Alley in the House
FHHH FRIENDS
ARCHITECTS
Fhhh Friends
MANUFACTURERS
Atree, Bybigtable, Filobe, Forbo, Samhan C1
CONSTRUCTION
lawoo
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
A-tree
ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Han Seungjae, Han Yangkyu, Yoon Hanjin, Park Hyesang, On Dinseong
YEAR
2019
LOCATION
Seodaemun-gu, South Korea
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
A House for a family in old residential district in Seoul. ‘Yeonhui-ro 11 ma-gil’ is a major walking trail that cuts across an old residential district to the back mountain range of Yeon-hui-dong, Seoul.
The numerous stairs that crisscross the alley street and the back mountain are also a part of “Yeonhui-ro 11 ma-gil” the approach scaling the stairs and facing the houses resembles the grand stairs of a hotel or the entrance to an ancient palace.
Having I lived in yeonhui-dong for about 20 years, I always felt that this place was underused.
I thought it would be nice to have people sit by the stairs, engage in conversation, spend time reading, or hold small parties, but all these merely remained potential options.
I decided to bring this potential into a home. I wanted this road to continue into the house.
When there are two walls, the space between turns into a road.
Between building and a wall, or between two walls, There is an alleyway. And because it is the brightest spot in the house, the children often sit there to read.
Just as there is a wide staircase between houses, I place a wide staircase between the rooms. the staircase is somewhat wide in relation to the scale of the house overall.
Following the “road”, there is even the fun of crossing a bridge- in this way, the question that I wondering from the beginning was this: ‘why should outside and inside be difference?’ It is still Yeonhui-dong inside the house.”
