Thinking of the Eight Scenic Views of Gwandong... Missing Gyeongpodae...
Until now, the only house I had ever built was a house for my dog, Mary, whom I raised as a child. It has been two and a half years since I decided to build a house while experiencing the unpleasant pain of renting a house for business.
With great difficulty, I was able to secure a place to live with the help of those around me and started painting.
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After joining several home building cafes and searching the Internet, I started looking around for ideas. After a year and a half, I was able to complete the specific design thanks to great people like Mr. Yoo Byeong-an, the head of the architecture group I had been visiting regularly, and Mr. Oh Soon-hak, an architect at Yecheong.
A modern reinterpretation of Gyeongpodae!
Thinking of the spirit of scholars of old who would recite poems while looking out over Gyeongpo Lake and the East Sea together, a pond was placed at the entrance on the first floor below the stairs leading up to the second floor, and a bridge was passed to go up to the second floor. A bamboo (ojuk and wangdae) courtyard was placed in the middle of the building so that the second floor can view both the pond and the East Sea together.
Just as our ancestors did, we left as much space as possible, blending the boundaries between nature and buildings like two hands clasping each other. At the entrance, a water breeze blows from the pond, and a chimney wind blows through the bamboo in the courtyard connected to the pond...
Just imagining it makes my heart race...
There is a small lighthouse where you can see the pond and the East Sea at a glance before you pass the pond and climb a few steps, which will make you out of breath.
As you climb the stairs, you can't forget the sunlight, and the wind blowing in all directions makes you forget how many steps you are on.
The hallways of the house are still lined with basalt and gravel.
The exposed walls, which look like they are being built while visitors are wondering, may seem strange, but in order to express the beauty of a Hanok with its main beams and stone rafters clearly visible, the interior walls, pillars, and ceiling were not given any special finishing touches to preserve the natural feel of the materials, and ceiling lighting was completed using Hanji, and a gallery in the form of a sari-moon was installed to separate the spaces, adding Korean elements to create a warm feeling.
This is what I wanted to do with my first home.
I hope it will be a house that everyone can relate to...