Muroi

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black box with cherry blossoms
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Space changes its face with time. In the short term, depending on the direction of the sunlight during the day, and at the longest depending on the weather, it changes its appearance in various ways depending on the season. The same is true for areas of change. From one small building to a large one across the country, the space changes its face. Spring and fall are people's favorite time of the season to change their faces and show off their beauty. Since it is relatively shorter than summer and winter, people pour into the space to enjoy the time.
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However, these cherry blossoms seen in full bloom are good to enjoy on the road, but I prefer to go to a specific place to enjoy them. It is a person's desire to see the most beautiful cherry blossoms, and also an effort to leave an impressive time with the person they are with. On the radio I heard in a taxi in Jeju Island, I heard a story about a couple who went to see cherry blossoms. 'There are cherry blossoms all over the world, so why do you have to come to a place with so many people to see it?!' It was a line from a man that is really rare these days. Seeing these stories streamed on the radio, I could tell by hearing that it was a time to enjoy cherry blossoms a lot.
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Gakseol, today's space is a place that silently hides the scene like a treasure to capture the appearance of that short space. When you arrive at the parking lot, you can see cherry blossoms little by little above the head of the wall, which is about the height of a person. So it makes you look forward to the moment you go to see it in its entirety. And from the entrance, the flower tree is no longer visible. black building. It rises upright like a wall that protects something bluntly or heavily, and stands threateningly. The entrance is large enough to make a person look small. And when you enter, there is only a low, black entrance surrounded by black walls on all sides. The glass could have been made transparent, but it is a glass door coated in black so as not to interfere with the continuous flow of the scene. Inside, there is a place that sells tickets just like the ticket office you meet before entering the amusement park. 'Table' is bread and coffee.
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Order and enter the space again like a maze. It is a clear gesture of intent to keep something. Even in the final hallway facing you, you can only see the light coming over your head, but the concrete wall hides many scenes. At this point, I was curious and was going crazy, so I ran away.
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In the scene facing the wall, a beautiful garden is hidden. The seats are all configured in such a way that you enjoy the garden. All of the indoor seating areas where you can enjoy the garden regardless of the weather face the garden, and the outside seating where you can fully enjoy the garden are placed throughout the trees.
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The final scene the black box was about to show is prepared for this spring. Of course, in other seasons, this garden will capture the appearance of each season, but since the trees that have already been planted are cherry trees, wouldn't spring be the best? The sentiment, glimpsed from outside the parking lot, comes to a heightened state through the complicated movement. A moving scene and the warmth of a spring day. The horizontal feeling of space is maintained, and the static feeling of space makes you enjoy spring calmly.
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Lastly, the black box serves as a background that both holds the cherry blossoms and makes them stand out.
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This is Muroi in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, a black box containing cherry blossoms.
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Location _ Cafe Muroi, 21, Donggwangbondong-ro, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do
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Business hours _ 10- 20
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full parking lot
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The menu is attached.
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*In order to express the sense of scale, people were inevitably drawn in. It's not my opinion, it's a method used a lot in architectural expression techniques. Borrow that method.
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PS. This space is operating in accordance with the Corona quarantine guidelines. Please note that there is no inconvenience in using the space. It is not easy to access without a car.