白色幕布揭示了它在城市中的存在。该地块三面被邻近的建筑所包围，只有一面是朝向道路的。我们设计了一栋建筑，作为城市环境中的白色幕布，显示出它的存在。在建筑内，咖啡馆和多户住宅并存，不可避免地产生了出租人和承租人的等级关系。通过融入白色幕布般的立面，我们试图缓解空间和视觉上的等级，以表达对游客和居民的欢迎姿态。
The White Curtain Reveals Its Presence in the City. The site is surrounded by neighboring buildings on three sides and only one side is revealed towards the road. We designed a building that reveals its presence as a white curtain in the urban setting. Within the building, a café and multi-family housing coexist, and inevitably, hierarchy of lessor and lessee is created. By incorporating a white-curtain-like façade, we tried to alleviate the spatial and visual hierarchies to express a welcoming gesture to visitors and residents.
四个单元的组成。在该地区分区规划的限制下，我们决定在底层规划一个咖啡馆，以及从一楼延伸到阁楼的四个有两个卧室的住宅单元。
Composition of Four Units. Within the constraints of the district zoning plan, we decided to plan a café on the ground floor and four residential units with two bedrooms that extend from the first floor to the attic.
帷幕式外墙。外立面的主要目标是狭长的窗户能照亮个人的生活，倾斜的元素能减轻西侧的眩光，使居民能离窗户更近一步。
Curtain-like Façade. The main objectives of the façade were that narrow and long windows illuminates individual’s life and that tilted elements alleviate the glare from the West side enabling the residents take a step closer to the windows.
对平等的关注。在一个有三层楼的项目中，电梯成了 “大白象”。这显然是一个方便的选择，但住宅空间将受到限制，可出租面积将缩小。因此，本项目的规划方式是，每个居民在从底层爬上公共中央楼梯后进入自己的一楼单元。
Concerns for Equality. In a project with three floors, an elevator becomes a “white elephant”. It is an obviously convenient option but residential space would be limited and leasable area would shrink. Therefore, the project is planned in such a way that every resident enters one’s unit on the first floor after climbing the common central stairs from the ground floor.
四个类似四合院的小套房单元。在Maisonette的构成中，所有四个家庭都可以拥有一个阁楼和一个屋顶花园，消除了出租人和承租人的等级制度，满足了平等居住环境的物理条件。特别是，阁楼起到了第三间卧室的作用，而不是一个额外的房间，屋顶花园是对停车场占用的底层室外空间的一种补偿。
Four Maisonette Units that Resemble Quadruplets. In the Maisonette composition, all four families can have an attic and a rooftop garden, removing the hierarchy of the lessor and the lessees and satisfying the physical conditions for an equal living environment. Especially, attics play a role as a third bedroom rather than an extra room and roof gardens are a kind of compensation for the ground floor outdoor space occupied by the parking lot.
咖啡馆和住宅的共存。在一个三面被相邻建筑包围的场地，几乎不可能满足所有的项目和停车场。在一个典型的设计过程中，主要的项目住房会首先出现，然后是方便的停车布局和咖啡馆。尽管如此，我们还是想出了一个替代方案来克服这些限制。白色的窗帘吸引了路人的注意力，小的前院和为公众设计的混凝土长椅被放置在离街道更远的咖啡馆里。我们想象它将成为当地居民群体的一个小型聚会空间。
Coexistence of the Café and the Residences. In a site surrounded by neighboring buildings on three sides, it is almost impossible to satisfy all of the programs and parking. In a typical design process, the primary program housing would come first followed by convenient parking layout and a café. We, nevertheless, came up with an alternative to overcome the constraints. The white curtain catches passersby’s attention and the small front yard and a concrete bench for the public is designed for the café placed sitting further from the street. We imagined that it would become a small gathering space for group of local residents.
Architects: Todot Architects and Partners
Area: 342 m²
Year: 2021
Photographs: Jinbo Choi
Manufacturers: Sto, Eagon
Lead Architects: Cho Byung Kyu, Mo Seung Min
Mechanical Engineer: Hanbit Safety Technology Group
Electrical Engineer: Chunil MEC
Contractor: Maru Design Construction
Structural Engineer: Delta Structure
Junior Architects:So Jung Ho, Cheol-kyu Chris Cheon
City:Goyang-si
Country:South Korea