This contemporary red brick house embraces Hanok, a traditional Korean architecture, for a family with two children near Seoul. Clients had specific demands for their own house that it should have a restful space for them and a spacious home for their children.

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Architects: guga Urban Architecture

Location: Pangyo-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Architect In Charge: Junggoo Cho, Jina Yoon, Seunghwan Jeong

Area: 223.9 m2

Project Year: 2012

Photographs: Yoon Joon-Hwan

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From the architect. This contemporary red brick house embraces Hanok, a traditional Korean architecture, for a family with two children near Seoul. Clients had specific demands for their own house that it should have a restful space for them and a spacious home for their children.A fifth of the population of the entire country now resides in the capital. As a response to the growing demand, it has been inevitable to build tall apartments with less consideration on design to speed up the whole process. Correspondingly, it became the most popular type of living. However, there are also shortages. ?Clients told us that they could hardly feel at home in their house. Apartment blocks are famous for noise issues between the floors.? Architect continued ?Accordingly, activities are highly limited? The ident...