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Seosaeng Courtyard House

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Studio Weave

217 Mare Street , London , E8 3QE , United Kingdom

Studio Weave were commissioned to design a multi-generational family home set within a clifftop on South Korea’s eastern peninsula: Seoseang House Studio Weave’s approach to contemporary craft in architecture, with Korean tradition. Seoseang is on the very eastern edge of the Korean peninsula, and the project site enjoys a 180 degree panorama over the East Sea - the spot where the sun comes up first in Korea. The building form and internal plan were both developed to closely relate to the natural landscape and views: with spaces stepping up the hillside to maximise views to the sea through the building from most rooms. The family’s aspirations for accommodating both communal activities with privacy were balanced through careful articulation of physical separations, connected by occasional moments of translucency through key spaces.