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Shaping Architecture Through Conditions: Layer-Layered House | On architects

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SPACE June 2026 (No. 703) 

 

 

 

 

 

An Experimental Urban House in a Layered Housing Development Area
Large-scale residential developments are being carried out under the banner of balanced regional development or regional integration. In Ulsan, most of these developments have emerged along mountain edges or through the cutting and filling of mountainous terrain. Within these residential districts, often shaped by the logic of development, this project proposes an experimental house composed of multiple layers that explores new possibilities for urban living.​

 

Layering Nature and the City
The innovation city has a distinctive linear structure, formed along the boundary where the existing city meets...
 
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Architect

On architects Inc. (Jung Woongsik)

Design team

Kim Namsu, Kim Hyukgi, Kim Minseong, Jeong Mingi

Location

Yaksa-dong, Jung-gu, Ulsan, Korea

Programme

single house

Site area

317.6§³

Building area

144.93§³

Gross floor area

188.22§³

Building scope

2F

Parking

2

Height

8.58m

Building to land ratio

45.63%

Floor area ratio

59.26%

Structure

RC

Exterior finishing

bush clover formwork exposed concrete, ceramic til

Interior finishing

vinyl paint, hardwood flooring

Structural engineer

SDM Structural Engineering

Mechanical and electrical engineer

Bomyeong Engineering Inc.

Construction

Kim Byoungsung

Design period

Mar. – Oct. 2022

Construction period

Nov. 2022 – Sep. 2023

Client

Kim Byoungsung

Landscape design

Jogyoungsanghoi


Jung Woongsik
Jung Woongsik is the Principal Architect of On architects and a graduate of the University of Ulsan. He also is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Smart City Convergence School of Architecture & Urban Environment at the University of Ulsan. Along with Kim Namsu and Kim Hyukgi, they are interested in the subtle relationships that emerge through architecture shaped by collective participation and continually explores how small interventions can generate meaningful social change and new value systems. His work has received numerous awards, including the Korea Young Architect Award, the Korea Architects Association and Culture Prize, the Korean Architecture Award, the Ulsan Architecture Award, the Architecture Masterprize, the Architizer A+, the iF design, German Design, and the BLT Design.

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