A House for Cohabitation

MoYeoGa means a house in which to live together, but it also means ‘to gather’ in Gyeongsang-do dialect. In reality, 30 members of 8 families here gathered to discuss the project with their architect, select the final site, and to determine the house design.

It first began with two families. Oh Sinwook joined forces with an old acquaintance, who dreamt of a house for living together and had long been an occupant in collective housing for cooperative childcare. More members joined one by one to eventually make up eight households.

It was not easy to match up each other’s needs at the beginning. Some were worried about leaving their apartments and others were reluctant to share their terrace with others. The residents gathered to deliver their opinions on living together and tried to address each other’s complaints,