Building the universe
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Book Introduction
Building a home is about incorporating a lifestyle and philosophy into a space.
“As I read, I suddenly feel like building a house.
“It’s a bit of a dangerous book!”
Everyone starts and ends their day at home.
Home is the space where we accumulate the warmest moments of life and fill ourselves with energy.
However, a home is also a space where we compromise to fit into an already built building, thinking that we cannot think deeply enough about it or that it cannot be easily changed.
This book begins with the author, architect Jooyeon Yoon, meeting a client who wants to build a house, and unfolds the story in a specific and friendly voice until the house is completed.
The process of building a house, like a tailored suit, while thinking about a family's day, year, and life, through conversation and consultation, is sometimes as interesting as a drama, and at other times as rich as Architecture 101.
The journey of building a house by reading the land, understanding the mind of the owner, and displaying the architect's sophisticated sense to achieve balance is meticulously and three-dimensionally depicted. As you turn the pages, you will imagine your own home and, as Sampro TV reporter Jinwoo Lee said, "as you read, you will suddenly want to build a house."
“As I read, I suddenly feel like building a house.
“It’s a bit of a dangerous book!”
Everyone starts and ends their day at home.
Home is the space where we accumulate the warmest moments of life and fill ourselves with energy.
However, a home is also a space where we compromise to fit into an already built building, thinking that we cannot think deeply enough about it or that it cannot be easily changed.
This book begins with the author, architect Jooyeon Yoon, meeting a client who wants to build a house, and unfolds the story in a specific and friendly voice until the house is completed.
The process of building a house, like a tailored suit, while thinking about a family's day, year, and life, through conversation and consultation, is sometimes as interesting as a drama, and at other times as rich as Architecture 101.
The journey of building a house by reading the land, understanding the mind of the owner, and displaying the architect's sophisticated sense to achieve balance is meticulously and three-dimensionally depicted. As you turn the pages, you will imagine your own home and, as Sampro TV reporter Jinwoo Lee said, "as you read, you will suddenly want to build a house."
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index
Prologue_Home, Your and My Smallest Universe
Architects Finding Their Way in the Unknown Universe
Basic concepts that are good to know
Architects, construction companies, and building owners
Chapter 1: The Process of a Highly Personal Wish Becoming a Home
Design drawings are an architect's love letter
-Everyone's desire for a home is bound to be different.
The mind read at the first meeting
-The design process begins with the request, contact, and first meeting.
First wish: A house with the sun in the east, sunlight in the south, and a view in the west.
-The answer is on the spot.
The basics of utilizing architects
-How to write design requests to facilitate smooth communication
Second Wish: A Half-Bath with a View of the Outdoors
-Decisions that turn a headache into a home's unique charm
'Moderation' cannot be achieved through compromise.
Why do we use millimeters to build huge buildings?
Third Wish: A Home Where It's Safe to Walk Naked
-Freedom for people and space brought about by changes in movement and structure
Fourth Wish: A Home Where I Can Practice Yoga, Dance, and Meditation
-Attic: Creating a living space, not just a wasted space
An architect who saves on construction costs
-Designing the space and budget
Architect's Advice for Building Owners 1
How to find the right architect and land for you
Chapter 2: A House That Realizes the Hopes We Share
Fifth Wish: A home where I can spend quality time with visiting relatives (long-term stays are not possible)
-The charm of horizontal area separation and vertical space separation
Sixth Wish: A Home Where I Can Take Piano Lessons
-The joy of expanding and transforming your home grows.
Seventh wish: To enjoy my husband's cooking skills to the fullest.
- A space where you can fully enjoy your kitchen, cooking, communication, and taste.
Eighth wish: A variety of coffee, tea, and wine
- A space to enjoy, a window that becomes the expression and scenery of the house, adding its role as a space for navigation
Please review the house
- A design refined through accumulated reviews and experience
Architect's Advice for Building Owners 2
- Things to check in your current home before building a new home
Ninth Wish: A home with a cat and dog
-The appearance of another landlord
Tenth Wish: A House with Neat Bookshelf
-Storage that can be solved only by understanding life and patterns
A house I never want to sell
- A space tailored to me, where I want to stay
Extra Wish 1: Garage Fight
-Choice between ideal and reality
Extra Wish 2: A House Built by an Architect, but Doesn't Look Like an Architect
-The process of coordinating the desires of the land, the building owner, and the architect
Bonus Wish 3: Naming a House
-The final design that captures the character of the space, building a Dangho
Eleventh Wish: A Healthy Home
-Living space, living space
Architect's Advice for Building Owners 3
-Magical Spaces: Creating Attics and Balconies
Chapter 3: People Gathered for a House to Live In
The field is my strength
-A living, moving scene
The Trinity of Architecture
-Building owner, architect, construction company
The architect's heart hidden in the house without the owner's knowledge
-Combining individuality and universality in one home
Home from the picture
-The house-building process and the role of the architect
Photo day
-The moment the real story begins
Architect's Advice for Building Owners 4
-The mindset needed for someone building a home for the first time
Epilogue_When meeting an architect, the client stands in the prime of his life.
