Seung H-Sang: Landscript
Friday 28 October 2011, 6:30pm, Forum
Seung H-Sang is a leading and highly celebrated architect in Korea today. He was a Visiting Professor at London Metropolitan University in 1998/99. He worked with Florian Beigel and ARU and several other architects from Korea on the Architectural Design Guidelines for Paju Book City Phase 01 at that time, and he acted as the co-ordinator with Min Hyun Sik for the realisation of Paju Book City during the last decade.
He has gained international recognition with projects such as: Welcomm City in Seoul (2000); Commune by the Great Wall in Beijing (2001); Chao-Wei SOHO project in Beijing (2004); Korea DMZ Peace-Life Valley in InJe (2005); Guggenheim Pavilion in Abu Dhabi (2007); the grave of the late former President of Korea Roh Moo-hyun in Kimhae (2009). He served as the artistic co-director of the 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale titled: ’Design is Design is not Design’, shared with Chinese artist and architect Ai Weiwei. He has directed the architectural firm, Iroje in Seoul since 1989 and in Beijing since 2008.
Mr. Seung’s work has been exhibited and published widely internationally. Recent books written by and/or about Seung include: Seung H-Sang, Beauty of Poverty, 1996; Seung H-Sang, 지혜의 도시 지혜의 건축 (City of Wisdom, Architecture of Wisdom), 1999; Min Hyun-sik, Seung H-sang, Khang Hyuk , Structuring Emptiness, 2005; Pai Hyungmin, Sensuous Plan, the Architecture of Seung H-Sang, 2007; Seung H-Sang, Landscript, The Inscription of Nature and Life on the Land, 2009; and Seung H-Sang, C3 Publishing Co., 2010.
