A plan from Client is to build a house at housing zone of Yangdeok-dong, Pohang city but also to operate as a café on a first floor. According to local regulation, 60% for building coverage ratio and 180% for floor area ratio with limitation of 3 floor as a height of the building.

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Architects: ThEPlus Architects

Location: Buk-gu, Daegu, South Korea

Architect In Charge: Hanjun Cho

Area: 220.3 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: In Keun Ryoo

Mechanical Engineer : Hanbaek engineering

Electronic Engineer : Sungwoo engineering

Structural Engineer : Yongwoo engineering

Client: Jinhee, Joo
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From the architect. A plan from Client is to build a house at housing zone of Yangdeok-dong, Pohang city but also to operate as a café on a first floor. According to local regulation, 60% for building coverage ratio and 180% for floor area ratio with limitation of 3 floor as a height of the building.

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And arcade area needs to be below 40% from total gross area which makes most of buildings around this district are built as square shape with first floor as arcade and rest 2nd and third floor as multi-unit houses. Occasionally, we see the buildings which have been built just like a game ?Tetris? by adding blocks of arcade area and housing area in order to secure the arcade area as maximum level.

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