Article source: L’eau Design

The movie Patema Inverted is set in a world where opposing gravities exist sharing one sky and is a story about recognizing disparities through each other and achieving harmony. The studio apartment ‘Patema Inverted’, located at the entrance of Haengdang market, talks about how conflicting things that seem rather heterogeneous for an efficiency apartment to be built can coexist. First, the disparate level difference between the three types of building groups that form the district raised an issue. There are countless one- or two-story stores that form the market. Behind them four- to five-story office buildings are sparsely located, and high-rise buildings are widely spread out. ‘Patema Inverted’ utilized red bricks and transparent glass as exterior materials of the first and second floors, and a cafe that is open towards the market intersection was placed. The lower floors were made into white volumes of similar levels to the neighborhood living facility buildings nearby, and the residential area on top was finished with two tones of gray cement bricks.

Image Courtesy © Kim Jae Yoon

• Architects: L’eau Design
• Project: Patema Inverted
• Location: Seongdong-gu, SeouL
• Photography: Kim Jae Yoon
• Site Area: 202.00㎡
• Building Area: 106.81㎡
• Gross Floor Area: 918.48㎡
• Building scope: 10F, B2
• Completion: 2020

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