Seraulim House 2018
Restoration and Refurbishment of a Goan House.
After careful documentation of the deteriorating structure, a process of minimal intervention was undertaken. The client wanted the house to act as a workspace for an NGO all the while refraining from changing the basic layout of the old structure. Through the design and construction process, the existing doors and windows of the house were refurbished, the roof was dismantled and re-assembled with repairs, a new yellow-oxide floor was laid and the walls were restored using lime and cement. Landscape design enabled the house to reconcile with its historic surroundings and subtle lighting helped enhance the ambience of the new space.
The project, titled Eco Hanok, aims to demonstrate the ways in which an alternative, ecological approach to construction that uses simple forms of building technology in combination with local resources and materials is not radical or fantastical, but is in fact deeply pragmatic.Â
Assemble, BC architects and studies, BC materials, and Atelier LUMA have collaborated with regional craftsmen, industrial partners, and local experts such as Kim Hyeongki from Chosun University, Yoon Jungwon from the University of Seoul and graduate students from their respective programs on the renewal of a small site in the residential neighbourhood of Dongmyeong-gong as part of the Architectural Biennale of Gwangju.Â