This subterranean house was built in honor of the Korean poet
Yoon Dong-joo and is designed by Seoul based practice BCHO
Architects. It is based on an outer concrete structure, the
interior space is devided by rammed earth walls. “The earth used
for the walls is from the site excavation. Even though the
viscosity of the existing earth was low, only minimal white
cement and lime was used so the earth walls can return to the
soil later”, the architects explain. “The 14m x 17m concrete box
is buried in the ground and contains 6, 1-pyeong, rooms and two
earth filled courtyards. The ‘small house’ is open to the
courtyard which is open to the sky. The one pyeong rooms
originated from the size of one kan (6×6 ja; 1 ja = approx.
30cm) which are just large enough for an adult to lie down
straight. The house has a small kitchen, a study, two resting
rooms, a bathroom with a wooden tub and toilet, and a wash room.
The rooms are all adjacent to each other and open directly to
the earth filled courtyard. Connecting rooms