SPACE February 2025 (No. 687)
Construction image of Darangshe (2024 –)
Hyun Seunghoon principal, DARANGSHE ARCHITECTS × Son Jongnam principal, Office Tul
Off-Completion
Son Jongnam (Son): The angeori of Darangshe (2018, 2024 –) intentionally wraps the existing seokkarae with a modern design. It feels like a house within a house, and when I first visited in 2018 following its completion as a café, I found it somewhat distracted. Perhaps this was due to its elementaristic, component-driven, and unfinished aspects. For instance, the roof texture stands out, and the doors were used as tables, giving each element its own voice, which feels elementaristic. At the same time, the way the construction methods are revealed in the outcome seems component-driven, and the fact that the proeject appears incomplete, as if little attention was given to finishing touches, suggests an air of the unfinished. While this might reflect the nature of renovation projects, similar tendencies were observed in the newly constructed Sanjitmul Park Public Toliet (2022). Are these results intentional, or outcomes of the process?
Hyun Seunghoon (Hyun): I can’t say there was no intention here, but my project is closer to the sum of the responses made through conversations during the construction process, rather than sticking to outlines in initial drawings. The overall framework of the space does not change much from the initial drawings, but details, such as the way materials meet, are liable to change according to the situations faced in construction, and these changes cause other details to react and respond in a chain, finding an overall balance. While it is important to devote craftmanship to individual elements, I focus more on imagining the combination and balance between elements as I work.
Son: The projects of Enric Miralles and Antoni Gaudí of Spain come to mind. Your approach seems to resemble Gaudí’s in particular, especially in terms...
