Dessigned by Hyunjoon Yoo Architects, this house is for a couple in their early fifties who lived in the city but have moved to a rural area. The site of the house was chosen based on the principles of Feng Shui, which inform the locations of each room and the views. Therefore, he chose the site based on the “Feng Shui”, the Chinese philosophy for choosing the healthy site and architecture. Some monk who happened to be a “Feng Shui” expert gave an advice before the beginning of the design and site selection. The monk made up the design code for the house. The code lists are as follows. The client wanted to have one master bedroom, one guest room, one study room, and a single reception room. The reception room and the study room have to be separated from the main house for the privacy. And the area between two houses is used as a deck with a covered roof. The main structure and finish material is wood. The heating system of the master bedroom is a traditional Korean “yellow dirt heated stone” system.
