[DIALOGUE] The Methods Behind Neighbourhood Living Facilities ─ SCALE : MATERIALS
photographed by
Kim Yongkwan
materials provided by
L’EAU design
edited by
Youn Yaelim
SPACE March 2025 (No. 688)
Sinsa Polyomino (2024)
DIALOGUE
Kim Dongjin professor, Hongik University × Lee Sungyong principal, SYL Architects × Zo Hangman professor, Seoul National University
SCALE : MATERIALS
Urban Presence
Zo Hangman(Zo): Buildings along main roads inevitably take on a different figure than those on side roads. Even the regulations that are applied are different. Buildings are packed tightly together around side roads, creating a feeling of compression. When things feel that compressed, there’s an instinct to shake them up and break the rigidity, just like buildings in Cheongdam and Nonhyeon. On the other hand, main roads are like open fields. In such settings, it’s often better for a building to stand firm and upright.
Lee Sungyong(Lee): I sometimes wonder whether buildings on main roads subtly aim to assert their presence among other large and prominent buildings. Sinsa Polyomino and Yeoksam Dichroic (2023), despite differences in the scale of their composing cells, stand as substantial masses.
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Kim Dongjin
Kim Dongjin graduated from Hongik University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and worked at SAC International, Ltd. He studied also at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville. Since 2000 he has been the president of L’EAU design. And, since 2005, a professor of architectural design at the graduate school of architectural engineering at Hongik University. His major works include Gongju Park Adhocracy, Nonhyun Matryoshka, Chengdam March Rabbit, Jeju Bayhill Pool and Villa, and Bati-ㄹ. He has won numerous architectural awards including the 31st, 38th and 42nd Korean Institute of Architects Awards, the 25th and 33rd Seoul Architecture Awards, the 1st Young Architects Award, The Architecture Master Prize in 2019 in the U.S., the Iconic Award 2015 in Germany.
Lee Sungyong
Lee Sungyong graduated from the department of architectural engineering at Hanyang University and the graduate school of architecture, planning and preservation at Columbia University in New York. Afterwards, he worked at Morris Sato Studio in New York and NBBJ in Los Angeles, and worked at HAEAHN Architecture after returning Korea in 2015. He has established and operated SYL Architects since 2019 and is an adjunct professor in the department of architecture at Hanyang University. Major works include EH Marine House, Sinsa Samwon Garden Main Building, Sandy Box, PLUTO and JUPITER and he won the Ulsan Metropolitan City Grand Prize in the general sector in 2020, the Gangnam-gu Beautiful Architecture Promotion Award (2022) and the Beautiful Architecture Award (2023, 2024).
Zo Hangman
Zo Hangman studied at the department of architecture at Seoul National University and the graduate school of architecture at Columbia University. After working at KYWC Architects, iarc, and GreenbergFarrow in New York, he participated in the establishment of H Architecture and oversaw design. Since 2013, he has been serving as a professor in the department of architecture at Seoul National University, and has been working as a co-principal at TAAL Architects with Seo Jiyoung. His major works include the Sejong Public Administration Town Master Plan, the Government Complex Sejong 1-1, 2-2, the 2012 Yeosu Expo International Pavilion, and the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Gyeongju Hwabaek Convention Center. In addition, he won the 2010 WAN Building of the Year Award, AIANY Design Awards (2009, 2010), Kim Swoo Geun Preview Award (2016), and Korea Wood Design Award (2018, 2021).
