SPACE February 2026 (No. 699)
A Village of Diverse Lives: Living Pixel
Quarter House began not with the completion of a single form, but with the intention of establishing a framework in which diverse ways of living could naturally permeate it and grow. As a family community-based residential project voluntarily formed by six households centred around four brothers and spanning three generations – siblings, parents, and children – it required a new architectural approach. Standing on the boundary between the individual and the family, and between private domains and public relationships, this housing project serves as a testing ground for a new kind of dwelling in which sharing and independence coexist. In response, we proposed a structure in which the many layers of life could be stacked within a single architectural entity, allowing different lived rhythms and relationships to be maintained simultaneously. Under the guiding concept of ‘A Village of Diverse Lives: Living Pixel’, here architecture functions as a vessel for dwelling while engaging with community.
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Architect
Unsangdong Architects (Jang Yoongyoo, Shin Changho
Design team
Kim Byoungwoo, Baek Wooheum, Park Jungmin, Lee Cha
Location
Sipjeong-dong, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, Korea
Programme
multi-family house
Site area
1,568㎡
Building area
906.12㎡
Gross floor area
2,861.41㎡
Building scope
B1, 3F
Height
13.8ｍ
Building to land ratio
57.79%
Floor area ratio
128.01%
Structure
RC
Exterior finishing
corrugated steel panel, ceramic panel
Interior finishing
common areas – laminate flooring, paint, til
Structural engineer
THE ONE Structural Eng.
Mechanical engineer
KEUNYANG MEC Co., Ltd.
Electrical engineer
CM E&C
Construction
THE FRAME
Design period
Dec. 2022 – July 2023
Construction period
Oct. 2023 – May 2025
Landscape design
SCAPE360
Jang Yoongyoo
Jang Yoongyoo is a progressive architect who investigates architectural phenomena and believes that a physical reality originates from architectural concepts. After graduating from Seoul National University’s Department of Architecture and its Graduate School, he founded the Jang Yoongyoo Architectural Experiment Atelier, which later evolved into Unsangdong Architects. His practice focuses on an architecture that responds to the changing and dynamic conditions of a new era. Jang has been awarded the Korean Architecture Award, the Seoul Architecture Award, and the Korea Institute of Architects (KIA) Award, and has gained international acclaim through awards and features in prominent international media outlets. He is currently a Professor at the College of Architecture, Kookmin University.
Shin Changhoon
Shin Changhoon graduated from the Department of Architectural Engineering at Yeungnam University and the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Seoul. He co-founded Unsangdong Architects with Jang Yoongyoo to pursue and realise experimental and conceptual architecture. He has dedicated himself to archiving and promoting Korean architecture through his leadership of platforms such as ‘Space Coordinator’ and ‘Architecture Sympathy’. Having served as a Seoul Public Architect, he currently acts as the General Architect of Suseong-gu and the Vice Chair of the Suseong International Biennale. His broader contributions to public architectural culture include his tenure as Chair of the Young Architects Committee of the KIA. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Seoul.
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