This reinforced concrete house lays embedded into a grassy slope amid the undisturbed mountains and rice fields just an hour east of Seoul, south Korea. Designed by BCHO architects, ‘Tilt roof house’ derives from the concept of ‘chi’, a traditional Asian term meaning the universal energy that permeates and exists through everything.
By taking advantage of the steep slope around the site, the house blended with the topography and minimized the need for excavation. In turn, this element allowed the space on top to be utilized as a terrace featuring three square boxes carved out: two that are recessed and one for the courtyard below. This characteristic sees the tilted roof following the slope of the hill and down towards the ground plane.
The two partially recessed volumes has been furnished with outdoor furniture, but also marks the different programs that are underneath and inside the house. The heavy pour-in-place concrete and the pressure treated black-stained pine wood exterior contrasts to the warm and ambient light created by the bright yellow birch plywood interior.
The light-filled space boasts an airy, open program with a series sliding glass doors that connect to the landscape and another opening onto a private courtyard. Meanwhile the bedroom has been placed in a sunken room that can be closed off. The curvature of the interior wall along the central courtyard softens the pointed corners created by the triangular shape from the living room to the reading area.
卧室/view into bedroom
最终，地下室为乡村居民提供了当代风格的居住空间，既尊重了乡村住宅的规模又尊重了乡村环境的传统。
In the end, the subterranean residence provides the inhabitants with a contemporary dwelling in the countryside that both respects the scale and tradition of the rural setting.
建筑师使用“ki”/“chi”的传统概念进行房屋设计/The architects used the concept of ‘ki’/’chi’ to design the property
顺着中央庭院的弧度弯曲的内墙缓和了尖角空间/The curving interior wall along the central courtyard softens the pointed corners
在客厅旁边是一个独立的房间，这个房间即为下沉的卧室/The sunken bedroom is in a separate room next to the living space
庭院空间使得自然光能够渗透到空间内部，同时促进对流通风/The courtyard allows natural light penetration and promotes cross ventilation
房屋与地形融合后最大程度地缩小了挖方的需要/The house blends with the topography and is partially embedded into the ground, while minimizing the excavation
房屋表面被漆成黑色的松木板所覆盖/The house is clad in treated black-stained pine wood
倾斜的屋顶被当作一个露台使用，并被三个方盒子装饰点缀着/The sloped roof-top is utilized as a terrace and is punctuated by three square boxes
