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...
