Riffle Architecture: Gathering the ordinary Part 2 Project 2025 Ji Won Han Korea National University of Arts | South Korea ‘Riffle Architecture’ addresses regional extinction through a gentle, site-specific approach inspired by natural riffles—shallow water flowing over interval stones purifying and oxygenating rivers. Mitan-myeon, a small rural village whose name means “beautiful riffles,” faces depopulation, abandoned buildings, and farmland, with no riffles flowing anymore.Here we make the riffle flow again with multi-scale architectural interventions throughout the village to purify it once more. By placing small and large structures at thoughtful intervals, like stones in a riffle—from fish farm structures to hotel buildings—the village is reimagined as a hotel creating flowing scenery. The hotel experience is woven through the village, offering varied spaces for locals and visitors. Materials and forms are drawn from the village’s ordinariness and landscape. Abandoned buildings are repurposed as hotel facilities, and communal spaces. Local spring water is used to create fish farms and a self-sustaining ecosystem, bringing new life and economic opportunity to the village.Rather than introducing landmarks, the design offers a quiet, regenerative method rooted in the village’s ordinariness. ‘Riffle Architecture’ is a way of gathering, flowing, and purifying socially, ecologically, and spatially. A gentle method of offering revitalization—gathering the ordinary with care so life can quietly flow again. Tutor(s)