
Design and ceramics renew a shopping center
FMG Fabbrica Marmi and architect Paolo Gianfrancesco, of THG Arkitektar Studio, have designed the restyling of the third floor of Reykjavik's largest shopping center. Ceramic, the central element of the project, covers floors, walls and furniture with versatile solutions and distinctive character.
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The project by Obba architects is a small house of 82 sqm, in Bipa-ri, Hadong in Gyeongsangnamdo. The architects’ biggest concern about this project was defining the relationship between private spaces and the rest in a countryside where all sides were open to crop fields. A fence wall was built on the boundary of the entire site, away from the actual house. Obba incorporated this element as a part of the building in order to create several types of intermediate/transitory area between private and public spaces.



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The house is composed of a living room with generous openings toward the North and South, and a master bedroom and two guest bedrooms on the East. Each end of the living room has a small pocket garden formed by the curvy brick walls. The curvy wall on the North has an arch shaped opening on top that allows view toward the greens of Bipa Island from the living room. There is a small opening on the bottom of the wall for neighboring dogs and cats to freely pass through. One of the master bedroom’s wall and kitchen’s wall grows out similarly to screen the bedroom from the streets and to provide shades and storage space for the kitchen, respectively.

- Project:
- The Vault House
- Location:
- Hadong, South Korea
- Program:
- single family house
- Architect:
- Obba – Sojung Lee and Sangjoon Kwak
- Design team:
- Hyungjin Choi, Daae Kim, Sunhee Yoon
- Structural engineering:
- Thekujo
- Installations:
- IECO Engineering
- Contractor:
- Heenam Yang
- Area:
- 94.6 sqm
- Completion:
- 2017

Time Space Existence: the Future of Architecture In Venice
Until November 23, 2025, Venice is the global hub for architectural discussion with "Time Space Existence." This biennial exhibition, spearheaded by the European Cultural Centre, features projects from 52 countries, all focused on "Repairing, Regenerating, and Reusing" for a more sustainable future.
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