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Southcape Owner’s Club: Clubhouse / Mass Studies

Hana Abdel — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Located on Changseon Island in Namhae Province, at the southern tip of the Korean peninsula, is a resort development - the Southcape Owner’s Club - with several complexes that are strategically positioned throughout the dramatic topography of the archipelagic region.

Cafe Piora / studio_GAON

Hana Abdel — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:00:00 +0000

‘Piora’ is a small bakery, located in the woods at Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province. There is a small mountain lying low when you cross a bridge across a stream on a quiet, slightly stark road, from where one walks a bit and the forest starts. The small bakery sits low on a small trail next to a broad hills, full of green barley field laid out like a beautiful lawn. A dozen years ago, the family, without any links, moved to the land among the mountains, fields, and hills. The family's land looks like a sack with a narrow entrance and gradually widens inside. We pondered where we should locate the building onto this peculiar shape of land.

Materials That Make Construction Details Protagonists: Photos of the Week

María Francisca González — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000

We love construction details! That's why this week's photos highlight the art of the synthesis of materials and the varied photographic products we can obtain by looking closer. Photographers like Joel Filipe, Marie-Françoise Plissart and Adria Goula, give us precise and beautiful exposure to wooden joints, steel structures, concrete details, curtain walls and more.

12 Dynamic Buildings in South Korea Pushing the Brick Envelope

Fernanda Castro — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Bricks are as old as the hills. An enduring element of architectural construction, brick has been a material of choice as far back as 7000BC. Through the centuries, bricks have built ancient empires in Turkey, Egypt, Rome and Greece. Exposed stock brick came to define the Georgian era, with thousands of red brick terraces still lining the streets of cities such as London, Edinburgh and Dublin.

The House of Prajna / studio_GAON

Valentina Villa — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:00:00 +0000

The House of Prajna seems like a vessel heading for the woods, embraced by the forest, with the pentagon shape of building site reminding of that of ship. On the bow of ship shape, a persimmon tree over hundred year old branches its arms toward the large sky with hollowed trunk. Although this house is a result of intentional design, I feel like it is already been completed by thousands of interactions of invisible components. Every time I visit, I feel like appreciating the work of someone else’s.

Aleph in Domoon / studio_GAON

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:00:00 +0000

In Jorge Luis Borges’ novel of same title, ‘El Aleph’ is the one site which contains all the places in the universe, as well as all stars, all lamps, and all sources of light. It is also the first character of Hebrew, and the beginning locus of every memory.

House of Respect and Happiness / studio_GAON

Karen Valenzuela — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The owners of this house asked us to name the house as ‘House of Respect and Happiness’. It was just full one year since they were married. Though they weren’t 20s, they were very strong and fresh, just as cornlian cherry quaking by chilly spring wind. They met at a seminar, got married, and the husband chose the subject of his life as respect, while the wife chose as happiness. They wanted to make a space in their house to carry out exchange and educate.

Osulloc Tea House Pavilions / Mass Studies

Cristian Aguilar — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Daum Space.1 / Mass Studies

Jonathan Alarcón — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Daum is an international IT firm based in Korea, primarily known for its web portal services. Unlike its competitors that are typically located in metropolitan areas, Daum has been planning to relocate its operation to an undeveloped site within Jeju Province (an autonomous island situated off of the southern coast of Korea) for the past 8 years. Largely known as a major tourism hub, Jeju Province has been encouraging the implementation of other industries in the recent years, one of which is the development of the island's technology-based industrial complex. Considering the fact that the urban population of Korea has grown from 20% to over 80% in the last 50 years – which makes Korea one of the most urbanized countries in the world – Daum's radical step of exiling themselves to the rural Jeju Province can be framed as a utopian gesture, comparable to Silicon Valley of the late 70’s in America, as a rebellious attempt to move away from the urban setting to reinvent an independent, creative work community. Another dilemma that urban workplaces face in the 21st century is that while the nature of the working organization is becoming more horizontal, the spaces are becoming vertical. Therefore, the generous conditions provided by Jeju Province counters this problem as an opportunity to imagine a new type of spatial organization to match Daum’s creative, horizontal working organization.

Pixel House / Mass Studies and Slade Architecture

Kelly Minner — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Pixel House designed by Mass Studies in collaboration with Slade Architecture in Gyeonggido, Korea, thoughtfully incorporated the needs of their client, a young family of four. There is a vagueness between public and private space, landscaping and building, which was the intention of both the client and architects.

S-Trenue Tower / Mass Studies

Nico Saieh — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This tower proposal is an alternative to the conventional residential/office tower prototype of commercial developments, with its design being specific to the site's conditions.