스튜디오 OBBA에서 진행한 강남의 주택은 어린 시절의 추억이 가득한 자신의 집이 지닌 의미를 보존하면서도 이 곳을 가족을 위한 새로운 주택으로 바꿨으면 하는 의뢰인의 의도를 훌륭하게 반영하였다.
평생 살았던 집을 그냥 버리는 것이 아닌, 또한 소중한 기억이 가득한 집을 지키고 싶어했던 의뢰인의 어머니의 의견을 반영한 것이다.
OBBA는 1-2층은 창문을 한쪽 코너에 내어 채광을 충분히 받으면서도 환기가 가능한 거실 및 서재로 구성하였다. 1층은 정원으로의 접근이 용이한 이점으로 인해 어머니를 위한 침실과 부엌, 식당 등을 구성하였고 2층은 아들의 가족만을 위한 개인 공간을 꾸몄다.
Cutaways in the brick facade of this family home by Seoul studio OBBAprovide views over a small walled garden in the city's high-density Gangnam neighbourhood.
The local practice was approached by a client who wanted to replace his childhood home with a new house for his family on the same site.
The area's accelerating land values has led to the replacement of many family residences with large speculative housing schemes and the site is now overlooked by a group of five-storey blocks.
"The project began as a reaction to the changing urban environment, trying to conserve the existing values of the house," explained the architects. "Such context led us to think of a new kind of single-family home typology."
"The client has been living in the house for his entire life, and wished to honour the will of his mother not to leave the place that has precious memories of," they added.
Photography is by Kyungsub Shin.
Architects: OBBA - Sojung Lee & Sangjoon Kwak
Design team: Sangbo Park, Daae Kim, Jaeho Kim, Hojae Lee, Seok Choi
Structural engineer: THEKUJO - Byungsoon Park
MEP engineer: IECO Engineering
Construction: Dasan Construction Engineering
"They decided to demolish the decrepit house and build a new home in the same place for his family to live together."
The surrounding developments created concerns about privacy, so OBBA created a new three-storey residence made from reinforced concrete and brick that has just a few windows.
A two-storey window cut into one corner of the brick facade spans the first and second floors, bringing a good supply of light and ventilation into the living room and a study.
A second deep columnar window was introduced to light the pale grey staircase that connects the three floors. This arrangement inspired the project name, Open and Closed.
Inside, the 250-square-metre house is divided into three zones to give the client's own family and his mother separate living quarters.
The mother has her bedroom at ground level with easy access to the walled garden, while a shared wood-lined lounge, dining room and kitchen are set on the first floor and the son's family have their own space on the second floor.
Some of Gangnam's other recent developments include a block with a step-shaped facade by Sae Min Oh and a hybrid housing and office project by Julien De Smedt.
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