100A Associates curates a shaded oasis
In an unlimited meadow surrounded by mountains, this tranquil South Korean dwelling dubbed ‘Gyeongjuok’ takes form with structure by 100A Associates. The residential undertaking may be present in rural Sannae-myeon, an space throughout the southeastern area of Gyeongju. Washed with daylight and shaded by the close by mountains, the bucolic area is widely known by the architects for its delicate dignity. ‘We determined to greet this house, surrounded as if by a folding display screen by the mountain ridge forward, through the twilight of ‘round sundown’ to morning moderately than the everyday visiting hours of morning to nighttime,’ says the design staff.
Thus, the staff was impressed by the distant web site through the dimmest hours of twilight and early morning — the environment of delicate shadows and low mild is embraced for its calm and quiet.
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a house immersed in nature
In the course of the early design phases, 100A Associates envisions its Gyeongjuok home as a composition of enormous concrete partitions defining concentric layers. The outermost entrance is guarded by a rough block of stone — a threshold, barrier, and beacon — which ends up in a backyard courtyard stuffed with lush bamboo crops and a tranquil mirrored pond. The architects proceed: ‘The sound of wind and the sundown projected on the serene pond relaxes the physique and coronary heart, and by assimilating to nature, amplifies the aperture between the self and the exterior world.’
The method of getting into and current this house is designed to emphasise the huge sky and imposing panorama, because the open-air courtyard introduces enclosure whereas sustaining an entire immersion throughout the pure context. ‘It humbly accepts the atmosphere of the earth whereas nonetheless pursuing solely the immersive, idyllic magnificence discovered throughout the calm of unbroken silence.’
a celebration of the glowing solar
100A Associates poetically describes the spirit of the Gyeongjuok home: ‘The straightforward but immaculate properties noticed when getting into following the faintly glowing rays of sundown doesn’t scatter the delicate mild, however moderately accepts it in superb element.’
The structure is curated to create an ‘suave friction’ between the shade and the ambient mild mirrored off the straightforward partitions — one that’s in fixed flux with the passing of the solar. ‘As such, the shadows entangled right here and there at Gyeongjuok subtly implies the aesthetics of decrease and softer sounds and deeper, thicker sounds,’ the staff explains. ‘We hope you savor the elegant scenic taste inside.’
a mirror pond and bamboo backyard occupy the open-air courtyard
interiors open broadly onto the curated grounds
calming pure daylight floods the dwelling areas with delicate shadows
