Shaded tranquility between the sky and the earth
The land is surrounded by mountains like a folding screen and quietly covered by the sky. Even the shaded area gives off a deep and mysterious energy that seems to have been dimly soaked in sunlight. The mountains, the sky, and the low horizon below them make you forget about calculations or self-interest in the world. The house humbly prostrates itself, conscious of the scenery that has no choice but to adapt and humble itself. Rather, it oozes from the ground in a quiet, low voice.
The journey home begins with a clump of rough and hard materiality leading the traffic line. It is a point of boundary and a space of transition to enter the realm of freedom obtained only by enduring loneliness or solitude. You might hear the howling of the wind as you pass through the shady paths among the bamboo groves. At sunset, facing the scene of the sunset soaking your body in a calm pond, your body and mind are relaxed, and the experience of sneaking into nature is also wonderful.
The realm of mediation that transforms space does not exist like a sudden variation. It is a way of concentrating on the rest as the ink leaves the tip of the brush and gradually spreads on the paper. In the process of lifting and flying the house, the house strives to remain open toward the mountains and sky that surrounds the land. Thanks to this, from anywhere in the house, including the yard, bedroom, dining room, tea room, and bathroom, you can see the curved mountain ridge and the sky painted with a few clouds. The moment of opening creates an ambiguous boundary in the space and makes us humbly accept the mood and energy of the land.
At the same time, he does not forget to keep the proper closing attitude. The stillness formed in the space is not disturbed as frames are made for each space in the landscape that continues and unfolds into one scene. There is a mood created by the line that confines the round and free landscape, so you are completely immersed in the stillness.
The walls surrounding the house are extremely simple. Only the subtle friction created by the reflected light and shade shows various scenes on the wall from sunset to sunrise in the morning. The shadows drawn by the sunlight, mountain shadows, trees, clouds, and wind and rain push the house to assimilate with the land and nature in a lower and quieter sound. It is a place where you can savor its elegant taste.
Project: Gyeongjuok / Location: 222, Daehyeon-gil, Sannae-myeon, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea / Architect: 100A associates / Lead architects: An Kwang-Il, Parck Sol-Ha / Project team: Kim Su-Bin / Area: 118.04m² / Photograph: ©Kim JaeYun (courtesy of the architect)
