연희동 주택
YeonHui-Dong House, a cross-shaped planned with four different yards of different roles
연희동의 주택들은 규모와 형태, 분위기마저도 대부분 비슷하다. 구릿빛 동판을 두른 십자형 주택은 다소 심심한 그 풍경 속에서 과하지 않으면서도 은근하게 제 존재감을 드러내고 있다.
건축주의 요구는 크게 두 가지였다. 네 명의 자녀를 위한 독립적인 공간들과, 집에 머무는 시간이 긴 자신을 위한 안식처를 만들어 달라는 것. 그 해법으로 십자형 배치가 제시됐다. 필지 네 귀퉁이에 각기 다른 크기와 성격의 외부공간을 조성함으로써 자연스럽게 영역별로 독립성을 확보한 것이다.
YeonHui-Dong, Seoul, is known as a village for conservative upper-middle class from the late sixties. It settled on a slow slope from northwestern long and low hillside. The front garden of the houses are leveled up one floor higher than the front street. A block is composed with six or eight lots each of them are about 330m².
In Korea, ordinay people dream about having a large garden in the front of the house. YeonHui-Dong’s overall village layout is the clearest evidence of this desire. In consequence, most of the houses have neighboring houses on three sides with 2 meters wide outdoor corridors with a low wall in the middle. This typical arrangement has determined the homogeneous shape of the village.
The client with four children of 1,3,5,7 years old at the time of the commission is a successful business man over 40. He wanted to give a room to each child and his own private room to stay isolated for his work at home.