In Korea, in the late '70s and early '80s, boombox was a familiar sounding device that played radio and cassette tapes. When my school went on a picnic, some students brought a boombox, and we all shared loud music coming out of its speaker with classmates. Boombox reminds me of memories of cassette tapes with loose film in it and stimulates nostalgia at that time. They consumed popular culture in the midst of a rapid economic development in their teenage years, and received the same level of education as their contemporaries from other advanced countries. Now they became the main generation of the society that have family and raise children. Boombox House is a rental house project that targets this specific generation.

© Shin Kyungsub

Architects: 2m2 architects
Location: Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

Architect In Charge: Lee Junghee

Area: 256.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Shin Kyungsub

© Shin Kyungsub

From the architect. In Korea, in the late '70s and early '80s, boombox was a familiar sounding device that played radio and cassette tapes. When my school went on a picnic, some students brought a boombox, and we all shared loud music coming out of its speaker with classmates. Boombox reminds me of memories of cassette tapes with loose film in it and stimulates nostalgia at that time. They consumed popular culture in the midst of a rapid economic development in their teen...