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What If Park Kilyong Was Not the Architect of Bohwagak? ‒ SPACE as the Evidence or Mystery

Bohwagak, located within the precinct of Kansong Art Museum, is known to have been designed by Park Kilyong and was completed in 1938. In this report, Hyon-Sob Kim (professor, Korea University) raises intriguing questions over the origins of this site and suggests that Park Kilyong may not be the architect of Bohwagak.

Jan 17, 2023
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[Public, Memory, and Place: When to Summon Aban...

Jan 12, 2023
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Setting Foot on Earth: Choi Bongkuk

"I thought about a way of keeping my attention on the fact that, I am the one who ’s staying, in this space."

Jan 10, 2023
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[Public, Memory, and Place: When to Summon Aban...

Jan 05, 2023
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[Re-Visit SPACE] The ‘Ideological Art’ of Park ...

The art critic Park Yongsookʼs ‘Why, It Is Ideological?’ published in SPACE No. 84 (Apr. 1974), again ...

Dec 22, 2022
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Proven in Our Spaces: Bang Giae, Eom Taegyu

Bang Giae and Eom Taegyu propose spaces that feature the traits of cmm architects, encompassing architectur...

Dec 16, 2022
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Mediating between Architecture, Nature and Cult...

This year, H&P Architects (HPA) was also invited. Founding HPA with Trần Ngọc Phượng...

Dec 15, 2022
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Searching for Seoul’s Identity as a City: Seoul...

Sanghun Lee’s Seoul Urbanism, published this November, analyses the characteristics that inform Seoul’s urb...

Nov 30, 2022
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[Re-Visit SPACE] The Dividing Game: Kim Won’s B...

Designed in 1971, at a crucial moment in Korean modern history that can be traced through a series of incid...

Nov 24, 2022
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[Critiquing the Architectural Design Industry] ...

Koh Youngsung Formative architects, Ki Hyunchul Junglim Architecture, Kim Jeongim Seoro Architects, Oh Sinw...

Nov 11, 2022
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[Critiquing the Architectural Design Industry...

Song Jaewook songgot, Lee Sena Samoo Architects & Engineers, Lim Sera Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, C...

Nov 10, 2022
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[Critiquing the Architectural Design Industry...

Jeon Joongseob FHHH FRIENDS, Jung Eunho former HAEAHN Architecture, Jeong Pilran Gansam Architects & Partne...

Nov 09, 2022
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[Critiquing the Architectural Design Industry] ...

Min Seonghong Heerim Architects & Planners, Park Sehyun LIFE architects, Lee Jueun eSou Architects, Chae Se...

Nov 08, 2022
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[Critiquing the Architectural Design Industry] ...

Kwon Namhyeong Konkuk University, Kim Jihyun Dong-A University, Sohn Hyojie Sungkyunkwan University, Jung W...

Nov 03, 2022
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The Stories Within: Na Jongwon

Na Jongwon is a co-principal of ‘of’, based in Seoul and London. He dropped out of Yonsei Universityʼs...

Oct 25, 2022
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A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, NATURE: TONKIN LIU

Tonkin Liu draws inspiration from nature. The aspects of nature explored here are divided into climatic ele...

Oct 17, 2022
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OUR SENSES, THE SENSE OF ‘US’: ‘SCORING THE WORDS’

The exhibition ‘Scoring the Words’, an overview of common sensibilities in Asia, will be open from the 1st ...

Oct 14, 2022
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A MIND FOR THE FUTURE: LEE TJIYOUNG

Lee Tjiyoung graduated from the department of architecture at Korea National University of Arts and was tra...

Oct 13, 2022
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Experimenting on the Role of Architect: PINGTAN...

Based within the School of Architecture at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the research organis...

Oct 04, 2022
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[Re-Visit SPACE] April 1987 Issue: The Signific...

‘Architect Yoon Seungjoong’, the sixth in the series, must be very meaningful from the viewpoint of ‘Re-vis...

Sept 23, 2022
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Be Doing It, Have to Do It: Kim Saesbyeol, Yun...

Kim Saesbyeol and Yun Sungyoung worked at Bae Byung-kil Architecture & Urban Design Associates and graduate...

Sept 21, 2022