Jirisan House

Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG
Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG

Jirisan House

Bang Keun YOU

ARCHITECTS
Bang Keun You

CONSTRUCTION
Miryung Construction

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Bang Keun You

CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECT
Gnu Aya, Atelier You Architech & Urbanism, Bang Keu

ENGINEERS
Sns Structure (Structure), Filobe (System Window)

TEAM
Hai Jin Anh, Seo Jeong Yang, Seong Chul Jeong, Sei Ri Lee, So Hyun Sin

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kwang Sik Jung

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Hamyang-gun ,Korea

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The client’s first intention was to locate the house further down the valley; but in my eyes there was a much evident location.

Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG
Jirisan House
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Indeed locating the project site higher on the mountain, would provide a pleasant distant panorama of Cheonwangbong (Jirisan mountain’s summit), and at the same time a view over the valley and the small village.

A poetic landscape picture, with colors changing every seasons, that could be peacefully contemplated through the house’s large window “frames”.

Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG
Jirisan House
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As always, if not handled with sensitivity, designing a project on a naturally virgin site can easily turn into a serious disaster.

To appear legitimate among this wonderful landscape, the project had to draw from the nature’s spirit, and communicate with it.

So came the idea of an organic concept, each volumes nesting harmoniously with the surrounding environment; This harmony is by the way reinforced by the use of natural earth toned materials, inspired from Jirisan mountain’s seasonal colors.

Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG
Jirisan House
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From the entrance door, the plan layout develops from either side of the main circulation axis going upstairs.

On the right the kitchen, dining room and bathroom, opposed to living room and bedroom on the left, with large windows facing the valley view.

Jirisan House
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Jirisan House
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Thereby the dynamic space is distinctly divided from the resting space. The living room wooden floor material turns over the walls reinforcing the cocoon feel.

Similar to a waggon, the different interior spaces are connected in one single homogenous entity, covered with a copper fabric.

Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG
Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG
Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG


Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG
Jirisan House
© Kwang Sik JUNG


Jirisan House
Basement Floor Plan
Jirisan House
Ground Floor Plan
Jirisan House
1st Floor Plan
Jirisan House
Site Plan


Jirisan House
Sketches
Jirisan House
Sketches


Jirisan House
Longitudinal Section
Jirisan House
Cross Section


Jirisan House
Annex East Elevation
Jirisan House
Annex North Elevation
Jirisan House
Annex South Elevation
Jirisan House
Annex West Elevation


Jirisan House
North Elevation
Jirisan House
 South Elevation


Jirisan House
Annex Floor Plan