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.

© Yong Kwan Kim

Architects: studio_GAON

Location: Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea

Architect In Charge: Hyoungnam Lim, Eunjoo Roh in studio_GAON

Area: 203.55 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Yong Kwan Kim, Youngchae Park

Project Team : Sangwoo Yi, Minjung Choi, Seongwon Son, Sungpil Lee, Hanmoe Lee, Joowon Moon, Haein Choi

Construction : Starsis

Supervision : studio_GAON
© Yong Kwan Kim

From the architect. 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.

© Youngchae Park

Designing the house in Domoon was just like being in Aleph, a project to transcend time, to share memories and places. Going through the process was like solving a puzzle; putting odd pieces together to make a complete whole.

© Yong Kwan Kim

Sokcho region is a port city in the east coast of Kore...