C3 no.442 (2026 #2/6)
New Projects
An Eco-house Revives Belgian Vernacular Craft
- Woodstock _ BC architects & studies & materials
Interview _ Wes Degreef + Herbert Wright
Materiality and Architectonics Foster Creation
- Di Frenna Arquitectos Atelier _ Di Frenna Arquitectos
Interview _ Matia Di Frenna Müller + Herbert Wright
A Territory of Memory
- Memorial Brumadinho _ Gustavo Penna Arquiteto e Associados
Interview _ Gustavo Penna + Pedro Ferreira
K-Projects
Restaurant Suspended in a Grid of Columns
- REST_ Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Interview _ Mauricio Pezo, Sofia von Ellrichshausen + Herbert Wright
Where Landscape Flows around the Cherry Trees
- Cultural Center Hodu _SsD
Ripple Effect: the Cultural Center Hodu as Soft Infrastructure _ Jürgen Mayer H.
To Engrave, to Withhold
- Intaglio _ KDDH Architects
A Sharp-willed Incision _ Hansol Moon
Urban Gaps, Small Buildings
Individuality Finds its Way into Urban Change_Young Cheol Kim
Closed Outward, Open Within
- Layered Building _ Atelier ITCH
Interview _ Atelier ITCH + HyoJin Jeon
On the Edge of Harmony and Dissonance
- Replaced Scene _ YOAP architects
Interview _ YOAP architects + YuMi Hyun
Woven into a Triangular Hillside
- Ecke _ LALAHOHO Architects
Interview _ Hojae Cho + Riah Ju
C3 no.442 (2026-2/6)
The current issue, C3 442, highlights nine projects from Korea and abroad that interpret the unique grammar of the land to cultivate humanistic thought and sustainable value. We take a close look at the rigorous intellectual processes through which architecture conforms to the natural order, delicately permeates urban interstices, and transforms painful histories into territories of memory.
New Projects
The International Projects section explores both the materiality of architecture and its social agency.
The self-sufficient timber house “Woodstock”, built in the Ardennes forest of Belgium using local materials and vernacular techniques, proposes an architectural response to a post-carbon society.
Di Frenna Arquitectos Atelier in Mexico demonstrates a working environment that awakens everyday sensibilities through the harmony of solid volumes and expressive materiality.
The Brumadinho Memorial in Brazil transforms the site of a tragedy that claimed 272 lives into a territory of remembrance, learning, and change, articulating how architecture can resist the erasure of time.
K-Projects
The K-Projects section examines three works that seep into the landscape while maintaining a tense equilibrium with nature. REST (Médongaule Restaurant) in Yangpyeong, designed by Pezo von Ellrichshausen, employs a massive grid structure on a gentle slope to offer a singular experience of repose, appearing suspended between topography and structure. Cultural Center Hodu by SsD nestles into a mountainside in Cheonan, flowing between five ancient cherry trees to preserve the site’s living memory and question the sustainability of nature. Finally, Intaglio by KDDH Architects on the coastal slopes of Buan explores the aesthetics of engraving—reorganizing the site through the depth of open space rather than overwhelming it with mass—proposing a profound dialogue between architecture and the earth.
Urban Gaps, Small Buildings
In this section, C3 explores how small-scale architecture in the dense contexts of Seoul and Busan translates physical constraints into unique spatial experiences. Layered Building by Atelier ITCH stands at the end of a narrow alley in Seongbuk-dong, overcoming the limitations of a triangular plot under 60 square meters to extract a narrative unique to its land. Replaced Scene by YOAP architects navigates the dissonance of Daechi-dong’s private academy district through precise architectural tuning, proposing a new urban order. Meanwhile, Ecke by LALAHOHO Architects translates a steep triangular corner on Busan’s Dalmaji-gil into a topographical framework, serving as a landmark that revitalizes the mundane streetscape and affirms the immense potential of small architecture.
C3 no.442 (2026-2/6)
The current issue, C3 442, highlights nine projects from Korea and abroad that interpret the unique grammar of the land to cultivate humanistic thought and sustainable value. We take a close look at the rigorous intellectual processes through which architecture conforms to the natural order, delicately permeates urban interstices, and transforms painful histories into territories of memory.
New Projects
The International Projects section explores both the materiality of architecture and its social agency.
The self-sufficient timber house “Woodstock”, built in the Ardennes forest of Belgium using local materials and vernacular techniques, proposes an architectural response to a post-carbon society.
Di Frenna Arquitectos Atelier in Mexico demonstrates a working environment that awakens everyday sensibilities through the harmony of solid volumes and expressive materiality.
The Brumadinho Memorial in Brazil transforms the site of a tragedy that claimed 272 lives into a territory of remembrance, learning, and change, articulating how architecture can resist the erasure of time.
K-Projects
The K-Projects section examines three works that seep into the landscape while maintaining a tense equilibrium with nature. REST (Médongaule Restaurant) in Yangpyeong, designed by Pezo von Ellrichshausen, employs a massive grid structure on a gentle slope to offer a singular experience of repose, appearing suspended between topography and structure. Cultural Center Hodu by SsD nestles into a mountainside in Cheonan, flowing between five ancient cherry trees to preserve the site’s living memory and question the sustainability of nature. Finally, Intaglio by KDDH Architects on the coastal slopes of Buan explores the aesthetics of engraving—reorganizing the site through the depth of open space rather than overwhelming it with mass—proposing a profound dialogue between architecture and the earth.
Urban Gaps, Small Buildings
In this section, C3 explores how small-scale architecture in the dense contexts of Seoul and Busan translates physical constraints into unique spatial experiences. Layered Building by Atelier ITCH stands at the end of a narrow alley in Seongbuk-dong, overcoming the limitations of a triangular plot under 60 square meters to extract a narrative unique to its land. Replaced Scene by YOAP architects navigates the dissonance of Daechi-dong’s private academy district through precise architectural tuning, proposing a new urban order. Meanwhile, Ecke by LALAHOHO Architects translates a steep triangular corner on Busan’s Dalmaji-gil into a topographical framework, serving as a landmark that revitalizes the mundane streetscape and affirms the immense potential of small architecture.
