A Village of Teachers Envisioning a Community Based Life: KNU Village

University campuses will generally provide accommodation for the faculty. Yet, such situations will mostly involve setting apart a number of student dormitories, or placing a block of apartments at the edge of the campus. These conditions would lead to the facilities perceived as little more than temporary homes. Yet, an exciting initiative has surfaced, in which a faculty have come together to face the reality of building a residential community. KNU Village (also known as Masi Village) is built within the social community of the Kyungpook National University staff. A total of 113 households have worked together over the past 14 years to autonomously establish a village, with the project reaching the completion phase in September 2015. The project garnered attention for providing a platform for many local architects. Ten months after its first residents have moved in, we take a look at what role architects play when it comes to building a village.