House Covered House / Becban architecture

A brand new room was added to the courtyard adjoining to the previous bedrooms, whereas loos, a dressing room, and a laundry room had been positioned alongside the previous kitchen and utility space, organizing the movement of every day life. The practical areas had been deliberate as a single-story field positioned in entrance of the prevailing home, and the house between them inherited the openness and suppleness of the unique yard to turn into a brand new front room. The previous front room was transformed right into a kitchen and eating space, forming an LDK (Dwelling-Eating-Kitchen) that connects inside and out of doors, outdated and new.

As the prevailing constructing was situated on the northern aspect of the location, the extension naturally proceeded southward. To deal with the daylighting drawback attributable to the deepened flooring plan, the gable roofs had been deliberately offset, permitting mild to filter deep into the inside via the hole.

To cowl the mixed 11-meter span of the prevailing constructing and the 4.5-meter extension with a light-weight timber roof, two important beams had been put in together with roof joists. The present timber body was bolstered to help the northern beam, and a partial second body was utilized within the extension to help the southern beam, which additionally types the clerestory window. For financial effectivity and suppleness, not solely load-bearing partitions but additionally the second body had been constructed utilizing normal timber and plywood assembled on website.

On the east aspect, workplace and visitor areas had been added, with an entrance positioned between them to separate totally different packages. This entrance extends inward like an alley, naturally connecting the prevailing and new areas, and making a circulation loop all through the home. Coming into inside, the outdated stone partitions, chimney, and eaves — as soon as exterior components — stay intact. These fragments of the previous add not solely bodily traces but additionally a sure thickness of time and house throughout the new construction.

This home is an architectural proposal that takes the reminiscence and environment of a conventional Jeju home as a useful resource to construct a brand new dwelling atmosphere. By protecting the outdated construction with the brand new, it layers the previous and current, inside and out of doors, outdated and new — turning into a home for tomorrow constructed upon these overlaps.