Prologue

© Namsun Lee

Architects: Maasarchitecture

Location: Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Architects In Charge: Gyundo Park, Gibong Hong

Area: 169.33 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Namsun Lee

© Namsun Lee

From the architect. PrologueA young landowner, who has lived in an apartment for about 10 years, has been given a detached housing area within a housing site development district. This young couple with a 7-year-old child visited our office with an intention of having a single-family home where the child could enjoy more playful interaction with its surroundings. This 248 m2 land is a class II exclusive residential area with a 30% building coverage ratio and an 80% floor area ratio. It is a district unit planning area with slightly smaller building coverage ratio and floor area ratio than other class II exclusive residential areas. We started working on constructing two homes with 72 m2 of building area here.
Site Plan

Requirements from the owner1. House for two families: They wanted two homes for easier accommodation into a relatively new neighborhood since the house will be second of its kind in a new housing site development district with a few neighbors. Also taken into consideration was that this will be the first time for the families living in an independent house.
2. They hoped that potential leasing would cover the initial construction costs and would ...