On September 10th at 9:55 PM, EBS1 will broadcast the episode ‘Is this land suitable for building a house?’
A couple who have a good foot in the cheap land builds a house in the forest
Gil Ki-nam and Lee Ja-yeon, who live in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. The couple, whose hobby is looking for houses, bought the forest land because they fell in love at first sight with the low price and beautiful scenery. They just wanted to build a house… but they had to dig up rocks, lay water channels, and even do electrical work on the groundwater, which was a mountain of work. In addition, since you can’t build a house on forest land, it took about two years just to get a building permit. What kind of spaces are hidden in the pristine white house built so beautifully on the forest after a preparation process that seemed like it would take forever?
The husband, Gil Ki-nam, wanted to design his own house like a designer. The husband said that he designed the house so that the space of the house could be utilized efficiently. This goal was realized in various spaces. The triangular space under the stairs became a photo studio, and the room with the frameless door became a home office, which can be transformed into a space where the husband works at any time. In addition, when the folding door in the kitchen, which was the wife Lee Ja-yeon’s dream, is wide open, it is said that it feels like a cafe even though they are in the house. In this way, this house was born as a ‘hybrid’ house that appropriately mixes the dreams of each couple.
“Building a house on land is just like living a human life.”
Gil Ki-nam, the husband, said that he felt like it was a person’s life as he watched the process of a house being built and completed, gradually creating space on a land where there was nothing. The couple said that perhaps it was because they chose the land to build the house on, but this house feels more special. In fact, they say that they made the house special with small details. As soon as you enter the front door, the round walls on both sides give an open impression, and the glass folding door in the studio and the bathroom with doors in two places also contribute to the openness of this house. The open feeling inside the house, just like the open view, becomes the identity of this house.
The couple who bought the land they fell in love with at first sight and almost got exhausted before they could even build a house. The couple who overcame all kinds of obstacles to build a house on the land tell us, “Don’t buy this kind of land!” The wife, Lee Ja-yeon, thought that groundwater would come out if you dug the ground. From breaking rocks to purchasing utility poles, only after experiencing all sorts of things can you see the things to keep in mind when buying land. We go to hear the eventful story behind the wonderful house.
I thought it was free land, but it turned out to be a brick house on a hillside that was almost empty
The couple Jung Woo-seok and Park Hye-yeon, who live in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do. Jung Woo-seok, who received land inherited from his wife’s family, felt like he won the lottery. However, building a house on the free land that he thought was a good deal did not go as smoothly as he had thought. Is there really no such thing as a free lunch? The couple struggled for over a year because of the “green belt,” where they could not build a house as they pleased, even on their own land. They received a building permit with great difficulty, but there was another mountain to climb. What is the story?
“A slope in front, a slope behind”
It is said that because the height of the land is different in the front and back, when it rains, the soil is washed away, which was a difficult task. The couple who own the house also had to take care of the restoration work because the entire field was washed away after building the house. The couple said that in a situation where they had to build the house on a slope, they decided to naturally sit the house along the ground rather than raising the house high. The reason is that they wanted a house that looks like a part of nature. It is said that the red bricks, which are a characteristic of this house, were chosen based on the red soil of the neighborhood where sweet potatoes were grown. In addition, the skip-floor structure, which was chosen to naturally place the house on the slope, becomes a luxurious point that adds to the sense of space as soon as you enter the house.
The red brick house of the couple who built it, which was completed as a luxurious house while taking advantage of its naturalness. The house is said to have both privacy and openness. The low wall of about 70cm visible from the dining table is said to be the right height to protect privacy when sitting and open the view when standing up, creating a sense of openness. In addition, the balcony of the master bedroom was designed to protect privacy by blocking the front with a wall, and to have an open ceiling to let in enough sunlight, creating a safe and bright atmosphere unique to the master bedroom. This house is said to have more special ideas than this. The house, which pays attention to delicate details such as creating a mudroom in the shoe cabinet where you can wash your dog’s feet or shake off dirt as soon as you enter from outside, and creating a gap between the low window and the wall for the dog to look around, is said to have settled in as the perfect fit for this family.
Although everyone is now living in a nice country house on free land that is so bad, the process was so dizzying that she doesn’t want to go through it again, said Park Hye-yeon, the wife. The administrative battle to release the green belt was over, and now it was a fight over a sloping land. She said she even thought, “Do I really have to do this?” and almost gave up. We visit the house built on the hardships of the couple who thought it was free but almost ended up losing it.
Reporter Park Yu-mi Photo = EBS Architectural Exploration House
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2024-09-10 10:04:21