Whatever they say , be it look like a prison, stadium or military sites, its always a HOME for Won Bin. Why ? Its one of a kind in Korea . GOD BLESS !

Hi, Javabeans
May the beauty of this Season brighten up your life…and decorate your days.
With love, smile and happiness!
Merry Christmas!

it reminds me of prison

Hi, congratulations on your new remarkable home! I like the colour, it presents the feeling of calmness and solemnity. On account of my being a bumpkin, I’ve no comment about your home style, It’s likely too far beyond my thought. However, seeing from the picture, it strikes my mind of being a grand luxurious beautiful home indeed. Actually, it’s not a big deal what your home looks like but i the point is that you’ve a grateful mind to your dad and mom. You’re well brought up and I’d like to thank you your parents who’ve brought you to our planet. A good man like you has become less at the moment, and I’d like to thanks you who performs beautiful things for our globe as well. I think your new home certainly balances you and your family. Wish you have a pleasant moment in your new home.

[...] This year Won Bin hit the news for his filial piety in building an award-winning home for his parents in his home town in Jeongseon, which depending on which way you look at it is an imaginative modernist construction or an agglomeration of concrete portakabins. Some more flattering images available here. (HT: Dramabeans) [...]

Hi, your home looks grand and luxurious indeed, congratulations! but that’s not the point. I think the most adorable things are your gracefulness to your mom and dad and your amazing capacity to build such a remarkable home while you’re at 31. It means that you can look after your life very well. I’d like to tell you that you mesmerize a lot of people ,including me. You deserved the best bless from your god and from my buddha. Wish you have a healthy family and succeed in your career.

Thanks, but in fact I’m trying to stage an intervention so that Kobe can finally admit his feelings for Won Bin. It’s okay Kobe — Won Bin doesn’t hate you. He’s too beautiful to hate. He’s apparently also too beautiful to do K-drama anymore sigh . . . .

@Jessica,

In South Korea, the geomancy practice is called Pungsu. It came with the rest of Confucian beliefs during Shilla, and (like many of the Confucian disciplines) developed in its own way. I don’t know that much about Pungsu, but they emphasize the village/city planning (i.e. North/South/West/East orientations.) It’s worth noting that there are many different schools on geomancy across East and South Asia. I have some knowledge on the Flying Star school, which I used when looking at prospective houses.

The house itself — apparently inspired by J Lo’s crib (American houses with strong modernist influences are inherently anti-feng shui) — breaks a lot of rules of feng shui. The building itself is highly assymetrical, so energy does not flow evenly. The first and third floor are connected by a narrow stairway “neck”, this ennervates the 3rd floor. The high roof is awesome, but the narrow overall structure (narrow stairs, corridors, etc.) means that energy flows out of the house too quickly. One side of the house is virtually all windows, popular in upscale Western architecture, but this is also very bad in feng shui. The interior space is extremely angular with way too many sharp edges and again narrow corridors and assymetrical structure. There’s too much white in the house. Unless the inhabitants are metal element types, white should be used as an accent and not a motif. The 2nd floor isn’t good because much of the space is set up like a “garage structure” — basic building space held up by pillars is not good. Finally, assuming that the land is not further developed, there really should be trees or a gentle slope behind the house to mediate the flow of energy.

That all said, the house design is just lovely. I would LOVE to work in an office like that.