通往我家门前的狭窄小巷–首尔市附近的一条狭窄小巷通往 “小巷屋”。巷子里的房子在街道和自己之间没有任何界限。巷子延伸到楼里每个单元的门口。它是一栋建筑，但同时又是一组由小巷般的楼梯连接起来的叠加的独立房屋。我们试图在巷子里找到智慧，在106平方米的小块土地上有五个家庭和一个小办公室，甚至不够一个家庭使用。

A Narrow Alleyway that Leads to the Doorstep of My House – A narrow alleyway in the neighborhood of Seoul City leads to the “Alley House”. The Alley House creates no boundary between the streets and itself. The alleyway extends to the doorstep of every unit in the building. It is one building, but, at the same time, is a group of stacked individual houses linked by alley-like stairs. We tried to find wisdom in the alleyway to have five families and a small office in the small plot of land with 106 square meters, not even enough for a single-family.

类似于邻居家旧时的房子–房子类似于邻居家旧时的房子。该小区是一个老的独立屋区，最近从重新开发的区域中释放出来。由于这种变化，许多多户住宅正在建造，并迅速改变了该社区。衰落但曾经吸引人的和谐社区正在变成一个不自然的、过度密集的区域，就像假牙不适合放在嘴里，每个业主都希望有最大的容积率和单位数量。

A House that Resembles the Old Days of the Neighborhood – The house resembles the old days of the neighborhood. The neighborhood is an old detached house area and has recently been released from the redeveloped area. Due to this change, many multi-family homes are being built and rapidly transform the neighborhood. The declined but once attractive harmonious neighborhood is turning into an unnatural and overly dense area like dentures not fit in a mouth with the maximum floor area ratio and number of units each owner desires.

由于建在小块土地上的多户住宅正在破坏小镇的风景，我们觉得我们需要想出一些主意，不要助长这种令人沮丧的局面。一个想法是通过把房子放在离街道尽可能远的地方来消除街道和房子之间的界限。这是一个调整街道宽度和建筑高度比例的方法。此外，我们设计了与街道平行的楼梯和走廊，使它们被看作是堆叠的小巷。通过这样做，我们希望房子能类似于由狭窄的小巷连接起来的老街区的和谐舒适的形象。

As multi-family homes built on small lands are ruining the scenery of the town, we felt that we needed to come up with ideas not to contribute to the frustrating situation. One idea was to remove the boundaries between the street and the house by placing the house as far from the street as possible. It was a method to adjust the proportion of width of the street and the height of the building. Moreover, we designed the stairway and the hallways parallel to the streets so that they are seen as stacked alleyways. By doing so, we wanted the house to resemble the harmonious cozy images of the old neighborhood linked by narrow alleyways.

用类似小巷的楼梯创造一个缺口–楼梯也创造一个小缺口。从地面延伸到三楼的楼梯环绕着建筑的三面。三面展示了附近的不同场景，我们认为这是对爬楼梯的一个小小的奖励。楼梯和走廊也起到了与近距离建筑物保持舒适距离的作用。在小巷之家和相邻的房屋之间创造一个小的缝隙是一种设计策略，以减轻不舒服的目光，让风通过，并让居民通过缝隙看到天空。由于这一决定，我们能够积极地规划窗户，以获得日光和通风，而不安装任何在韩国城市地区合法强制的隐私屏风。因此，我们能够创造出小而舒适的室内空间，充满了微风和日光。

Creating a Gap with an Alleyway-like Stairs – Stairs create a small gap as well. The stairs extending from the ground to the third floor wraps around the three sides of the building. Three sides show different scenes of the neighborhood, which, we thought, is a small reward for climbing the stairs. The stairs and the hallways also serve to keep a comfortable distance from close buildings. It was a design strategy to create a small gap between the Alley House and the adjacent houses to alleviate uncomfortable gazes, allow the wind to pass through, and allow the residents to see the sky through the gap. Due to this decision, we were able to actively plan the windows for daylight and ventilation without installing any privacy screens legally mandatory in urban areas in South Korea. As a result, we were able to create small but pleasant interior space full of breeze and daylight.

小房子房子带来的小喜悦 – 在设计 “小巷之家 “时，我们经常哼唱埃尔顿-约翰的歌曲《再见黄砖路》。我们对这个项目的期望就像 “绿野仙踪 “的故事一样，多萝西和她的三个同伴沿着黄砖路向翡翠城走去，但很快就发现他们想要的一切都在自己身上，而不是在翡翠城；虽然这是一个没有电梯的简陋的房子，需要付出很多努力，但我们希望居民能在这个房子里发现小小的快乐。

Small Joy with a Humble House – While designing the “Alley House”, we often hummed the song by Elton John, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. Our expectations in the project were like the story of the “Wizard of Oz”, in which Dorothy and her three companions walk the yellow brick road towards the Emerald City but soon realize everything they have wanted is within themselves, not in the Emerald City; Although it is a humble house without an elevator that takes a lot of toil, we hope that residents discover small joy in the house.

Architects: Todot Architects and Partners
Area: 2029 ft²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Choi Jinbo
Manufacturers: Sto, Eagon
Lead Architects: Cho Byung Kyu, Mo Seung Min
Mechanical Engineer: Hanbit Safety Technology Group
Electrical Engineer: Chunil MEC
Contractor: Woori Maeul A&C
Structural Engineer: Delta Structure
Country:South Korea