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Steven's Apartment

Joongho Choi Studio

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JURY VOTES
Large Apartment
6.06
6.99
6.21
5.74
6.25
Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes
Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes CEO at AKKA Architects
6
4
8
4
5.5
Serge-Laurent Haelterman
Serge-Laurent Haelterman Creative Director at Creneau International
5
5
5
4
4.75
Bernardo Tribolet Tribolet
Bernardo Tribolet Tribolet Head of Trend Scouting at The Swatch Group
6.5
5.5
7
5
6
Tessa Duste
Tessa Duste Cofounder at Makers of Sustainable Spaces
6
6
7.5
4
5.88
Felipe Mora
Felipe Mora Founder and Creative Director at F05 Studio
6.65
5
6.5
5
5.79
Stephanie Crombie
Stephanie Crombie Architect / Head of Sustainability at Morrow + Lorraine Architects
4
5
5
3
4.25
Hu Zhile
Hu Zhile Founding Partner and Design Director at WJ Studio
6
5.5
6
5.5
5.75
Edmond Huot
Edmond Huot Chief Creative Officer at Forward Media
6.1
4.27
7.33
4.48
5.55
Gabriela Sanchez y Sanchez de la Barquera
Gabriela Sanchez y Sanchez de la Barquera Creative Chief Officer at Vlisco
4
5
4
5
4.5
Ellen Søhoel
Ellen Søhoel Interior Designer/CEO at XBD Collective
5
6
6.5
5
5.63
Jason Steere
Jason Steere MD Brand & Experience at The Social Hub
5.75
6
5.5
5
5.56
Client
Steven
Floor area
161 ㎡
Completion
2022
Social Media
Instagram
Photography

Team studio Joongho Choi undertook the job of designing space with ??m2 from one of the tallest residential buildings located in the center of the financial district in Seoul. Our friend Steven, working actively across cultures, has shown various identities and cultures in each part of the house. The space features vague boundaries of rooms that allow experiencing abundant scenes in daily life. 

The character of the living room is shown not only by the boldness in colors, elements, forms and objects that show his taste but also curation of furniture from different ages and cultures. The blue-colored shelving structure applied to the pillar affects the identity of the space along with its functions. The kitchen shows balanced harmonization of design with contrasting characteristics of warmth from raw wooden plywood and coldness from metal. 

The wall in the kitchen has been removed so that the house entrance is insight. In this way, you can enjoy the kitchen area and the light from outside at once. Collaborating with a kitchen design company in South Korea 'BYBIGTABLE', we could especially offer personalized kitchen furniture only for Steven. Collecting shoes is one of his hobbies. It can be shown as more enjoyable and active through the design. By assembling module metal units, you can easily add units by the number of shoes. Additionally, the lighting on the backside of the display makes the shoes stand out. The exercising area is located with an open view which helps stay focused on exercise. The stand has been designed to utilize sporting equipment straightforwardly. Furthermore, its structure allows performing pull-ups. 

Even in the closet room, the wall has been removed to increase the accessibility from the exercising area in addition to the entry from the entranceway. The closet furniture in the room shows nice harmonization with blue-colored boards and raw birch plywood. The automatic roll screen door that substitutes for a closet door can be open at ordinary times. The bathroom where the bathtub is half exposed connects spontaneously to a living room. From the bathtub, the sky and a panorama of Seoul can be appreciated. In the foreground, a screen is inst to watch media. The wall between the bedroom and the living room has been taken out so that the space can be regarded as one part of the entire space. The shelving structure placed in the front of the bed plays a role as an item of functional furniture and a line between the living room. If needed, concealed curtains inside the wall can be used to separate the place.