Moon Hoon: Two Moon

Korean architect Moon Hoon’s latest project reassembles the lunar sphere carving the facades of the two adjacent volumes of this private cultural center.

The low budget and the movie Two Moon Junction were two major inspiration for the design of this private cultural center focused around a coffee shop and a gallery near the city of Ilsan, South Korea, commissioned to Moon Hoon by two brothers.

The diamond shaped site was divided into two areas accommodating two simple boxes oriented to provide enough parking space and a passage way between the two buildings.

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 third floors are punctured with horoscopes representing each client.