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“中国箱体”是韩国首尔一家建筑设计事务所“思逸”的首个建筑项目。这是一个非常小的公寓楼，面积237.34平方米，有四个单元和一个地下工作室。

‘Chinese boxes’ is the first built project of ‘thescape’, an architectural design office based in Seoul, South Korea. It is a very small apartment house, 237.34sqm of gross floor area, with four units and one underground studio.

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该网站位于江南街道附近，这是首尔最具活力的地区之一，那里的土地价格极高。而且场地很小。因此，整个建筑的轮廓必须遵循从最大的三维建筑面积定义的一些建筑法规。

The site is located in near the Gangnam Streets, one of the most vibrant areas in Seoul, where land price is extremely high. And the site is very small. So the overall building silhouette had to be followed from the maximum 3-dimensional buildable area defined by some building regulations.

建筑师发现这个剪影看起来像‘中国盒子’；一个简单的纸盒，用来做外卖食品。此外，根据字典，‘中文盒子’还有另一个意思：盒子里的盒子。描述“盒子中的一个盒子”最终揭示了单元组织。

The architect found the silhouette looks like ‘Chinese boxes’; a simple paper box for take-out food. Moreover, according to the dictionary, ‘Chinese Boxes’ has another meaning; a box in a box. The description ‘a box in a box’ eventually reveals the unit organization.

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每个单元实际上都有一个盒子(浴室)在里面。这是一个重要的设计问题，一个浴室不是一个二维分隔的房间，而是一个固体体积占据单位的空间。所以这个名字-中文盒子-是合理的。

Each of the units actually has a box (a bathroom) in it. It was an important design issue, to treat a bathroom not as a two-dimensionally separated room, but as a solid volume occupying the space of the unit. So the name-Chinese boxes-is rationalized.

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这座建筑物的组成很简单。中央楼梯连接两个单元。这座大楼离地面有两层楼，所以大楼里有四个单元。但是，在没有解释的情况下，很难从外部注意到建筑物的形成。建筑师想要隐藏公寓的常规代码，比如阳台，卧室的大窗户，浴室的小窗户等等。因此，这座建筑看起来像一件简单的雕塑，而不是普通的邻里公寓。

The composition of the building is very simple. A central staircase ties two units. The building has two floors above ground, so there are four units in the building. But it is not easy to notice the building formation from outside, without explanation. The architect wanted to conceal conventional codes of the apartment, such as a balcony, a big window for bedroom, a small window for bathroom, etc. As a result, the building appears as one simple piece of sculpture, rather than an ordinary-neighborhood-apartment.

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Architects thescape

Location Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Category Housing

Architect in Charge KyungHwan Chun (jaeminahyo.com)

Area 237.0 sqm

Project Year 2013

Photographs SungKyung Choi