Healing Stay KOSMOS

19 Feb

The Villa Kosmos is designed to invite the spirit of the moon which hangs over Songgot-bong (ice pick peak) to inside.

Healing Stay Kosmos Resort stands on the cliffs of Ulleungdo Island. Ulleungdo Island with a history of 2.5 million years is located in the East Sea of South Korea, about 350 kilometers from Seoul. The extraordinary design of the resort comes from the hands of Professor Changjoong Kim, leading local architecture studio The System Lab, integrating the natural beauty of the island into the entire building.

The resort is built as an observatory where people come to observe and appreciate the spirit of the sky and the earth. That’s where the name Kosmos (the origin of the word Cosmos) comes from. The architectural form of The Kosmos echoes the shape of the swirl. From the early stage of designing, the mysterious movement of the sun and the moon, gathered by the astronomical and meteorological observatory computers, was reflected on the shape of the building.

Six swirl-shaped branches are turned into four rooms which are designed to help hotel guests interact with wonders of nature surrounding the hotel. Differently themed rooms will help connect the person who stays there with nature through ‘chi(energy)’ spirit. The interior designer is also done by The System Lab which wanted to capture the spirit of the Five Elements of the universe and designed each rooms at Villa Kosmos under different themes, including Mars(fire), Mercury(Water), Jupiter(woods) and Venus(Gold). The four pool villas boast unique view of the island.

Surrounding the moon object, the first floor of the Villa Kosmos is designed to invite the spirit of the moon which hangs over Songgot-bong (ice pick peak) to inside. The lounge is designed to enjoy the view of Elephant Rock while guests take rest sitting on a comfortable sofa and enjoy entertainment with other guests in their group.

The dining room which seats 10 people around a bespoke oak tree table made by a local designer Jeongsup Lee of The Naechon presents a magnificent view of Songgot-bong while the bar has a floor made from volcano rock to reflect the origin of the volcanic mountain surrounding the property.

There are two saunas which symbolizes the moon(Yin) and the sun(Yang) respectively, and two sauna rotate for two genders every day so that Yin and yang marry. On the outside, infinity Jacuzzi using water melted from snow stacked in Nari Basin (famous volcanic basin in Ulleungdo) will make guests feel they become part of the sea over the cliff.

The hotel is divided into two units, Villa Kosmos and Villa Terre. Villa Kosmos has 4 rooms, while Villa Terre has 8 rooms (3 rooms with beds, 4 rooms with On-dol, 1 room for a family). Guests can rent a single room at Villa Terre and Villa Kosmos is rented as a whole with 4 rooms.

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