Bricks, concrete, wood and terrazzo envelop a South Korean house

Wonder Architects and Needs Architects reinterpret Korean traditions to design a residence with articulated interiors.

The heterogeneous materials reflect the complexity of the composition of this family house designed by Wonder Architects and Needs Architects for a suburban district of Gwangmyeong, South Korea. From the outside, the brick-clad volume is simple and compact. The architects actually organised the interior spaces in an articulated way, alternating wood, concrete and terrazzo to emphasise its variety.

The most curious and unusual room of the Soha House is its entrance, which is an elongated space, parallel to the street, illuminated zenithally and linked to the living area with several passages. It is not a closed and transitional environment, but connected and central, where the ancient ritual of putting on and taking off your shoes to leave or enter the house takes place. All the main spaces revolve around the rear courtyard and communicate with each other through a double height environment that makes the living room an open and airy place.

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