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To summarize, this project was nothing but sitting a small house on a hillside where rocks are scatte

The main purposes for this house are firstly for painting, secondly for watching the walking mountain

I considered the rock in the front yard to be the small tip of a huge rock underneath, so the house w

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The old artist, who bought this land when he was young, used to come here whenever he had time, to lo

The house is situated in Gwangju (meaning ‘City of Light’ in Korean), which is the fifth biggest city

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The main view of this house is of course towards the 8 peaks walking together in the west. At first,

Once I stepped into the land and looked around, I felt like the surrounding mountains were putting th

It was my first visit to the mountain, though I have seen it from a distance. Gwangju and Mudeung-san

To meet the client in Gwangju, 300km away from Seoul, I used to take an express bus every Sunday morn

Whenever I ride the express bus, I would sit at the front and listen to ‘gayageum san-jo’, traditiona

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The melody of San-jo started in a slow tempo and got faster and faster, until it became comfortable t

Text description provided by the architects. The concept for this house came from the idea of ‘Sunday