BECOMING GROWN-UPS: KIM JINHYU, NAM HOJIN
I AM AN ARCHITECT
ʻI am an Architectʼ was planned to meet young architects who seek their own architecture in a variety of materials and methods. What do they like, explore, and worry about? SPACE is going to discover individual characteristics of them rather than group them into a single category. The relay interview continues when the architect who participated in the conversation calls another architect in the next turn.
We Are Working on a Building of Our Own Design
Kim Yeram: You have settled down in Sinsa-dong.
Kim Jinhyu: Most of my family lives nearby, so naturally I came to Sinsadong and to this neighbourhood.
Kim Yeram: You stay in a building you designed yourself, Quad (2019). Was this originally planned as a residential space?
Nam Hojin: Right. The fifth floor, where we work, was originally intended as a private home. Even when the building was featured in the magazine (covered in SPACE No. 621), there was significant demand for penthouses in Garosu-gil area. So, the client planned to rent in this area.
But the client says it’s disappointing because if she knows someone that
