丨韩国华城市丨one aftr

Architects:one-aftr

Area:70m²

Year:2025

Photographs:Jang Mi,Mihyun Son

Category:Pavilion

Design Team:Joon Ma, Ryu Ahn, Jinsung Lee

Construction:one-aftr

City:Hwaseong-si

Country:South Korea

Text description provided by the architects. The hut (mak, 막) is one of humanity's earliest forms of shelter, a simple structure made of a roof and ground, often without walls, shaped by and responsive to the site's conditions. In contrast, contemporary architecture tends to disregard its environment, contributing to cities filled with dense and disconnected spaces. What we now need is a gap (teum, 틈) within our cities, where natural elements can once again be felt. Teummak, combining teum (gap) and mak (hut), proposes a new kind of openness in urban life.

Teummak is not a shelter in the traditional sense. It does not aim to enclose or protect, but instead to open a space suspended between the built and the natural. Installed in an empty lot surrounded by apartment blocks in Hwaseong, Korea, Teummak invites direct engagement with the elements: soil, wind, light, and trees. It offers a quiet moment of attunement, encouraging visitors to notice what is already there rather than seeking something new.

The structure connects the existing trees on-site with a floating roof. Its materials, including wood, metal, mesh, and acrylic panels, are carefully composed to soften the view of the surrounding city and create a dome-like canopy formed by both trees and structure. Teummak blurs the boundary between built form and nature, offering a gentle, permeable refuge in the midst of the urban landscape.

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