MIAN-COOK

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MIAN-COOK

Firm

SAAN ARCHITECTS

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Concept

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

BUDGET

Undisclosed

The “MIANCOOK” project emerges within a worn yet historically valuable urban fabric—a context that, despite its physical constraints and lack of infrastructure, still holds latent capacities for social and spatial revitalization. Within the framework of infill architecture, this project seeks to propose an alternative model for adding to the city—one that is not driven by maximizing built area, but rather by activating the relationship between house and neighborhood and re-defining the thresholds of the private and the public.

Instead of producing a volume that competes for façade dominance, MIANCOOK resonates quietly with its surrounding fabric, initiating dialogue from within. The placement of the kitchen at the heart of the house reconsiders domestic labor as an act of empathy and collectivity—a spatial element that brings together the family, guests, and at times, even the neighborhood itself.

On the ground floor, the boundary between house and alley is articulated through a delicate, flexible layer—shifting from a rigid edge toward a softer, more temporary quality. This gesture enables openness and participation, elevating the space from merely private consumption to a shared social function.

MIANCOOK does not seek to fixate on form, but rather to generate a model—a pursuit of a new spatial quality in infill construction, in dialogue with its context, community, and the existing urban resources.