SPACE June 2026 (No. 703)
A House Consumed to Regenerate a Declining Fishing Village
Jeongja Harbour once accounted for nearly 70 percent of Korea’s sole production, but now faces decline due to climate change and aging demographics. Like many fishing villages, it is lined with vacant houses. During the prosperous years in the history of the village, the client’s parents made their living here, and the client grew up in this place and now has become a parent. This project provides space for a new livelihood, where they can prepare for later life together. It is hoped that this small architecture may offer a new alternative for regenerating fishing villages confronted by aging buildings and a shrinking, aging population.
A New In-Between Space in the Village
The buildings of fishing villages that expanded indiscriminately during the modern period are packed tightly together, as if refusing to yield even an inch of their own land. Many have been illegally extended, leaving no gaps between neighbouring hou...
On architects Inc. (Jung Woongsik)
Kim Namsu, Kim Hyukgi, Kim Minseong, Jeong Mingi
Jeongja-dong, Buk-gu, Ulsan, Korea
accommodation facility
125m²
71.67m²
103.25m²
2F
1
11.95m
57.34%
82.6%
RC
hand-textured stucco, exposed aggregate plaster, e
exposed concrete, chipped concrete, hardwood floo
SDM Structural Engineering
Bomyeong Engineering Inc.
Kang Jaerim
Apr. – Oct. 2023
Nov. 2023 – Apr. 2025
Kang Jaerim
On architects Inc.