Start : The architecture that TIUM Architects think of
Housing is changing. From real estate for future value investment in a healthy consumption culture that values life of now. There has also been an increasing demand to find a residential space customized to individuals, which is difficult to be found in apartments, a representative residential culture.
TIUM aims a healthy housing and a residential culture customized to people. Based on a reasonable space that satisfies universal values, we look for a living space that reflects the needs of residents.
Meeting : The starting point of the client and TIUM
What kind of space is a single residence for those who are used for apartments, those who have tasted a sip of convenient housing unlike in the past? What housing is better than a space that meets universal standards (which is above a certain standard)?
This is what TIUM Architects think. The answer is the pursuit of a unique space that has not been expressed in a general space. It is also the beginning of a customized space that can embrace an individual life and living. This doesn't mean a fabulous customized suit made by a tailor. This means creating a space that fits the present life, a space that has the present space and future time together, although it may not be huge.
The client's second house (SEGOK MULTI-FAMILY HOUSE) started that way. It adapts to individuals and meets universal values. It has utility and value. It carefully embraces the investment and time of the client. Obviously, we build a house that people will like more later, than now.
Land : The façade is facing west
The land is located in the Bogeumjari Housing district of Segok2. Neighboring buildings are located in the north and south, and the land is open to the west and east. There is a busy frontal road on the west, and the green landscape on the east.
Different relationships ask for different faces. It is true that the (busy) west side, where pedestrians and vehicles come and go a lot, should become the front, the face, like neighboring buildings. However, the relationship between interior and exterior that cannot filter violates the privacy of residents. Therefore, TIUM Architects approached in a new angle. Unlike neighboring buildings that actively relate to the west side, the building relate to the east side where the green landscape is located. Moreover, the main living space including living rooms and kitchens, was placed on the east side to realize an open environment. But, the busy west side completed the façade with a light face.
Client's request
A floor structure that is as convenient as an apartment for the client's parents who are actually living : rational and functional floor design.
Easy-to-access architecture: Minimizing the height difference taking the age of the resident into consideration. The floor plan with the minimum step applied, with the owner's household located on the first floor.
Expandability to enjoy outside : Reflecting the client's love of nature. Expanded so that residents themselves can enjoy the plants they grow and the natural environment in the landscape green area in harmony.
Externally large house: Design so that the inclined roof converges to the inside, according to the district unit guidelines. A square, straight west façade.
Interior free from being exposed to outside : Appropriate separation distance between the west front road and the ground, and no cover. Minimize the opening on the west side to protect the privacy of residents.
House with convenient maintenance : Use of highly fouling resistant interior and exterior materials. Use of products with a definite warranty period for use materials and resources.
Attractive tenant households : Created a space that is good and attractive to live in. Designed ceiling for lighting, attic and exterior deck for flexible space utilization.
Start of the building space : Design principles
Convenient pathway is rational. A rational pathway that minimized unnecessary walking provides quality dwelling. Nevertheless the circular (returning) pathway makes the space abundant. Starting point of the pathway, the first impression starts from the architectural trail.
Frontal road makes the west side hard, and clearly shows the boundary of the interior and exterior. On the other hand, the east side where the green landscape is located combining the interior and exterior, making the border ambiguous. The clear architectural point, and the different scenery make the life of the resident comfortable.
Minimal of Mise-en-Scène emphasizes the story. There is no flashy technique. We want to clearly show the architectural space. Instead of technique and make the story heavy make-up, we want to show the naked face.
The house should be warm in winter and cool in summer. It should be a house that is intact from the exterior. We want the house to not use lighting in the daytime, where a certain amount of luminance is provided.
We should make an added place. We make a skylight where certain luminance is maintained. We make an attic and outer deck that can embrace diverse life and story of residents.
Space organization and design
First, fully fill in the purpose of client, land environment, and the thoughts of architects. And again, start emptying. Determine that can be abandoned and that is necessary. And the refined design becomes a naked face.
