library inspired by the ‘Star Library’. For the safety of the children, stairs are installed instead of ladders, and the reading and play areas are separated so that the seven-year-old siblings can enjoy themselves together.
The wife, who is confident in raising children, and the husband, who is talented in cooking, clearly divide their roles in their household life, as befitting the MZ generation. The kitchen, which was made entirely to suit the husband, Joo-hyuk’s body type and taste, from the sink, which was raised 10cm higher to protect his waist, to the wooden home bar table, is interesting. And the children’s room on the second floor is a unique and lovely space that respects the tastes of a 10-year-old daughter who is very assertive, from the ceiling where you can see the stars in the attic bedroom to the purple lighting.
A young couple feels reassured by the fact that the construction company president lives next door, even though the house is built so sturdily that there are no defects yet, and the construction company president, who is like an older brother next door, shares with them the know-how of living in a country house and even life wisdom. We meet the story of two neighbors who became connected for life by chance.
A house built by an architect son-in-law on the land of his wife’s family, which is surrounded by harsh conditions on all sides
In Yongin Special City, Gyeonggi Province, there is an elevated highway to the west, a townhouse complex and high-rise apartment complex to the north and south, and a warehouse to the south. In this inconvenient residential area, there is a white house that stands out like the moon in the night sky. The reason why the husband, Jang Byeong-cheol, an architect, and his wife, Seong Na-gyeong, an elementary school teacher, built the house in this land with such bad conditions is because they can get lifetime after-sales service.
In fact, this land is where Na-kyung’s parents raised cattle all their lives. Na-kyung wanted to return to this place full of memories from her childhood, build a house, and live next to her parents. Her parents gave her the land, but her husband, Byeong-cheol, was passionate as an architect to build a house in a location that overlooks the east, west, south, and north. In order to protect privacy, he minimized the windows on the outside, and completed a house with unexpected charm that has an openness beyond imagination on the inside.
The highlight of this house is the living room. Instead of walls, folding doors are installed on both sides, and when they are all opened, the indoor space is instantly transformed into a huge outdoor space. Considering privacy, fog glass, which acts as the window paper of traditional Korean houses, was used to block the view but let in light, making it not stuffy.
In particular, the windows of the master bedroom were carefully calculated and installed to make the warehouse roof outside the window feel like a charming landscape, inspired by the structure of ‘Hyangdan’ in Yangdong Village, Gyeongju. The daughters’ room on the second floor also shows the architect father’s love for his children. With the thought that ‘even if you live in a country house, if you don’t have a space to go outside, it’s like living in an apartment’, a café-like terrace was created in each of the children’s rooms so that they can relieve their study stress by being in contact with nature at any time.
The courtyard, which is connected to the living room as if it were one space, is also connected to the yard of my parents’ house. My parents, who have farmed here their entire lives and worked hard for their children, still provide all kinds of after-sales service to their working daughter and her husband.
Let’s explore a house that can be maintained for life by the landowner and parents.
Reporter Park Yu-mi Photo = EBS Architectural Exploration House
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2024-09-24 10:45:44