Eco Hanok > 폴리5작품소개(영문)

Responding to the climate crisis through architecture and design, Assemble, BC and Atelier LUMA simultaneously create beautiful everyday spaces.

Restoring an abandoned hanok and its garden in Donggu, Gwangju, a small but special eco-friendly space is created for the neighborhood community. Eco Hanok follows three ecological principles. First of all, using waste or undervalued resources for building, it minimizes negative environmental impact. Secondly, it combines local knowledge with contemporary technology to maximize the quality of lowenergy and low-cost architecture. Thirdly, Eco Hanok sets architectural production within the intricate networks of labor, resource, expert knowledge, and local landscapes.

Eco Hanok’s connections to the culture, economy and resources of the Gwangju-Honam region demonstrate the potential for an ecological architecture. Low-carbon materials derived from oyster shells, marine kelp, and earth excavated from construction sites were combined with contemporary construction techniques. Embodying the values of care, repair and regeneration, each architectural, landscape, and interior element is carefully implemented in collaboration with material experts, companies, and craftsmen. Based on an understanding of local culture and resources, Eco Hanok develops architectural materials with ecological, economic, and cultural resilience. Though a small project, it creates communal value that looks to the future of local regeneration.