[Helen Ju-Hyun Park]

NEXT HOME / A Gallery + Residence, Korea, 2002

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‘Next’ exists here and now.

In a person’s mind HOME has been more than a physical place. Architectural possibilities lie in the relationship in which the notion of home surpasses the mere union of place and a person. A place also surpasses the mere union of house and garden. This expanded notion of home opens the possibility to design the ‘next home’.   

The site is located at the end of a group of linear buildings that runs parallel to the stream that flows through the site.  A footbridge crossing the stream touches the western tip of the site with the road to the south and green network to the north. The clients, the painter with his wife and two daughters, have proposed programs for a gallery, a studio, a residence and the possibility for future expansion. Numerous studies indicated that placing narrow and tall gallery and residence side by side would be the most desirable possibility; the studio and the family room cross the residence and the gallery, allowing cross breeze and looking out to the vegetation in backyard and the river in front.

The exhibited design would emphasize the notion of place. The specific design proposal would show the interpretations of the expanded notion of house and garden.  The design would faithfully document the project with emphasis on the large graphic materials reflecting the conjunction of spaces and materials employed in the project.