Empty more and simplify to embrace more stories. It works as a barrier to protect the privacy of parents and make it look taller than neighboring buildings. The sense of unity and being front creates an even background. We installed a frontal stairs on this background, and emphasized three-dimensional effect.
Installed many windows are made to obscure the internal and external boundaries (to keep them in close contact). The size and number of windows are secured to let the external natural environment into the interior. Located at the end of the architectural walkway in the first floor, the floor and the outer toenmaru are continuous without any blockage. The rooftop deck, which expands from the attic, provides a variety of external activities for tenant households on the second floor. The Q-block installed on the rooftop deck is working as a vocabulary that simultaneously implements appropriate shielding and opening. This overall appearance is completed lightly through even porcelain tiles.
First floor owner's household
Rather than entering directly from the west, enters the south. There was also a request from the client to enter from the south, but it is a request of avoiding the entrance that is exposed to the outside. The pathway introduced along the porch passes through the interior from west to east. At the end of the west-east axis and at the end of the architectural trail, there is a continuous toenmaru inside and outside the landscape green area. A picture frame (borrowed scenery) is placed at the end of the axis viewed from the entrance.
On the left side of the architectural trail, the pathway is bent in a U shape along the public space. And again, it is connected to the outside through the side entrance located on the west side. The huge U-shaped pathway structure (entering the west side of the road and coming back to the west side) divides public and private areas while present reasonable pathway It also provides auxiliary pathways necessary for daily life (including smooth kitchen pathways such as laundry, recycling, garbage disposal, and loading of food materials).
From the west to the east, the internal hierarchy deepens into the private realm. And along the west-east axis, it is divided into left: public, right: private areas.
The first private reception for residents in the 'left area' is placed. Personal reception increase usability through variable sliding doors that expand into the interior, and can be directly connected to the outside through the side entrance. Then, the kitchen, dining room, and living room are arranged in order. And again, it is connected from the auxiliary kitchen and the multipurpose room to the side entrance to provide convenient living pathways. The frontal window installed on the east side serves as a window for introducing the rich natural environment of the landscape green area in the living room.
In the 'right area,' small room, residence bathrooms, and owner's bedrooms are arranged in order from the west. A landfill bathtub will be installed inside the residence bathroom taking the age of the residents into consideration. The owner's bedroom, which is connected to the green landscape, also encounters external nature.
Second floor tenant
Provides sense of independence by installing the exterior stairs that connect the second floor tenant households and exterior on the west roadside. The pathway connected to the inside is implemented as corridors and stairs so that each thread is connected along the west-east axis.
A public space (kitchen, living room) is arranged on the east side considering the opening, closing, and internal and external relationships. Depending on the direction, it is composed of a residential bathroom, a small room, and an owner's bedroom. The hall, where the inner stairs are located, is provided as a center point connecting the rooftop deck and the attic to secure a pleasant living environment through a two-story floor height and ceiling. A kimchi refrigerator, washing machine, and warehouse are located under the inner stairs.
Words used
Unlike the general perforated roof, it converges into the interior. It is applied to the internal space utilization and unique exterior design. (Secure practical attic space, implementing skylight/implementing even external face and sense of front created by refined rectangle)
Specialty for tenant households. Along with the rooftop deck, it provides an attic that accommodates the diverse lives of residents. Indirect light introduced through the ceiling keeps the internal illumination environment.
The material that repeatedly expresses opening and closing has a shielding effect and keeps residents' unblocked.
[Exterior stairs] Installed at the front for functions, and works as a design element that gives the three-dimensional effect of the entire appearance.
It implements aesthetic and reasonable pathway. Borrowed scenery (picture frame), located on the east side of the first floor, working as an active vocabulary that introduces the joy of walking and the natural environment into the interior. The stairs in the second floor with skylight provide a pleasant pathway for the attic and rooftop deck. The landfill bathtub, located in the public bathroom on the first floor, is a consideration for the elderly owner.
Porcelain tiles applied as exterior materials maintain a consistent overall context. Securing fouling resistant, durable and even material properties is its' own character.
