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Moon hoon designs sangsang museum for client with dracula alter-ego

The ‘sangsang museum’ unites a small residence, commercial space, offices, and a studio for a well known photographer client, while catering to his dracula alter-ego with a castle-like concrete shell

Located in the mapo district of seoul, the project is one of the earlier realized buildings by korean architect moon hoon, and represents his ability to express disparate functional elements with diverse formal and material qualities. this includes a wood shingle-clad bedroom volume extending from the main mass, as well as a metal-skinned element on the back façade that extends into an open steel frame shaping a rooftop terrace above.

the structure is shaped by a odd site that links three plots of land together. specifically, the building approaches a primary road (20 meters wide) at its north elevation as well as a perpendicularly-oriented alley (6 meters wide). the former provides a ground level entry to a commercial area while the latter allows for basement and upper level access to the residence. this arrangement functionally separates the two parts of the building to clarify circulation, while allowing for a continuity in its massing.the two separate street-approaching elevations create two different faces for the ‘sangsang museum’. one is clad in wood and arranged by regular windows and small balconies, while the other maintains its concrete exterior with irregular breaks to accommodate outdoor patios.

the concrete exterior expresses its board-formed construction process

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  • Seoul, South Korea
  • moon hoon