Architects Finding Their Way in the Unknown Universe
Basic concepts that are good to know
Architects, construction companies, and building owners
Chapter 1: The Process of a Highly Personal Wish Becoming a Home
Design drawings are an architect's love letter
-Everyone's desire for a home is bound to be different.
The mind read at the first meeting
-The design process begins with the request, contact, and first meeting.
First wish: A house with the sun in the east, sunlight in the south, and a view in the west.
-The answer is on the spot.
The basics of utilizing architects
-How to write design requests to facilitate smooth communication
Second Wish: A Half-Bath with a View of the Outdoors
-Decisions that turn a headache into a home's unique charm
'Moderation' cannot be achieved through compromise.
Why do we use millimeters to build huge buildings?
Third Wish: A Home Where It's Safe to Walk Naked
-Freedom for people and space brought about by changes in movement and structure
Fourth Wish: A Home Where I Can Practice Yoga, Dance, and Meditation
-Attic: Creating a living space, not just a wasted space
An architect who saves on construction costs
-Designing the space and budget
Architect's Advice for Building Owners 1
How to find the right architect and land for you
Chapter 2: A House That Realizes the Hopes We Share
Fifth Wish: A home where I can spend quality time with visiting relatives (long-term stays are not possible)
-The charm of horizontal area separation and vertical space separation
Sixth Wish: A Home Where I Can Take Piano Lessons
-The joy of expanding and transforming your home grows.
Seventh wish: To enjoy my husband's cooking skills to the fullest.
- A space where you can fully enjoy your kitchen, cooking, communication, and taste.
Eighth wish: A variety of coffee, tea, and wine
- A space to enjoy, a window that becomes the expression and scenery of the house, adding its role as a space for navigation
Please review the house
- A design refined through accumulated reviews and experience
Architect's Advice for Building Owners 2
- Things to check in your current home before building a new home
Ninth Wish: A home with a cat and dog
-The appearance of another landlord
Tenth Wish: A House with Neat Bookshelf
-Storage that can be solved only by understanding life and patterns
A house I never want to sell
- A space tailored to me, where I want to stay
Extra Wish 1: Garage Fight
-Choice between ideal and reality
Extra Wish 2: A House Built by an Architect, but Doesn't Look Like an Architect
-The process of coordinating the desires of the land, the building owner, and the architect
Bonus Wish 3: Naming a House
-The final design that captures the character of the space, building a Dangho
Eleventh Wish: A Healthy Home
-Living space, living space
Architect's Advice for Building Owners 3
-Magical Spaces: Creating Attics and Balconies
Chapter 3: People Gathered for a House to Live In
The field is my strength
-A living, moving scene
The Trinity of Architecture
-Building owner, architect, construction company
The architect's heart hidden in the house without the owner's knowledge
-Combining individuality and universality in one home
Home from the picture
-The house-building process and the role of the architect
Photo day
-The moment the real story begins
Architect's Advice for Building Owners 4
-The mindset needed for someone building a home for the first time
Epilogue_When meeting an architect, the client stands in the prime of his life.
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Into the book
Because architecture is ultimately a story of life.
It must change and develop into a living, breathing entity that reflects.
The vitality of a city does not simply come from aesthetic appeal, but begins with efforts to enrich the quality of life of its residents.
--- From the "Prologue"
Architects deal with spaces of all sizes that exist in reality.
From a single 0.02 millimeter piece of plastic that can be seen and held in your hand to a city that stretches hundreds of kilometers, the scale is beyond imagination.
Therefore, in addition to the 'decimal units' that can be converted into numbers, the ability to perceive and judge relative sizes is also necessary.
We need an intangible scale tool that allows us to freely 'zoom in' and 'zoom out' in our heads, rather than using a ruler or protractor.
--- From "Moderation that Cannot Be Created by Moderate Compromise"
Building a house is not simply a matter of construction; it is about incorporating a lifestyle and philosophy into the space.
