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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. TWO MOON in Gyeonggi-do, Korea by Moon HoonJuly 7th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Moon Hoon The client: Sometimes, clients bring in a clear idea or a name of a place they envision. This time, a movie named two moon junction surfaced when we first met. He talked about building a private cultural center centered around a coffee shop and a gallery. A free spirited space , somewhat erotically charged like the movie, a place full of festivity and relaxed atmosphere. The other important criteria included providing two separate buildings, one for the client, and the other for his younger brother. The budget was extremely low, so from the start we decided to build simple boxes with some impact points.  Image Courtesy © Nam Goongsun
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 Image Courtesy © Nam Goongsun The Site: The site is an hour drive up north near the city of Ilsan. It is a non-descript place, where all kinds of buildings stand alongside each other without any consideration for each other, industrial, residential and squatter town all mixed up. The diamond shaped site was divided into two sites accommodating two simple boxes oriented to provide enough parking space and a passage way between the two buildings.  Image Courtesy © Nam Goongsun The design: The low budget and the movie two moon junction were two major inspiration for the design. Each building has three floors that can be accessed directly via individual staircases, by doing so, common space can be reduced to minimum while maximum can be allocated for rental usage. The two boxes have an encounter with a large sphere, thus having a distinct concave space that signifies a moon motif. Right one is imbued with a balcony like a lure. The left one is given a horizontal slit. The other sides of the buildings also have contact points with small sphere, providing depth and apertures. The irregularities provided by contacts with the sphere are carried into the building to become space with some bulges, a space with some convex. The top floors have outdoor gardens with high walls, but round apertures give much transparencies among much solidified building. A mini pantheon like domes are also provided on the top floors. The free standing walls on the 3rd floors are punctured with horoscopes representing each client. Welcome back to “ornaments and symbols”…moon and stars!!!  Image Courtesy © Nam Goongsun MOON HOON: MOONBALSSO Born in 1968. As the son of a geologist and an English teacher, the author spent his childhood in the mining town of Sangdong-eup, Gangwon Province, and his adolescence in the island of Tasmania, Australia. He graduated from the Inha University Department of Architecture and the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in Massachusetts. He founded Moonbalsso in 2001, and has been an active architect since then. His major works include Rock It Suda, Lollipop House, Panorama House, Ongdalsam, K-Pop Curve, and Sangsang Museum, which received the Korean Institute of Architects Award in 2005. In addition, he crosses boundaries of different genres through various methods of expression such as drawings, installations and performances, in an effort to creatively experiment with expansion of architectural horizons. In 2009, he was selected as one of the “12 Major Architects of Korea” by professors of architecture, and in 2014, was invited to the Venice Biennale, where he showedmany of his drawings. Some of his drawings are included in the collections of Tchoban Foundation in Berlin, Germany.  Image Courtesy © Nam Goongsun  Image Courtesy © Nam Goongsun  Image Courtesy © Nam Goongsun  Image Courtesy © Nam Goongsun  Image Courtesy © Nam Goongsun  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon  Image Courtesy © Moon Hoon
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