The House of Three Trees

Firm LocationSeoul, Korea, Republic of
CompanyJK-AR
Lead ArchitectJae K. Kim
Design TeamSeongbum Heo, Yesol Lee, Minho Lee
ClientIn Kyung Kim

The house of Three Trees is the rebirth of East Asian timber architecture that disappeared 100 years ago. More specifically, the project is the reinterpretation of the iconic wooden bracket systems ubiquitous in the East Asia timber architecture. This wooden bracket system was the most symbolic part of East Asian timber buildings from both structural and aesthetic perspectives. The house redefines the virtue of East Asian timber buildings in its tectonic aspect which is a combination of structure and ornamentation by contemporary technology such as design computation and digital fabrication.