AnLstudio + heebon: houseWING

‘houseWING’ by AnLstudio + heebon, seoul, korea image © heebon koo, sunghwan yoon all images courtesy of AnLstudio + heebon

‘houseWING’ is a residential intervention by new york and seoul-based firm AnLstudio and heebon in an apartment in seoul, korea. on the tenth floor of a historical landmark building, this renovated space integrates a working environment into the dwelling for an artist. the unit accommodates the conflicting activities by creating two clusters that share the spaces between the defined program areas. derived from the apartment name ‘nakwon’, which means ‘utopia’, a white framework wraps and travels across the confined interior to visually differentiate these opposite yet adjacent functions.

overall evoking the form of an airplane wing, strip light fixtures are embedded into the section which grazes the ceiling to offer task illumination to the entry, living room, library and study. the private rooms including the bedroom, kitchen and bathroom are pushed to the periphery away from the public zone.

(left) wing forms desk and then continues through the interior of the unit (right) upward view of framework images © heebon koo, sunghwan yoon

view from desk towards entrance image © heebon koo, sunghwan yoon

embedded strip lights offer task illumination to study image © heebon koo, sunghwan yoon

wing leads from study towards the library image © heebon koo, sunghwan yoon

wing travels into the library image © heebon koo, sunghwan yoon

library image © heebon koo, sunghwan yoon

diagram of the wing 1. master room 2. work-desk 3. library 4. living room 5. kitchen 6. bathroom 7. entrance

project info:

client: sey min architect: anlstudio (anlstudio.com) team: keehyun ahn, minsoo lee, and yongseok kwon construction director: heebon koo location: jongro, seoul program: home office area: 69 sqm status: completed 2012 august photographic credit: sunghwan yoon, heebon koo