SPACE February 2025 (No. 687)
Nestled between two existing family homes steeped in history, a new building now sits in the yard where childhood memories were made. Layers of time cross and intertwine, connecting the past and present. This ‘house within a house’ serves as a bridge, linking the memories of a late grandmother to the father, son, and grandson.
In 2018, the son, an architect, constructed columns between the thatched houses where he had lived until the age of five. He encased the angeori▼1 built by his grandmother with concrete roofing and glass. Together with his father, they recycled discarded pijuk▼2 as molds to craft the roof. Underneath the thick roof, the west and north walls expose the angeori’s original exterior, while glass panels rest between the wooden rafters and cantilevered slab. The west-facing façade, which integrates 80 years of history into one timeline, extends southward and meets an olle▼3 with a curved surface. Basalt, unearthed during foundation excavation, was used to build a stone wall that seamlessly integrates with the existing exterior. Above it, the rugged concrete roof hovers, separated by glass.
On the south side, remnants of an old alleyway and traces of the cement block walls were extended horizontally to fit the current site conditions. Entering the house through the stone wall’s endpoint reveals an interior façade that condenses time into layers of spatial memories. These traces reach outward, forming a sense of dimensionality.
The angeori was built in the autumn of 1945 by the grandmother and grandfather,...
DARANGSHE ARCHITECTS (Hyun Seunghoon)
Yongdam-dong, Jeju-si, Korea
neighbourhood living facility, single house
309㎡
177.27㎡
177.27㎡
1F
3.65m
57.37%
57.37%
RC, block
basalt Jeju stone
pijuk exposed concrete
Jan. – Dec. 2017 / 2024 –
Jan. – Dec. 2018
Hyun Hongik
extension