When describing his architecture, Byoung Cho often talks about nature. But his connection to it is not achieved through specific physical means such as materials of a certain provenance, low-tech construction methods or even particularly arcadian rural sites. At the core of Cho’s practice is ‘interdependent nature’, a flexible, context-specific take on architecture, centred on the idea of an equilibrium. He cites the Dalai Lama, who first talked about this concept in (1998): ‘We need a clear awareness of the interdependent nature of nations, of humans and animals, and of humans, animals and the world. I feel that many problems, especially man-made problems, are due to a lack of knowledge about this interdependent nature.’
