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Sailing House

Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone

Sailing House

IROJE KHM Architects

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Dam Hee Kim, Nae Jung Park, Ga Young Kim, Ye Ji Kim, Jae Kyung Kim

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Hyo Man Kim

MANUFACTURERS
Vibia, Eagon, Moooi, Samsung, Samhwa

LIGHTING DESIGN
Litework

STRUCTURE DESIGN
Eun Structure

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Sang Soo Ahn

PROGRAM / USE / BUILDING FUNCTION
House

PHOTOGRAPHS
Sergio Pirrone, Jeong Sik Mun, Iroje Khm Architect

AREA
376 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Jung-gu, South Korea

CATEGORY
Houses

Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Jeong Sik Mun

DIALOGUE WITH HORIZON -

The owner of this house and his family selected this recreational seaside residential site beside Incheon Bridge as their last nest of life after finishing their nomadic life as urbanites of modern society.

Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone

They wanted to dream about their unpredictable future of wishful life, looking over the horizon of the sea.

TWISTED OBSERVATION AXIS AND DYNAMICITY -

The Axis of the site as the observation axis makes too far sea scenery.

Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Jeong Sik Mun

In order to see the seascape and to avoid the neighboring building, we turned the angle of each room of this house toward the nearby sea, so in every place of this house, picturesque scenery of the sea is visible, and it made the shape of this house dynamic.

RECREATIONAL LIFE -

In the outdoor terraces of each room, one can enjoy the panoramic scenery of the Incheon Sea, and every terrace is connected with flying promenades which are observatory toward the sea and spatial element for the composition of the introvert courtyard surrounded by them.

Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone

VISUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN LAND AND SEA -

Introducing the water as an architectural stream, pond, or waterfall was able to connect the sea and land through the visual landscape.

THEATRICAL LIVING SPACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS -

In the modern society of Korea, there are family meetings of low frequency in everyday life.

Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone

So, we introduced a theatrical public living space with a visible panoramic seascape and designed the flow of individual rooms via this vertical living space where every family member can help meet each other.

KOREANNESS AND PLACENESS -

To introduce the concave curve of traditional Korean architecture was identified with the dynamic sail of a ship on the sea. Consequently, we presented the formativeness of Koreanness and the placeness of the sea.

Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone

SAILING TOWARD WISHFUL DREAM OF LIFE -

On this recreational sailing ship of life, all the members of this family will be sailing toward an unpredictable future of wishful life, looking over the horizon of the sea continuously.

Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone


Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© Sergio Pirrone
Sailing House
© IROJE KHM Architect


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Front elevation
Sailing House
Seaside elevation


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Section 01
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Section 02


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Plan - Basement
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Plan - 1st floor
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Plan - 2nd floor
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Plan - 3rd floor
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Plan - Roof
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Plan - Location

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