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Butterfly House
Butterfly House
Gapyeong-gun, South Korea
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Other Projects by Donner Sorcinelli Architecture
Butterfly House
Gapyeong-gun, South Korea
Type
YEAR
2010
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
The Butterfly House is located near green hills, in the country of Gapyeong
(50 km north east from Seoul), which cultural and environmental context has
deeply influenced the concept of the building.
A building is considered sustainable according to how well it integrates
with the natural elements of the surrounding landscape and with the habits of
its inhabitants.
This thought has been the springboard for designing a "house system" in which the respect for local housing tradition (deeply linked
to nature), affordability, the energy saving features of the building and the
integration with the surrounding environment well blend together, following the
principles of feng shui.
The house is based on two units, one for a family, the
other for grandparents, and his figure is defined by large panoramic terraces,
shaped like the wings of a butterfly, open through the landscape.
Sustainability, affordability and the visual relation
with the surrounding landscape are the main focuses of the project, developed
through local cheap technological solutions, natural ventilation, high
insulation and large windows and terraces shaped like the wings of a butterfly.
These elements characterize not only the articulated figure of the
building, defining masses, voids,
translations and rotations, but also becoming passive systems able to optimize
solar radiation and wind collectors able to catch summer breezes too.
During winter, terraces work as barriers versus cold winds, protecting
the house from bad weather.
Building orientation follows climatic and functional reasons:
optimization of natural ventilation and sunshine inside the apartments during
the year.
(50 km north east from Seoul), which cultural and environmental context has
deeply influenced the concept of the building.
A building is considered sustainable according to how well it integrates
with the natural elements of the surrounding landscape and with the habits of
its inhabitants.
This thought has been the springboard for designing a "house system" in which the respect for local housing tradition (deeply linked
to nature), affordability, the energy saving features of the building and the
integration with the surrounding environment well blend together, following the
principles of feng shui.
The house is based on two units, one for a family, the
other for grandparents, and his figure is defined by large panoramic terraces,
shaped like the wings of a butterfly, open through the landscape.
Sustainability, affordability and the visual relation
with the surrounding landscape are the main focuses of the project, developed
through local cheap technological solutions, natural ventilation, high
insulation and large windows and terraces shaped like the wings of a butterfly.
These elements characterize not only the articulated figure of the
building, defining masses, voids,
translations and rotations, but also becoming passive systems able to optimize
solar radiation and wind collectors able to catch summer breezes too.
During winter, terraces work as barriers versus cold winds, protecting
the house from bad weather.
Building orientation follows climatic and functional reasons:
optimization of natural ventilation and sunshine inside the apartments during
the year.
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