The Rhythm(音) Project is located in a quiet mid-mountain village in Jeju, where scattered houses, stone walls, and loosely defined paths form a landscape of gentle intervals rather than rigid boundaries. To settle into this context without imposing a dominant presence, the project arranges three elongated volumes—a stay, a workspace, and a residence—in a low horizontal sequence that aligns with the village’s understated rhythm. Each building carries a distinct function, yet no explicit hierarchy is imposed, allowing the ensemble to remain perceptually balanced within the broader landscape.

A central intention was to understand how boundaries might operate as shifting landscapes rather than fixed separations. Paths, thresholds, and gaps were intentionally designed with calibrated looseness so that their perception changes with the user’s movement and position. In this way, the project captures how loose boundaries become landscape, and how landscape becomes part of the interior experience. Openings frame not iconic views but everyday alignments—light filtering across stone walls, wind-bent vegetation, or the subtle rise and fall of the terrain—creating a spatial rhythm that unfolds slowly over time.

Rather than asking inhabitants to adapt to predetermined functions, the project offers a series of spaces whose meaning is completed through use. Each building embodies a different tempo—contemplative, active, or domestic—while transitions between them remain seamless. The result is an architecture read through the body: stepping across low thresholds, encountering soft edges, and moving through sequences that register as memory and impression. Ultimately, the Rhythm(音) Project composes not three buildings but a lived landscape shaped by movement, perception, and the quiet cadences of Jeju.