So, a good architect is not just an expert who draws up blueprints, but a trustworthy partner who builds a house together.
Just because someone is famous doesn't mean they're the right architect for me.
Rather, it is much more important how well it fits with your lifestyle, tastes, and values.
The following items, taken in order, will help you find the architect that's right for you.
--- From "How to Find the Right Architect and Land for You"
The atmosphere of the scenery contained in the window varies depending on the shape of the window.
The long horizontal windows capture a cool panoramic view, while the long vertical windows capture a picturesque scene within a folding screen.
Height and location are also important.
Windows higher than the eye level capture distant views, while lower windows capture foreground views.
The direction, width, height, and size of the window are determined according to the surrounding environment, creating an atmosphere where one can look out from inside.
Another thing you can't miss is that windows are the face of a house.
From the inside, the window is a frame that brings in the scenery, but from the outside, the window becomes the expression of the house.
--- From "The Eighth Wish: A Space Where You Can Enjoy a Variety of Coffee, Tea, and Wine"
A good construction company has, as the saying goes, 'clear eyes.'
When they receive the design drawings, they show a clear, shining look in their eyes that says, 'I want to try it, I'm greedy.'
Because it is something that people do, there is a big difference in the process and result between something that you want to do and something that you don't.
Working with someone who is good at reading the intent behind architectural drawings and is confident that they can make it even better with their own abilities creates positive energy and synergy.
--- From "The Trinity of Architecture"
There are many elements within architecture.
It requires not only a great design, but also the technology to implement it and the construction process that is created through human power.
Everything is connected to cost and time, and above all, the laws that connect the region and society dominate, and at the bottom of the entire process of construction is the human desire for how to live.
Design, construction, technology, cost, law and desire.
If only some of these stand out, an imbalance occurs.
You either build a nice house that is uncomfortable to live in, or you build it cheaply and quickly but it's leaky, cold, and lacks privacy, which is a flawed basic.
Appropriate architecture is architecture that creates an appropriate and suitable balance among many elements.
The important thing is to start with the architect's thoughts about actually using the space and to create it through the hands of a professional architect.
It must change and develop into a living, breathing entity that reflects.
The vitality of a city does not simply come from aesthetic appeal, but begins with efforts to enrich the quality of life of its residents.
--- From the "Prologue"
Architects deal with spaces of all sizes that exist in reality.
From a single 0.02 millimeter piece of plastic that can be seen and held in your hand to a city that stretches hundreds of kilometers, the scale is beyond imagination.
Therefore, in addition to the 'decimal units' that can be converted into numbers, the ability to perceive and judge relative sizes is also necessary.
We need an intangible scale tool that allows us to freely 'zoom in' and 'zoom out' in our heads, rather than using a ruler or protractor.
--- From "Moderation that Cannot Be Created by Moderate Compromise"
Building a house is not simply a matter of construction; it is about incorporating a lifestyle and philosophy into the space.
So, a good architect is not just an expert who draws up blueprints, but a trustworthy partner who builds a house together.
Just because someone is famous doesn't mean they're the right architect for me.
Rather, it is much more important how well it fits with your lifestyle, tastes, and values.
The following items, taken in order, will help you find the architect that's right for you.
--- From "How to Find the Right Architect and Land for You"
The atmosphere of the scenery contained in the window varies depending on the shape of the window.
The long horizontal windows capture a cool panoramic view, while the long vertical windows capture a picturesque scene within a folding screen.
Height and location are also important.
Windows higher than the eye level capture distant views, while lower windows capture foreground views.
The direction, width, height, and size of the window are determined according to the surrounding environment, creating an atmosphere where one can look out from inside.
Another thing you can't miss is that windows are the face of a house.
From the inside, the window is a frame that brings in the scenery, but from the outside, the window becomes the expression of the house.
--- From "The Eighth Wish: A Space Where You Can Enjoy a Variety of Coffee, Tea, and Wine"
A good construction company has, as the saying goes, 'clear eyes.'
When they receive the design drawings, they show a clear, shining look in their eyes that says, 'I want to try it, I'm greedy.'
Because it is something that people do, there is a big difference in the process and result between something that you want to do and something that you don't.
Working with someone who is good at reading the intent behind architectural drawings and is confident that they can make it even better with their own abilities creates positive energy and synergy.
--- From "The Trinity of Architecture"
There are many elements within architecture.
It requires not only a great design, but also the technology to implement it and the construction process that is created through human power.
