The Curving House

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Project Location

Yongin, South Korea

Year of Completion

2012

Building Type

Residential

Building Massing

Low Rise

Project Architect

JOHO Architecture

Student Author

Yanan Qian

Archived Year

12-16-2018

Climate

Dwb

Application

brick

Material and its Properties

The traditional bricks used for this project have the silver water-repellent coating on the surface and show sentimentality different from the rough surfaces of their tops and bottoms. The bricks with two different surfaces were piled to form a certain pattern from angles 1° through 25°. In other words, the variation of angle is another way how the outer skin in the shape of a concave lens facing south defines its existence. The shadow of the brick wall caste as the Sun moves converts the flow of lines into the subtle change of the outer skin. The variation of the brick surface is intended to read the entire mass differently according to the perspective of incomer and the perspective of viewing the images from the mountains.

Architect Website

http://www.johoarchitecture.com/

Other Sources

https://www.archdaily.com/328609/the-curving-house-joho-architecture

Environmental Response

Strength Absorption Weather resistance Fire resistance Wear Resistance Porosity Efflorescence Sound Insulation Thermal Insulation Durability Aesthetic Look, etc.

Recommended Citation

JOHO Architecture, "The Curving House" (2012). Building Case Studies. 342.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/342