South Korean architect Moon Hoon designed a museum dedicated to Pinocchio, the fictional hero near Seoul.
The most striking part of the museum is the presence of a fountain in the shape of a nose that irrigates the garden on the facade of one of the buildings covered with metal.
Giant Pinocchio toy statues stand out in the interiors and gardens of the Pino Familia museum. The museum, designed for a collector who is a fan of Pinocchio, the character of children’s books whose nose grows when he is not honest, consists of three different buildings covered with metal. The buildings consist of a large grassy area within a small bridge and a miniature train set.
The first building is devoted to the collector’s Pinocchio toys, while the second building shows the other characters of the fairy tale.
The third building has a café, shop and an auditorium. Each building is inspired by the Pinocchio story, named ‘Wave and Whale’,
‘Whale Tale’ and ‘The Nose Fountain’.
‘The first building tries to tell the story of Pinocchio in terms of space and shape, where the big storm and whale emerged.’ Moon Hoon.