Seung H-Sang

Born in 1952, Seung H-Sang graduated at the Seoul National University and studied at the Technische Univertitaet in Wien. He worked for Kim Swoo Geun from 1974 to 1989 and founded his office IROJE architects & planners in 1989. He was a core member of the 4.3 Group, which strongly influenced Korean architecture, and participated to the foundation of the Seoul School of Architecture for a new educational system. Sheung H-Sang is the author of many essays and works on architecture and was selected as “Artist of the Year 2002” by the Korea National Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2007 the Korean government honored him with the “Korea Award for Art and Culture”; he was the commissioner of Korean Pavilion at the 2008 Venice Art Biennale and at the 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale. He was elected as first City Architect of Seoul Metropolitan Government in 2014 and finished his term in 2016.