Hallim Village Library

Hallim, Jeju

A small library for a fishing village on Jeju, under one low timber roof.

A low timber-roofed library sitting behind old black basalt walls near a harbor, with native planting inside the walls.

The library behind its basalt walls, from the village lane.

Type

Civic and cultural

Status

In design

Place

Hallim, Jeju

Year

2025–2028 (expected)

Area

640 m² / 6,890 ft²

Client

Hallim Village Library Foundation

Team

Daniel Cho, Ada Okoro, Amara Diallo

Images

AI-generated imagery

Brief

A village library with a reading room, a children’s room and a hall for meetings and classes, run partly by volunteers.

Site

A lot behind the harbor, enclosed by old basalt walls, in a place known for strong winter winds.

Approach

The library sits low behind the existing basalt walls, which we keep and repair. One timber roof covers all three rooms and drops toward the wind. Reading tables face a garden of native plants inside the walls. The hall opens onto the village lane for events.

Outcome

In design. Construction expected to start in 2026.

Plan, 1:200

View over a black basalt wall into a planted garden and the long window wall of the reading room.

Over the wall into the garden.

End view of the long low timber library, its roof sloping down toward the wind, with the harbor beyond.

The end of the library, facing the harbor.

Section facing the harbor, 1:100

The reading room under exposed glulam roof beams, long timber tables facing large windows onto the walled garden and the sea.

Detail of the repaired black basalt stone wall against the lime-washed wall, under the grey cedar shingle roof edge.

The hall at dusk with its timber doors open onto the lane between black basalt walls, warm light spilling across the stone threshold.

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