Haeahn Architecture said on the 19th that it obtained a patent for a "multiunit housing with a dedicated hall for each unit."
The patent focuses on structurally improving issues repeatedly raised in multiunit housing, such as privacy intrusions, noise within floors, and mixed circulation in common areas.
To that end, it structurally applied the advantages of single-family houses—privacy and independence, buffer space, and a sense of residential spaciousness—to multiunit housing. Combined with each unit's dedicated hall, it presents a new multiunit housing model that provides a garden space like a front yard, which is its distinguishing feature.
The core of the patent is the concept of an "expanded unit." By placing an independent dedicated elevator hall and a garden created between units in front of the entrance, it separates the circulation routes between units. This strengthens residential independence and comfort.
The patent is designed so that the space you face immediately after getting off the elevator feels like your own front yard. In supertall, high-density housing, unit-dedicated spaces are arranged around the core area (elevator hall) that inevitably forms, and a garden-style service space is created by adding landscaping elements, thereby securing an additional buffer space in front of the unit.
This service space is provided separately in front of the unit entrance door and configured to be perceived like a garden. As with opening the gate and passing through the yard to enter a single-family house, it implements a new residential circulation in multiunit housing in which residents, after exiting the elevator, pass through a dedicated hall and a garden-type space before entering the unit.
Combined with the unit-dedicated hall, it naturally blocks outside views and circulation and minimizes interference between units. It also aligns with related fire protection facilities and plans, considering safety standards and operating conditions for multiunit housing.
The patent is characterized by compensating for the limitations of high-density, high-rise housing while integrating the advantages of single-family houses into multiunit housing.
Haeahn Architecture plans to continue design research that delicately addresses residential experience in the fields of multiunit housing and mixed-use residential complexes. While actively leveraging natural light, ventilation, and outdoor spaces, it will focus its design capabilities on creating spaces where technology and services support residents' daily lives rather than taking center stage.
A Haeahn Architecture official said, "Beyond the functions of a building, under the philosophy of creating special spaces based on insight into people, we focused on architecturally organizing elements that are perceived in daily life, such as the distance of the gaze people feel, movement circulation, noise, and privacy."