Min Hyun-sik explained
Min Hyun-sik (born 21 October 1946) is a South Korean architect.
Biography
Min was born in 1946, in Gyeongnam, Korea. After having worked and studied under architect Kim Swoo Geun of Space Group and architect Yoon Seung Joong of Wondoshi Architects Group (of which he had been a partner since 1980), he studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, UK, in 1989/1990. In 1992, he started his own practice H. Min Architect and Associates. In 1997, he was one of the core members to establish a school of visual arts at the Korea National University of Arts, at which he holds a professorship to this day.[2]
His active communication with the public first became recognized with "Housing with Deep Space",[3] exhibited in the 1992 show "Echoes of an Era". Since then he has continually presented new projects, each one of them containing creative issues, for example, "Phenomenological Aesthetics", "Madang; Specific indeterminate space", "Architectural Landscape", "Structuring Emptiness; ethics over aesthetics".[4]
Extending his architectural interests into urbanism, he participated in several urban planning and design projects, for example, "Paju Landscape Script" for Paju Book City,[5] [6] and the schematic design of "Gwangju, the Capital City of Asian Culture".[7] His works and ideas have always been the center of debate and controversy, and have marked important turning points in Korean architecture and urbanism.
Most of all, his works have centered on "Structuring Emptiness",[8] which stems from Korean traditional architecture.Min's propositions in architecture are continually concerned with "Structuring Emptiness" which is a design of potentials: as infrastructures of daily lives deeply related to the properties and intimacies of the site it sit on. This idea aims to reach beyond the level of objectification in architecture.Abstracting the geological features of the site, he creates a specific architectural landscape. Alternative to symbolic architecture, this idea presents a way to search for different dimensions of architecture and reach beyond the level of objectification. His works are not only searching for the identity of Korean contemporary architecture but also developing and expanding those ideas to generate a theory of the future.[9]
Presented by works, publications, articles, teaching, and international exhibitions, including Venice Biennale 1996/2000/2002,[10] "Structuring Emptiness" invited by University of Pennsylvania in 2003,[11] and "Paju Book City" at Aedes West in Berlin, 2005,[12] [13] his creative ideas shows us the possibility of acquiring universality in the realm of architecture.
Profile
Notable works
- Sindohrico Company[16]
- 2004 ~ 2005 Qingdao Complex[17]
- 1999 Asan Factory[18]
- 1999 Head Office and Seoul Factory
- 1994 Administration Building
- 1991 Hostel for Sindohrico Workers[19]
- Educational Facilities
- Office Building
- 2005 Head Office & Exhibition Gallery of R-TOTO Company[22]
- 2004 Hayyim Building,a office complex for venture enterprises
- 2000 Sanggye Branch Shop of Juno Hair
- Housing
- 2008 WALDHAUS JISAN
- 2000 Housing with Deep Space
- 1999 Unit Plan and Design of Samsung Tower Palace
- 1995 Bongchun residential district development Apartment
- Religious Building
- 2005 Dongsoong Presbyterian Church
- 1997 Sungyak Presbyterian Church[23]
- Hospital
- Paju Book City[5] [6]
- 2005 Bupmoonsa Publication Company
- 2004 KD Media Paju Book City
- 2004 Language and Creation Publication Company
- 2004 BOOKXEN, Publication Distribution Complex
- 2004 Paju Landscape Script of Paju Book City
- 2004 Info-Room of Paju Book City
- ETC
External links
Notes and References
- http://eng.karts.ac.kr:81/karts/main/html.jsp?c_no=003010002003 Homepage of Korea National University of Arts
- https://archive.today/20130112022816/http://www.dolbegae.co.kr/home/book/bookinfo.asp?pf_id=2006007199000375&page=1%23intro 건축에게 시대를 묻다
- The Dong-A Ilbo, January 17, 1995. 41 pg (www.donga.com)
- http://koreanarchitecture.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/structuring-emptiness-%E2%80%93-book-review/ Structuring Emptiness : Book Review
- http://aru.londonmet.ac.uk/works/paju/ PAJU BOOK CITY: aru homepage
- http://www.pajubookcity.org/english/sub_03_01.asp www.pajubookcity.org
- http://www.cct.go.kr/english/index.do Hub city of Asian culture, Gwangju
- https://books.google.com/books?id=n0B7MgAACAAJ 비움의 구축 Structuring Emptiness
- http://www.aiahonolulu.org/cde.cfm?event=211248 UHSoA Currents 2008: Structuring Emptiness
- http://www.korean-pavilion.or.kr/02pavilion/mhs_lma_e.htm La Biennale de Venezia Korean Pavilion official page
- http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v50/n07/update.html Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 7, October 7, 2003
- http://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen_Zwei_Ausstellungen_in_Berlin_zu_koreanischer_Architektur_21369.html Baunetz, Sep 20 2005
- http://www.aedes-arc.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=det_aedes_ausstellung_artikel_2000&id=365854&menu_id=2 Aedes, Sep 2005
- http://www.karts.ac.kr/user/prof/prof_viw.do?no=107&c_no=002005002&searchType=%EA%B1%B4%EC%B6%95%EA%B3%BC&p_no=002005002004002 Homepage of Korea National University of Arts
- http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=tab_txc&where=people_profile&ie=utf8&query=%EB%AF%BC%ED%98%84%EC%8B%9D&os=174858 NAVER personal information page
- http://blog.naver.com/PostList.nhn?from=postList&blogId=sindohblog&categoryNo=28¤tPage=12 'SINDOH Architecture Story' from Sindoricoh Blog
- http://www.vmspace.com/eng/sub_emagazine_view.asp?category=architecture&idx=10097 VM Space. The 2nd Phase of Sindohrico Company's Qingdao Comp.
- http://www.kia.or.kr/architect/search_project_today_view_basic.asp?FD_WBASE_WORKID=013336 KIA. Project Information. Sindoricoh Headquarters, Asan
- http://www.kia.or.kr/architect/search_project_today_view_basic.asp?FD_WBASE_WORKID=012194 KIA. Project Information. Dormitory of Sindoricoh
- http://www.vmspace.com/eng/sub_emagazine_view.asp?category=architecture&idx=10095 VM space. Daejeon University's Munmugwan and WestGate Square
- http://www.kia.or.kr/architect/search_project_today_view_basic.asp?FD_WBASE_WORKID=005857 KIA. Project Information. Korea Traditional Music National School
- http://www.vmspace.com/eng/sub_emagazine_view.asp?category=architecture&idx=10096 VM Space. The Royal TOTO Company Building
- http://www.kia.or.kr/architect/search_project_today_view_basic.asp?FD_WBASE_WORKID=013232 KIA. Project Information. Sungyak Presbyterian Church
