In suburban of Seoul, we finally meet the end of a deep and calm village by climbing a long mountain path, which filters complicated and distracted things in our mind. It’s the place where we forget the tempo of busy and tired city life. We built ‘Villa Lento’ here, the lyrical place where people who really glorify art and nature are able to recover a slow and peaceful stream of time.

▼项目概览，overall of the project ©Jae-yoon Kim

▼由侧方鸟瞰建筑，side bird’s eye of the project ©Jae-yoon Kim

Our client living in Seoul wanted a resort space where they can share it with their people as well as the space where they can enjoy the nature and leisure in suburban of Seoul. Therefore, they purchased about 20-years-old house, located on the top of mountain with its back against the forest and providing a fantastic wide view. By considering how to approach the place, the form of the existing building, and a taste of the client, we first imagined a small mansion where we may find at some place of a quiet village in Europe. Then, we changed the very intricate form to a simple house, added textures and colours with depth of time, and wished it’ll reflect colours of the nature.