Seoul, South Korea[built project] Nestled in the tranquil vicinity between Seoul and Incheon International Airport, Sundial House was designed for a retired couple and their cherished dog. The site is located in the middle of Seoul and Incheon international airport. Small footprint of the building leaves a plenty of area of gardening for the sife […]
Simgok House | Sungnam, Korea | 2019심곡 하우스 | 성남, 대한민국 | 2019 While many contemporary families increasingly live further apart, a poet and her three daughters, each with their own families, found a cozy site in a high-density village where the new and old coexist. In this unique situation, Simgok House meets the difficult […]
Edersee, GermanyWays of Life | Experimenta Urbana, Co-Event Documenta ’14 SsD was selected among 19 architects to develop a prototype dwelling that immerses work in nature while clarifying the relationship between work/life and the individual / collective. The project takes a new approach to the conventional building envelope and creates ways of life between itself. Up to 10% […]
Oasis Place | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[2017 Architizer A+Awards finalist] The extreme climate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has an important social impact: people tend to live in enclosed and conditioned spaces which reduce the use of public spaces and decrease social interaction. Through the utilization of the site’s inherent natural qualities and the […]
Seoul, Korea [2016 American Architecture Prize Gold Prize, 2016 Seoul Architectural Award Great Prize, 2015 AIANY Honor Award, 2015 AIANY Best in Competition Award, Architectural Record Feature, 2014 AIA/BSA Honor Award, 2014 AIA NE Award, ArchDaily feature ] The problem of urban density and housing costs is global. As unit types get smaller however, land costs […]
Ordos 100 | Inner Mongolia [ AIA/BSA Unbuilt Architecture & Design Award ]
New York, NY | [AIA/BSA Interior Architecture Honor Award] The density of today’s urban environments is deceptive: while physically substantial, cities can be quite vacant in terms of actual occupancy. Transactions between peoples, places, and events accelerated by the internet have lent themselves to a nomadic residency that not only contributes to material, space, and […]
Newton, MA [ Dwell Magazine Feature Feb 2012 ] In many older suburbs, the typical pattern of construction is to replace an existing house with a much larger one built out to the legal setbacks. The Braver House is a prototypical alternative: To instead build a small, efficient residence that simultaneously minimizes its actual footprint, […]
Medfield, MA This addition above an existing structure expands the experience of the house without physically making it bigger. The ‘interior-ness’ of the existing stone ground level is juxtaposed against the ‘exterior-ness’ of the new second level: The light-weight and light-filled spaces of the new second floor are separated into 3 separate pavilions. This fragmentation […]
Cambridge, MA [ Metropolis Next Generation Prize, Holcim Sustainable Construction Award ] Most are familiar with Boston’s ongoing “Big Dig.” Few, however, give thought to the massive amount of waste that accompanies construction on this scale, namely the dismantling of the existing and temporary roadways. The Big Dig Building proposes to relocate and recycle these […]
Brooklyn, NY Rather than consider ‘Urban’ and ‘Soft’ as contradictory concepts, this project rethinks the terms as counterparts to one another. Instead of a series of windows that polarize notions of inside and outside, two transformable layers are utilized: The outer skin becomes a system of operable clear windows while the inner skin utilizes sliding […]
Arlington, MA Mid-century modernism in New England attempted to bridge the modern and traditional, many times with indecisive results. Originally built in 1948, the latent potential of this house was unlocked by natural means – a large falling tree destroyed most of its second floor. The new wood-clad upper story incorporates natural lighting and ventilation […]
