INBETWEEN
Tom Kobayashi
In the randomness of demolishment and construction which is currently the state in Daegu (South Korea), there is the project site, an abandoned village of destroyed Hanoks.
Since 2019, after people presumably have been forced out of their homes and an act of demolishment took into place, nothing happened. Now, the site is waiting for the building company to start with the construction of multiple high-rise buildings. This example is one of several others in the city of Daegu, creating the base for the project: INBETWEEN.
INBETWEEN proposes an off-grid, module-based village which stays temporarily in this abandoned area in between the process of demolishment and new constructions, which can take one year, five years or even ten years. During the implementation of this village, there is being created a new value, which consists of different dimensions like in a small scale creating your own bee’s wax paper, and on the other hand having a big common social event based on living a soil friendly lifestyle.
Soil friendly Lifestyle:
The whole village is spread out horizontally on the site and vertically divided by the ground floor and the first floor, whereas the ground floor is divided into four zones.
The program of all four zones connects different topics, being popular in South Korea, like current DIY trends, recycling trends, construction waste, markets and common gatherings while eating. Connected to the program of the ground floor, the first floor, mainly for inhabitants working at the ground floor, is focusing on small steps, based on reducing, refusing, recycling and rot, towards a soil friendly lifestyle.
Off-Grid System:
Having a temporal concept, which still needs to cover specific needs for inhabitants and the program of the ground floor, an off-grid system in terms of rainwater harvesting and solar energy is essential. Rainwater is being collected by the roof of each module, being shaped and directed specifically for harvesting and transporting rainwater to water tanks. These tanks are located depending on its use at the ground and first floor. After rainwater is being pumped up for its use at specific locations, it returns to the soil by a natural gravel filtering system.
To cover the needs in terms of energy, each module is equipped with a photovoltaic system on the roof, being able to produces more than enough energy for its inhabitant. The left energy will not be wasted and used by the ground floor’s program.
Construction:
Moving from one abandoned construction site to another sets the standard for its construction to be as simple and as flexible as possible. Considering also that the wooden industry in South Korea and near Daegu is not capable of producing big timber products, the construction also needs to be built with smaller timber elements. Having all these prerequisites, each module consists of same sized timber products as a secondary structure and 4 four-pieced timber columns. Each module is built in its same way and can be multiplied depending on the construction site’s layout.