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Korea 360 — Hallyu Center

Dubai Festival City Mall, Dubai · 2025

Category

interior

Services

Exhibition Design · Interior Design

Korea 360 — Hallyu Center — primary project image

About the project

Korea 360 Dubai is a 1,606-square-meter Korean cultural experience hub in Dubai Festival City Mall, jointly managed by 10 public Korean organizations including KOCCA — a mega-platform for Middle Eastern fans of the Korean Wave (Hallyu).

More than a traditional Korean material, Hanji becomes the living soul of the project. A continuous white translucent ribbon flows through every space — sometimes a ceiling, sometimes a wall, sometimes light, sometimes shadow — naturally guiding every movement through the exhibition.

The visitor does not simply discover Korea. The visitor walks alongside Hanji.

Korea 360 is not a permanent exhibition about South Korea. It is an immersive spatial journey through the nation's emotions, traditions, creativity and contemporary identity. Rather than organizing culture into separate exhibition halls, the project transforms Korean philosophy into an architectural experience.

Hanji Unfurled — one journey into Korean papermaking
Hanji Unfurled — one journey into Korean papermaking
01

Han

Where beauty is born from sorrow.

02

Heung

Joyful energy — fun, and excitement.

03

Jeong

A gentle feeling of fondness or liking.

04

Jeongja 정자

It gathers people together in Jeongja.

More than a traditional Korean material, Hanji becomes the living soul of the project — a silent companion that grows, transforms and finally becomes a work of art. The visitor does not simply discover Korea. The visitor walks alongside Hanji.

A continuous white translucent ribbon flows through every space. Sometimes it becomes a ceiling. Sometimes a wall. Sometimes light. Sometimes shadow. Rather than using conventional wayfinding, Hanji naturally guides every movement throughout the exhibition — connecting every chapter of the journey, physically and emotionally.

The River of Time — concept sketch
The River of Time — concept sketch
The Journey of Hanji — exhibition plan
The Journey of Hanji — exhibition plan
K-Hanbok 한복
K-Hanbok 한복
K-Culture zone
K-Culture zone
Media wall
Media wall
K-Drama media room
K-Drama media room
Immersive gallery
Immersive gallery
When Hanji becomes art
When Hanji becomes art
Where Hanji brings people together
Where Hanji brings people together

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