Site + Desire

© Kyungsub Shin

Architects: AND

Location: Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Architect In Charge: Euiyeob Jeong, Taekyoung Lee

Area: 188.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Kyungsub Shin

© Kyungsub Shin

Site + Desire Louverwall is for a couple with five cats. The husband is a music enthusiast who manages the cafe where he enjoys music, coffee, and beautiful space. He wants the café space to be vertical, transparent, and dynamic. They need a small residence on the 2nd and 3rd floors consisted of a bedroom, a living room and a small kitchen. The site is located in the newly developed mixed-use building district in Paju. The plot is surrounded by other buildings on its three sides; it is only open toward due west. Thus, the main challenge of the project is to come up with the west façade that is energy efficient and transparent.
Floor Plan

Mass + Light The goal is to have soft daylight in the café space, as it is facing due west. We have decided to limit the direct light of the west and bring in the light from the south. As the south side is blocked by another building, we can only have clerestory. The clerestory of the south side continues to the west creating the curtainwall facade. Inside the envelope, the two massive curved walls are formed to bring in natural ...