This project is about designing my own room as a space that reflects an inner world. To understand what I truly want, I questioned my desires, my existence, and how I inhabit space—what makes a room a room, and who I am within it. I imagine the room as an extension of my body, trying to grasp the sensory experience of being there. When I close my eyes, I hear the hum of machines, and my room appears—glowing with sunrise and sunset, filled with countless objects and completed works laid out under the sun. I am drawn to this world. The room is located on the west coast of Korea, on the mudflats in front of Donggumdo Island in the Yellow Sea. To the west lie the village and landscape of Donggumdo; to the east stretches the vast West Sea. Positioned between winding tidal channels and aligned east–west, the building is directly shaped by the movements of the sun and moon. Sunrise is closely tied to daily life inside, while changing tidal forces create high and low tides twice a day: at low tide, I can walk across the mudflats to the village, and at high tide, I must take a boat or wait. The rhythms of my room are set by these celestial bodies, through which I sense and recognize my world.

Steel, the essential material of machines, becomes the primary material of the room. It embodies humanity’s belief that anything can be made, and my room embraces this illusion: its structure is composed entirely of C-channel steel, making it a place where whatever I imagine can be produced and displayed. The building itself becomes part of the exhibition, as the steel reflects, absorbs, and modulates light. The room functions simultaneously as workshop and gallery: the first floor is for physical making, the second for digital production, the third for archiving, the fourth for exhibition, and the fifth as a rooftop overlooking Donggumdo and the horizon. Varied configurations of C-channel steel form the structure, with the upper levels allowing progressively more natural light. Each floor serves as a single room, all of them physically, visually, and programmatically connected by a central atrium that ties the vertical sequence into a single continuous spatial experience.