Month: May 2024

Seoul, South Korea – HYBE, the entertainment powerhouse behind internationally renowned K-pop stars, stands as an entertainment lifestyle platform company, housing various label companies under its umbrella. The HYBE Headquarters project marks a significant milestone in the company’s journey as it transitions from a singular entity to a colossal corporation known as HYBE, embodying a new direction through spatial design. Reflecting the ever-evolving nature of an entertainment business, the project team, comprising FHHH friends, COM, and HYBE CBO Office (led by Min Hee-jin and Shin Dong-hoon), collaborated across architecture, interior design, and branding disciplines to bring the project to fruition.

The idea of transforming water into land has captivated humanity for centuries. The Netherlands, for example, is a pioneering nation in this field, where approximately 20% of the territory has been reclaimed from the sea or lakes using dikes to control water flow and dry the surfaces. As technology has advanced, this practice has become more widespread. Today, China leads the way, joined by urban centers in the global south, such as cities in West Africa, East Asia, and the Middle East.

The owners’ brief for this holiday home was simple: maximize the sun, the views, and the outdoor living. They wanted large outdoor living areas to spend their time relaxing outside, not inside. The house is a simple response to this brief; providing a delicate intervention into the landscape with a small footprint, to allow the owners to connect with the surrounding landscape without dominating it, whilst blurring the line between inside and outside.

H.A Garden House is a tranquil retreat nestled in the outskirts of the city in Vietnam, offering a sanctuary for weekend getaways or vacations away from the hustle and bustle of urban life. Situated on a spacious 600m2 plot, this architectural project was conceived to blend seamlessly with its lush green surroundings while providing modern comforts and harmonizing with the neighboring landscape. Designed primarily as a vacation home, H.A Garden House features essential living spaces, including a living room, kitchen, outdoor dining area, and two bedrooms – a master suite for the homeowner and an additional guest room. Although distinct, these spaces are connected by patios, fostering a sense of connection and intimacy.

The stream winds down from the main peak of the Lianyun Mountains, carves out a wide triangle of land in Jinkeng Village, and continues flowing southwards after a big bend. In the rice fields in front, villagers sow Chinese astragalus seeds every spring. The flowers that bloom will become fertilizer for the rice this season after they wither. The Spark Lodges were conceived and formed under such a background – we hope that they are not only the seeds of beauty, but also the beauty itself, and as well the beginning of the next beautiful period.

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