Everything is connected to cost and time, and above all, the laws that connect the region and society dominate, and at the bottom of the entire process of construction is the human desire for how to live.
Design, construction, technology, cost, law and desire.
If only some of these stand out, an imbalance occurs.
You either build a nice house that is uncomfortable to live in, or you build it cheaply and quickly but it's leaky, cold, and lacks privacy, which is a flawed basic.
Appropriate architecture is architecture that creates an appropriate and suitable balance among many elements.
The important thing is to start with the architect's thoughts about actually using the space and to create it through the hands of a professional architect.
--- From "When I Meet an Architect, the Client in the Golden Age of His Life"
Publisher's Review
11 wishes placed throughout the house
A love letter from an architect to his client
In our society, home is a space for living, but at times it is also a space for desire.
There is a widespread view of houses as an investment for the purpose of realizing economic gains.
But a house is not simply an object to be 'bought and sold'.
It is a space that becomes the foundation of life, where the day and the whole life can change depending on where and how it is built.
This book began with the honest and fundamental desires of an architect couple.
A house where they can do yoga while watching the sunrise every morning, a house where they can walk around naked, a house where they can enjoy spending time with family and friends who visit often, a house where they can give piano lessons, a house where they can live with pets, etc. The desires of this couple are small, but strangely vivid.
I sometimes wonder if I can fit everything into one building and if I will regret it.
The author, an architect, also begins by questioning each of the 11 houses the owner has painstakingly written down, and through dialogue to understand them, he looks into their lives and completes the design.
An architect's design drawings are a love letter to the client.
All the effort and consideration put into the drawing for the client is fully engraved in lines, numbers, and letters of various thicknesses.
Drawings may seem like dry instructions or technical descriptions, but like musical scores, design drawings are a kind of language.
Language contains the heart of the creator, and conveys that sincerity and meaning to those who know how to interpret it.
_ Page 24, from ‘Blueprints are an architect’s love letter’
This book constantly asks the reader, "What kind of house do you want to build?"
As we follow the journey of a client and an architect building a house, we realize that this is not a question about architectural method or form, but rather a fundamental question about values and aspirations: "What kind of life do you want to live?"
So, while "Building the Universe" is a book about houses, it is closer to a book about the relationship between space and people, architects and building owners, as it contains a richer picture of how each person and each family cultivates their own world or universe.
Helping you make good choices
Advice from a professional and friendly architect
Architecture is a field that requires understanding human life through a humanistic perspective, considering safety through engineering thinking, and calculating without error with the precision of a mathematician.
When the familiar space of a home where everyone lives is brought into the specialized field of architecture, there are bound to be unfamiliar and difficult aspects.
The author, who has extensive experience teaching architecture at universities and persuading clients in the field, provides a comprehensive yet accessible explanation of the essential concepts necessary for understanding architecture.
In architecture, there is a concept called 'zoning plan'.
Zoning is a concept that is often thought of as dividing an area into sections so that its purpose and space are clearly visible, but it is a more abstract concept.
Zoning plans are designed to group spaces with similar uses or characteristics.
For example, when you go to a concert hall, there is a ticket booth, lobby, photo zone, audience seats, restrooms, and places to drink beverages. These are all areas for visitors, called the 'customer zone.'
There is a separate zone for staff members, who are internal staff, separate from the general audience use areas such as the stage, backstage, performer waiting room, dressing room, stage set room, and orchestra practice room.
These are the spaces we call 'no entry except for authorized personnel'.
_Page 82, from 'The Third Wish: A Home Where It's Safe to Walk Naked'
Building a home is not a common experience.
It's not easy to try something and then try again if you don't like it.
So, for many people, building a house is a 'lifelong dream', but there is also a saying that 'after doing it, you age 10 years'.
This book meticulously traces the countless choices that go into building a house and completing it.
It explains in detail what parts you should pay attention to, what you might miss, and even things you don't usually think about.
Just by reading the architectural stories told by expert authors at a level that suits the reader's perspective, you can practice building a house.
Showing the process of building a house
Visual aids such as cool photos and drawings
"Building the Universe" is enriched with refreshing photos taken by architectural photographers and architects' drawings, adding to the viewing experience.
To help you easily understand the details of the space that are difficult to understand through text alone, we have included color photos of every corner of the house.
In addition, the photos were edited to naturally show not only the building but also the warmth of life in the space.
As you spy on the conversations between architects and clients, as if you were reading someone else's love letter, and watch the process of building a house, you will surely build your own house in your heart.
Each person's hopes for a home, values in life, and dreams for the future can be summarized in a few sentences or a list.
