Five white, sculptural buildings rest on a cliff on the southern coast of Geoje Island, South Korea. The white walls fold in on themselves to create a private ocean view from each house. Tall pine trees that grow between the buildings and the sea form occasional frames. This is the second resort for the hospitality group called House of Mind. The two-story Knot House has a clubhouse as well as the owner’s residence on the top floor. At the border of the clubhouse, a v-shaped infinity pool merges with the ocean afar. Four other one-story Knot Houses host six guestrooms. The narrow and long strip of the building site posed an initial challenge of how to fit the maximum number of units while maintaining privacy and ocean views. Atelier Chang suggested a layout that turned each house by 40 degrees toward the sea. This staggering allows an unrestricted ocean view for the guests and produces niches of private zones. Simultaneously, it amplifies the dynamic outline of the roofs so the visitor can see the continuity of the white angular masses forming mountainous peaks. The knot’s folding and unfolding creates different apertures in and outside the building. Where the knot unfolds ...
Five white, sculptural buildings rest on a cliff on the southern coast of Geoje Island, South Korea. The white walls fold in on themselves to create a private ocean view from each house. Tall pine trees that grow between the buildings and the sea form occasional frames. This is the second resort for the hospitality group called House of Mind. The two-story Knot House has a clubhouse as well as the owner’s residence on the top floor. At the border of the clubhouse, a v-shaped infinity pool merges with the ocean afar. Four other one-story Knot Houses host six guestrooms. The narrow and long strip of the building site posed an initial challenge of how to fit the maximum number of units while maintaining privacy and ocean views. Atelier Chang suggested a layout that turned each house by 40 degrees toward the sea. This staggering allows an unrestricted ocean view for the guests and produces niches of private zones. Simultaneously, it amplifies the dynamic outline of the roofs so the visitor can see the continuity of the white angular masses forming mountainous peaks. The knot’s folding and unfolding creates different apertures in and outside the building. Where the knot unfolds ...