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Fort Port / Heesoo Kwak and IDMM Architects

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0000

FORT & PORT is located in the middle of a mountain altitude of 100m in Baekcho-gil, Dolsan Island, Yeosu-si. In the northwest direction, Yeosu City is formed around Jonggo-Mountain, and there are Marae-Mountain, Jasan Park along the narrow coastal plain. On the southwest side of the site, the city skyline, where Seguji Village and the South Sea contrast, is attractive. Yeosu was spotlighted as a marine tourist destination in the South Sea in 2012. Still, the beautiful Yeosu night sea formed along Odongdo Island, and other maritime islands, Bridges and Dolsan strait became a geographical background.

U RETREAT / Heesoo Kwak and IDMM Architects

Valentina Villa — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:00:00 +0000

Bordered by the Sori-san mountain range in South Korea, the U RETREAT sits at the core of the Sari-gol valley in Hongcheon-gun Daegok-ri. Looking down on the site from as little a distance of 40 meters, a sharp vertical cliff stretches at an altitude of 100 meters. The scale of this geological formation, pinned down by enormous stones, and the vitality of the flourishing vegetation within it totally overwhelm the surroundings.

The Closest Church / Heesoo Kwak and IDMM Architects

Valentina Villa — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:00:00 +0000

Buildings of the Gimpo new town, where everything looks as new, clean and as fresh as fishes caught in a milk bottle. Well-structured roads and districts look like a checkerboard that has never been used. Through local communities, this place is where ordinary lives and sentiments have just started to settle down and will attempt to engage with different urban cultures and establish its own identity.

Guest House Rivendell / Heesoo Kwak and IDMM Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Among its many types, residential architecture is extremely limited when it comes to experimentation. Who would want to live like a guinea pig in highly private space in which his or her life unfolds? In order to weigh up the singularity of the architecture of a residential building, the search for relationships between spaces could be a better approach than searching for 'newness'.