Text description provided by the architects. LOFT9 is located on the hill of Dongsomun-dong facing the high-rise apartment and surrounded by low-level red tile-roofed houses. Next to the site, the white painted housing building is newly constructed. LOFT9 consisted of 9 rooms is for rent, so it aims to have maximum floor area with an efficient form. The volume, which is driven by the right of light, is delicately refined with setbacks for the clarity of form. The 4th & 5th level is designed like loft house for maximizing wide view on the terraces. Simple box shape is partly filleted on the corner edges with balustrades for softening the rectangular volume which is cladded with the pale red in between the old red tile-roofed houses and new white building.
You can observe how the vertical circulation “floats” over the water when accessing the residence, while nourishing small islets of vegetation which emerge from it and are directly related with the main social areas like: the kitchen and the family room located on the top floor. The horizontal circulation that unifies the private areas with the stairs also enjoys from this pleasant view and gives a new perspective to the water element by being 3 meters above the ground.
The residence is very open and has a clear intention of merging the interior with the exterior, disappearing the physic limit itself.
The material pallete is very simple, Stone and Wood contrast and harmonize with Glass and Steel. Between this almost basic material range, looking to give variety to its use, format and texture, in a way that, for example, the Stone can be used as the floor in a big format used as plaques to achieve continuity in the public area, but at the same time it can be cut as a thin stave to celebrate the terrace at a double height, it can also be minimized to the extreme where it acquires a rugged character and be used as a visual ending to certain objects to emphasize directionality.
The furniture election, decorations and ambience were a part of the assignment, and it tries by its simplicity and sobriety to highlight the object lines, to the point where it sometimes refers to the exterior, emphasizing its importance, a clear example of this is the big tridimensional frame in the living room, which combines different types of wood with triangular mirrors that give us little outside glimpses.
建筑设计:skimA建筑师事务所
地点:韩国,首尔
主创建筑师:Sejin Kim
设计团队:Yunseon Cho
建造师:COWORKERS / Sungjoon Ahn
面积:342.34平方米
项目年份:2017年
摄影:Jaesang Lee (770 studio)
Architects: skimA
Location: Dongsomun-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Lead Architects: Sejin Kim
Design Team: Yunseon Cho
Constructor: COWORKERS / Sungjoon Ahn
Area: 342.34m2
Project Year: 2017
Photography: Jaesang Lee (770 studio)