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’’Hwa Hun’’ is a representation of Topographic architecture that refers to irregular form of site

Korea, South Architecture News - Jul 31, 2015 - 14:22 10138 views

other images courtesy of Iroje KHM Architects

“Hwa Hun” in Korean, the name of this house means “Blooming House” says HyoMan Kim from Iroje KHM Architects, is the lead designer of the project and Kim adds that most important requirement was for the project “Living in nature” demanded by client. The project can be regarded as a perfect topographic architecture that is derived from irregular form of site, steep sloped topography.

’’Hwa Hun’’ is a representation of Topographic architecture that refers to irregular form of site

This site is located in the heart of Seoul, near urban mountain “Bukhansan” mountain. The shape of site which is irregular polyhedron has been the shape of this house to maximize the land use. ''We added the topographic architecture on the existing topography of site which is steep sloped to harmonize with natural condition of site'' told HyoMan Kim to WA. It is a distinctive example of nature-scape architecture that appears on the other projects of HyoMan Kim.

’’Hwa Hun’’ is a representation of Topographic architecture that refers to irregular form of site

''We designed nature–scape architecture “architectural hill”, to harmonize with context of surrounding mountain and to satisfy the owner’s requirement “living in nature”. To maximize the area of green garden, all the exterior spaces of this house are covered with green plants. There are various leveled garden, forecourt garden, inner court garden, stair garden, water fall garden, roof garden and all the vertical gardens are circulated each other continuously. Consequently, we buried all the inside spaces of this house in the green nature'' says HyoMan Kim.

’’Hwa Hun’’ is a representation of Topographic architecture that refers to irregular form of site

All the skins of this house except road–side skins are covered with green plants and filled with various fruit trees. This “architectural flower” will blooming and going……, as time goes by, with the living life of family of this house.

’’Hwa Hun’’ is a representation of Topographic architecture that refers to irregular form of site