Butterfly House in Gapyeong, South Korea by Donner Sorcinelli

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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Butterfly House in Gapyeong, South Korea by Donner Sorcinelli Architecture

December 1st, 2012 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Donner Sorcinelli Architecture

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.

South west view : Image Courtesy Donner Sorcinelli Architecture

Architects: Donner Sorcinelli Architecture
Project: Butterfly House
Location: Gapyeong, South Korea
Client: Private
Design team: Luca Donner (team leader), Francesca Sorcinelli, Seong Bong Yun
Construction: April – September 2010
Project: December 2009 – April 2010
Program: No. 2 Apartments
Built Surface: 217 sq.m.
Footprint: 180 sq.m.
Local Architect Studio NakHyunJae, Nak-yong Choi
Works Manager: NR2, Jun-bo Sim
Construction Management: NR2, Sang-chun Lee

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Project‘ s Awards:

Highly Commended, “Cityscape Architecture Awards 2010” residential future category, Dubai (UAE)
Honorable Mention, “MA PRIZE 2011’’, Atlanta (USA)
Shortlisted Nominee, “Cityscape Architecture Awards 2011” residential built category, Dubai (UAE)
Winner, “20+10+X world architecture Awards 2012”, 10^th cycle Paris (France)
Shortlisted, “PREMIO ARCHITETTURA CITTA’ DI ODERZO”, XIII edition, Italy

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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.

North east view : Image Courtesy Donner Sorcinelli Architecture

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.

Aerial west view : Image Courtesy Donner Sorcinelli Architecture

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.

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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.

West view from terrace : Image Courtesy Donner Sorcinelli Architecture

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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Tags: Gapyeong, South Korea

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