Seung H-Sang
승효상
Korea
Worked with Kim Swoo-geun for fifteen years before founding his studio IROJE in 1989. He writes about the "beauty of poverty": plain, dark, restrained buildings with empty courtyards. He was Seoul's first City Architect (2014–2016).
From Wikipedia
Seung H-Sang is a South Korean architect who studied at Seoul National University and Technische Universitaet in Wien. After working for Kim Swoo-geun from 1974 to 1989, he established his own office IROJE architects&planners in 1989.
Seung was a core member of the 4.3 Group, which strongly influenced South Korean architecture, and participated in founding the Seoul School of Architecture for a new educational system. He is the author of Beauty of Poverty (1996 Mikunsa), Architecture, Signs of Thoughts (2004 Dolbegae), Landscript (2009 Yoelhwadang) and Memorial of Roh Moo-hyun (2010 Nulwa), and was a Visiting Professor of North London University and taught at Seoul National University and at Korea National University of Arts.
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Buildings in Seoul
- Welcomm City (2000)