Studio Heech joins the Wallpaper Architects’ Listing 2024, our annual curated itemizing of rising practices from all over the world. The Korean apply was based in 2018 by Heechan Park, a professional architect who’d spent his time between London and Seoul. His Mews Home, a remodeled brick construction initially constructed 30 years in the past within the coronary heart of Seoul, showcases the studio’s modern structure method by means of the easy insertion of glass bricks at its coronary heart, creating a brand new shiny and ethereal area.
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Who: Studio Heech
Working throughout a spread of artistic fields that embody structure, industrial design, furnishings, and interactive efficiency set up, Studio Heech welcomes multi-layered, wealthy experiences. In the meantime, ‘the craftsmanship of “making issues” remains to be essential within the twenty first century,’ says Park. With a eager eye for element, the studio strives to create its modern architectural expression by means of methods that bridge know-how and conventional manufacturing – in the end addressing the basics of city structure.
Championing each the standard and the modern, the studio typically creates intriguing architectural varieties. As with many forward-thinking practices, Studio Heech integrates sustainability into its work. From planning by means of to development, Park makes certain to collaborate with a large community of engineers, artists and craftsmen to broaden concepts and spark curiosity throughout the artistic course of.
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What: Mews Home
Initially in-built 1990, Mews Home was a traditional brick dwelling tucked away within the quiet mews within the residential neighbourhood of Seocho-dong, Seoul. The identical consumer constructed the unique construction 30 years in the past and requested Park to provide the constructing a refresh, creating a brand new multi-generational dwelling to accommodate their household, whereas containing privateness and private area for all.
Taking advantage of the prevailing construct, Studio Heech inserted translucent glass bricks to fill within the U-shaped façade and supply a brand new lounge. The ceiling was raised to create an atrium with a roof-light. The design was impressed by Pierre Chareau’s 1932 Maison De Verre, a celebrated instance of modernist structure that effortlessly merges indoors and outside. Mews Home’s new glass wall flirts with the identical idea whereas respecting its personal situation, retaining the household’s historical past and recollections of the previous constructing on website. A contact of color is built-in by means of the doorway corridor tiles, including a way of playfulness.
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Why: Wallpaper* Architects Listing
Conceived in 2000 as a world index of rising architectural expertise, the Wallpaper* Architects’ Listing is our annual itemizing of promising practices from throughout the globe. Whereas at all times championing the perfect and most promising younger studios, over time, the undertaking has showcased inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. Now together with greater than 500 alumni, the Architects’ Listing is again for its twenty fourth version. Be part of us as we launch this 12 months’s survey – 20 younger studios from Australia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, the UK, the USA, with loads of promise, concepts and thrilling structure.
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