"Building the Universe," which unfolds the journey of building a house like an interesting drama at times and like a rich introduction to architecture at other times, is a must-read for aspiring homeowners, architects designing someone's home, and anyone who wants to spend more meaningful time in the space called home.
A love letter from an architect to his client
In our society, home is a space for living, but at times it is also a space for desire.
There is a widespread view of houses as an investment for the purpose of realizing economic gains.
But a house is not simply an object to be 'bought and sold'.
It is a space that becomes the foundation of life, where the day and the whole life can change depending on where and how it is built.
This book began with the honest and fundamental desires of an architect couple.
A house where they can do yoga while watching the sunrise every morning, a house where they can walk around naked, a house where they can enjoy spending time with family and friends who visit often, a house where they can give piano lessons, a house where they can live with pets, etc. The desires of this couple are small, but strangely vivid.
I sometimes wonder if I can fit everything into one building and if I will regret it.
The author, an architect, also begins by questioning each of the 11 houses the owner has painstakingly written down, and through dialogue to understand them, he looks into their lives and completes the design.
An architect's design drawings are a love letter to the client.
All the effort and consideration put into the drawing for the client is fully engraved in lines, numbers, and letters of various thicknesses.
Drawings may seem like dry instructions or technical descriptions, but like musical scores, design drawings are a kind of language.
Language contains the heart of the creator, and conveys that sincerity and meaning to those who know how to interpret it.
_ Page 24, from ‘Blueprints are an architect’s love letter’
This book constantly asks the reader, "What kind of house do you want to build?"
As we follow the journey of a client and an architect building a house, we realize that this is not a question about architectural method or form, but rather a fundamental question about values and aspirations: "What kind of life do you want to live?"
So, while "Building the Universe" is a book about houses, it is closer to a book about the relationship between space and people, architects and building owners, as it contains a richer picture of how each person and each family cultivates their own world or universe.
Helping you make good choices
Advice from a professional and friendly architect
Architecture is a field that requires understanding human life through a humanistic perspective, considering safety through engineering thinking, and calculating without error with the precision of a mathematician.
When the familiar space of a home where everyone lives is brought into the specialized field of architecture, there are bound to be unfamiliar and difficult aspects.
The author, who has extensive experience teaching architecture at universities and persuading clients in the field, provides a comprehensive yet accessible explanation of the essential concepts necessary for understanding architecture.
In architecture, there is a concept called 'zoning plan'.
Zoning is a concept that is often thought of as dividing an area into sections so that its purpose and space are clearly visible, but it is a more abstract concept.
Zoning plans are designed to group spaces with similar uses or characteristics.
For example, when you go to a concert hall, there is a ticket booth, lobby, photo zone, audience seats, restrooms, and places to drink beverages. These are all areas for visitors, called the 'customer zone.'
There is a separate zone for staff members, who are internal staff, separate from the general audience use areas such as the stage, backstage, performer waiting room, dressing room, stage set room, and orchestra practice room.
These are the spaces we call 'no entry except for authorized personnel'.
_Page 82, from 'The Third Wish: A Home Where It's Safe to Walk Naked'
Building a home is not a common experience.
It's not easy to try something and then try again if you don't like it.
So, for many people, building a house is a 'lifelong dream', but there is also a saying that 'after doing it, you age 10 years'.
This book meticulously traces the countless choices that go into building a house and completing it.
It explains in detail what parts you should pay attention to, what you might miss, and even things you don't usually think about.
Just by reading the architectural stories told by expert authors at a level that suits the reader's perspective, you can practice building a house.
Showing the process of building a house
Visual aids such as cool photos and drawings
"Building the Universe" is enriched with refreshing photos taken by architectural photographers and architects' drawings, adding to the viewing experience.
To help you easily understand the details of the space that are difficult to understand through text alone, we have included color photos of every corner of the house.
In addition, the photos were edited to naturally show not only the building but also the warmth of life in the space.
As you spy on the conversations between architects and clients, as if you were reading someone else's love letter, and watch the process of building a house, you will surely build your own house in your heart.
Each person's hopes for a home, values in life, and dreams for the future can be summarized in a few sentences or a list.
"Building the Universe," which unfolds the journey of building a house like an interesting drama at times and like a rich introduction to architecture at other times, is a must-read for aspiring homeowners, architects designing someone's home, and anyone who wants to spend more meaningful time in the space called home.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: September 30, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 312 pages | 480g | 145*205*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791188366965
- ISBN10: 1188366963
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