ABOUT
Every Day Feels Like a Long Weekend
Long Weekend Hausee is a small urban hotel in Dongdaemun, Seoul, designed around the idea that every day can feel like a long weekend. Located within a dense urban fabric shaped by commerce, culture, history, and movement, the hotel was conceived as both a base for exploring the city and a quiet place to return to at the end of the day.
Rather than treating the guest room only as an efficient interior volume, the design gives each room a direct relationship with nature. Private balconies, small gardens, and framed views of greenery allow guests to encounter fresh air, daylight, and moments of pause within the city.
These planted balconies also shape the building’s identity from the street. Vegetation, light, and shadow soften the dense streetscape of Dongdaemun and introduce a more human scale.
The compact 155 m² site and changing building coverage regulations strongly influenced the architecture. As the allowable footprint decreases on the upper levels, the building steps back to create terraces and exterior spaces. A continuous system of vertical frames and horizontal bands visually unifies these changing floor plates, while warm-gray brick tiles and slender metal elements reinforce a calm, woven order across the façade.
The ground-floor pilotis acts as a semi-outdoor room between the city and the hotel, loosely connecting the entrance, café, lounge, and circulation. This gradual transition slows the pace from the street and introduces the quieter atmosphere within.
Long Weekend Haus was developed through close collaboration across architecture, interiors, landscape, furniture, signage, branding, and craft. Landscape designers, furniture designers, and artists contributed to a shared spatial language, with planting, custom furniture, handcrafted signage, and artistic details developed as part of one cohesive experience.
Inside, warm timber, muted tones, restrained lighting, and tactile materials create a calm atmosphere. Views toward balconies, plants, and the city extend the perceived depth of the rooms and bring natural light and seasonal change into the interior.
Long Weekend Haus transforms the constraints of a small urban site, strict regulations, and hotel efficiency into opportunities for a more generous form of hospitality. It creates a small house within the city where travelers can slow down, rest, and experience Seoul at a gentler rhythm—even for a short stay.
