REVISITING THE ‘COSMOPOLITAN LOOK’ AND ‘MEGACITY NETWORK’
In collaboration with National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), the Korean Cultural Center in Hungary and the Mokchon Foundation co-organised the exhibition ‘Contemporary Korean Architecture, Cosmopolitan Look 1989 – 2019’ on the 11th of November, 2019. As one of the reopening special shows at the Korean Cultural Center in Hungary, this exhibition, which will be open until the 28th of February, 2020 in Budapest, introduces the Korean journey over the past 30 years via 30 architectural projects. We had the chance to speak with Hwang Doojin, a participant in the exhibition, and to hear his opinions of the overall project, ranging from the exhibition itself to exchange with Hungarian architects.
Pai Hyungmin (professor, University of Seoul), the head curator of the exhibition ‘Contemporary Korean Architecture, Cosmopolitan Look 1989 – 2019’ (hereinafter Cosmopolitan Look), held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between Korea and Hungary, wrote in a recent email to all involved parties that ‘10 years after the “Megacity Network: Contemporary Korean Architecture” (hereinafter Magacity Network), a Korean contemporary architecture exhibition of comparative size will finally be held’, also offering his end of year wishes. ‘Megacity Network’ is the name
