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Chwihoga

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JURY VOTES
Hotel
5.70
5.94
5.90
5.71
5.81
Kim Tchai
Kim Tchai Founder and CEO at Tchai International
6.68
6.35
7.07
5.85
6.49
Güray Oskay
Güray Oskay Director of Architectural Design at ATÖLYE
6.5
6.5
7
5.5
6.38
Geoffrey Timmer
Geoffrey Timmer Creative director at Colliers
6.2
6.7
6.5
6.7
6.53
Haijie Hu
Haijie Hu Cofounder and Creative Director at VAVE Studio
5.39
4.87
6.12
6.22
5.65
Mijail Gutierrez
Mijail Gutierrez Principal and Design Director at Perkins and Will
5
5
5
5
5
Christophe Penasse
Christophe Penasse Cofounder at Masquespacio
5
5
5
5
5
Hongchao Wang
Hongchao Wang Creative Director and Cofounder at Benwu Studio
6.43
6.64
6.15
6.43
6.41
Miriam Zuurbier
Miriam Zuurbier Associate Partner and Creative Director at TANK
6
6
6
6
6
Raquel Machado
Raquel Machado Senior Design Associate at M Moser Associates
6
5.5
5
5
5.38
Rosha Ehsan
Rosha Ehsan Head of Design at Gastronomica Middle East
A meaningful story to cultivate a c...
5.9
6.1
5.98
5.5
5.87
Madhubala Ayyamperumal
Madhubala Ayyamperumal Design Experience Leader at Gensler
A serene place for meditation and e...
4.95
7.11
6.71
5
5.94
Jio Li
Jio Li Founder and Design Director at a9 architects
5.47
5.58
6.41
6.58
6.01
Elliot March
Elliot March Cofounder at MAWD
Seamless connection between indoor...
6.1
6.77
5.88
5.85
6.15
Kamna Malik
Kamna Malik Design Curator & Content Strategist at Kamna Malik
6
6
6
6
6
Dan Wang
Dan Wang Cofounder and CEO at Prominence Consulting Group and PLUTO
3.83
5
3.75
5
4.4
Client
Pyengsun Jo, Enhye Kim
Floor area
250 ㎡
Completion
2021
Social Media
Instagram
Finishes
Sanitary

I have read an article, ‘There is only one particular place among the infinite points on the earth. Therefore, places have the power to make architecture special’. With this quote in mind, we wanted to incorporate historicity and locality into the design of Chwihoga to reflect a unique sense of place of the site. The area where Chiwhoga is located reportedly got its name from a story that a tiger would cry on a large rock in front of the village in the distant past. 

We could feel the traces and time of a tiger who would roam across the folds of the surrounding mountains; it reminded us of Korean paintings called 'Songhamaenghodo', a painting of a tiger under a pine tree, and 'Jukhamenghodo', a painting of a tiger under a bamboo. The natural background in the two paintings implies a place for meditation and enlightenment, and the tiger is depicted as a being going out for self-reflection. Chwihoga was built with the hope that it would be a place of ‘muwi ’* for everyone that stay there to purify themselves and get restored fully to their original naturalness. * muwi : the act erasing all artificial obstacles and immersed in something We arranged the space of Chwihoga along the axis of time with a story from locality. We laid out the space of Chwihoga to form a sequence from the reception area to the rooms, like the traces of a tiger that would have been accumulated on this site for a long time. 

The entry space of the long axis crossing the site leads through the water space and into a large rock crevice. Once inside, past the rocky-textured concrete walls, you will face a vertically long painting of a majestic tiger. You would feel as if you entered the non-daily realm of a tiger transcending time and space from a daily life of monotony. The paths leading from the grand space of power to deeper into each room are decorated with barks, which allows you to fully enjoy the rough textures of natural materials, creating an atmosphere that makes you feel as if in a forest. 

The interior design of each room was designed to embody a space where a tiger lives. The inner door you face upon entering your room is actually a painting on traditional Korean paper with natural paints from lacquer trees. The painting shows the coat pattern and texture of a tiger from a traditional view, with a warm greeting to you. The bedroom was placed on a higher level with a step difference from the bathroom and kitchen, based on the idea that a tiger sleeps in the highest place in its territory. 

Considering the characteristics of its being located in the highlands, the shape of the building was designed to ensure that the structure can withstand long winters and heavy snowfall. As with the internal properties, special attention was paid to the insulation of the exterior materials for maximum heat preservation for the building to tolerate harsh climatic conditions. A large window, occupying almost one side of the room, lets sunlight into the room, allowing for natural light.