3+3+3
This residence, a BIM learning project, features three floors, three gardens, and accommodates three generations. The site extends along a small hill covered with dense trees. The hill played a crucial role in determining the house’s layout. The design aligns the house parallel to the hill’s axis, integrating the natural slope into the home’s structure. Moreover, the long sightlines connecting various spaces always end facing the hill.
▼ Tranquil Three-Family Courtyard
▼ First Floor Plan
The house extends gracefully along the slope.
The interior space is divided into overlapping sections, blurring the boundaries between indoors and outdoors without obstructing views. The three gardens within the house are defined flexibly: they may be granite courtyards near the entrance, cement soil yards in front of the guest room, green spaces by the dining area, play areas for children, grassy spots for adult activities, or vegetable gardens for the hostess. Sometimes they’re simply referred to as courtyards on different floors. Depending on the need, these spaces serve as courtyards, gardens, or passageways.
▼ Courtyard view through floor-to-ceiling glass walls
▼ Courtyard outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows
▼ Floor-to-ceiling glass walls create a lighter, more transparent space
Understated Elegance
Most of the building’s exterior is clad with a quartz coating and long, light gray concrete bricks laid over stone. Phosphate boards fill the gaps between stones and bricks, softening the exterior facade. From the street, this extended wall appears as a barrier composed of materials in similar tones but varying textures, subtly blurring the building’s proportions.
Long, light gray concrete bricks and quartz-coated walls
▼ Light gray concrete brick wall
The façade blends materials of similar color but varying textures, diminishing the perception of scale.
Quartz-coated walls
Indoor space exudes a clean and refined atmosphere
▼ Sunlight floods the room through floor-to-ceiling glass walls
The exterior may be understated, but inside, the wooden structure atop the reinforced concrete frame is fully exposed on the ceiling and visible through the windows.
Wooden ceiling structure
▼ Wooden framework resting atop the steel-concrete structure
The wooden elements add warmth to the interior ambiance.
▼ View of corridor flowers and trees through glass
▼ Corridor sky, flower, and tree structure
▼ Bright and spacious interior spaces
Transparent glass enhances the minimalist interior design.
▼ Bright and spacious dining area
▼ Warm and inviting bedroom space
▼ Cozy and clean interior
▼ The light gray flooring complements the overall interior style
The building’s overall palette is light gray, but the addition of warm wood elements and subdued lighting balances the atmosphere, preventing it from feeling too dark or too bright. The architecture achieves a look that is neither extravagant nor overly simple, just as the client desired.
The design embodies a calm, peaceful, and warm ambiance.
▼ Warm lighting
▼ Viewing the interior light through the glass
Project Drawings:
▼ First Floor Plan
▼ Second Floor Plan
▼ Third Floor Plan
▼ North Elevation View
▼ South Elevation View
▼ Sectional Drawing
▼ Sectional Drawing
Project Information:
Architects: Yeonghun Lim & Sunhyun Kim
Location: Yongin-si, South Korea
Category: Independent Residential Buildings
Lead Architects: Yeonghun Lim & Sunhyun Kim
Design Team: Youngcheon Kim, Jisun Heo, Soochan Lee
Building Area: 659.72 m²
Year: 2018
Photographer: Youngchae Park
Manufacturers: Durastack, FILOBE
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