Sodam-Sodam is a share house. The very first question we asked ourselves about this project was: ?what is the most unique charm of a share house in today?s housing reality"?

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Architects: JYA-RCHITECTS

Location: Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Area: 198.34 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Hwang Hyochel , JYA-RCHITECTS

Construction: Lewoo Construction

Structure: RC(reinforced concrete)

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From the architect. Sodam-Sodam is a share house. The very first question we asked ourselves about this project was: ?what is the most unique charm of a share house in today?s housing reality"?
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The answer was simple: nicely designed and spacious spaces such as a kitchen, dining room, living room and bathroom, all of which individuals may not be able to afford or dream of?at least in a crowded and expensive city like Seoul.

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As such, what we had to do was also simple and clear, that is, to make those common spaces mentioned earlier as spacious and nice as possible within a limited area.

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First, we needed to decide on where to locate those common spaces. In some of existing share houses in Korea, such spaces are usually located on the 1st floor. Th...