Moon Hoon

SAI Playground

SAI Playground
© Namgoong Sun

SAI Playground

Moon Hoon

ARCHITECTS
Moon Hoon

STRUCTURE ENGINEERING
Sdm Structural Engineering

CONSTRUCTION
L Sungwon

DESIGN TEAM
Kim Sung, Kim Taehyeong

PHOTOGRAPHS
Namgoong Sun

SITE AREA
90 Sqm 

AREA
330 M²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Seoul, South Korea

CATEGORY
Recreation & Training, Wellbeing, Adaptive Reuse

Text description provided by architects.

It was a unique case; in the construction of a new building next to the client had made many illicit choices, causing the district government to intervene and to suggest a radically altered space.

SAI Playground
© Namgoong Sun
SAI Playground
© Namgoong Sun
SAI Playground
© Namgoong Sun

In between the existing building site and the newly built building, I built a structure that could be used as a green house.

The metal structure of the building had already reached completion, and the husband and wife that had commissioned the project dreamed of a resting space full of greens.

The major regulation was to ensure the walls to transmit at least 50% of the light, and based on the demand, I sought to find the right material that was interesting but stable.

SAI Playground
© Namgoong Sun
SAI Playground
© Namgoong Sun

It was a coincidence that I found Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic grating, which met my needs.

I opted to suspend each part by connecting it via a cable to the structure above, and formed a haphazard grid of various sizes that did not match the steel frames of the building.

SAI Playground
© Namgoong Sun
SAI Playground
© Namgoong Sun
SAI Playground
© Namgoong Sun

As for the wall, I attached a lot of fixtures from where plants can hang, for an overall feeling of dynamism.

Like monkeys in the jungle, I imagine the space to be a place of comfort and fun, for those people who may seek rest in the building.


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Moon Hoon
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Moon Hoon
201, 789-21 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea