“A Korean Pool Villa Embracing All Four Seasons”
Korea’s distinct four seasons offer diverse opportunities for leisure, yet seasonal concentration often confronts climatic limitations. The pool villa, one of the most popular accommodation types in recent years, faces the same constraint. Though designed around water, outdoor pools remain underused for much of the year, leading many resorts to confine their pools indoors. However, the sensory experience of enjoying water under abundant sunlight and within nature is an essential part of the pool villa’s spatial allure, one that should not be sacrificed.
Conceived under the theme **“A Pool Villa for All Seasons,”** *Titicaca Resort* reinterprets this typology within the context of Korea’s climate. Each villa contains both an indoor and an outdoor pool, allowing guests to enjoy water in different seasonal conditions. During milder periods, the interior façade can be opened to merge the two pools into a continuous aquatic space, offering a seamless flow of activity and atmosphere. This adaptable configuration transforms the pool into an architectural device that mediates between season, climate, and space.
Adjacent to the outdoor pool, the **Concrete Cavana** reimagines the archetypal Southeast Asian cabana using concrete as a primary material. Substituting timber and fabric with concrete allows the structure to withstand snow, rain, and strong summer sunlight, while serving as a contemplative platform that connects the villa to its natural surroundings. It functions as both a protective shelter and an architectural threshold between interior comfort and exterior openness.
From the access road, the villas present a solid façade minimizing openings to ensure privacy, while the interior spaces are visually oriented toward the pool. The central courtyard pool screens out the complexity of nearby daily scenery, framing only the distant mountains beyond. Water, concrete, and landscape together compose a tranquil atmosphere that endures through the changing seasons—a spatial expression of rest and stillness within nature.
