Natured: Iroje, Seung H-Sang

By Seung H-Sang and Hyungmin Pai

A compedium of essays and projects that creates a projective document capable of setting up new scenarios for the architecture of the next decade.



This publication wants to transmit the constant values of the Seung H-Sang's architecture, which has been routed on principles and ideals driven by sensuous and essences of raw materials, echoing the extemporal features of the culture where buildings are placed, discovering the prettiness of scarcity of resources.



IROJE's buildings, landscapes and urban proposals have been always looking for the equilibrium between endurance of the past essence of each place and the freshness of the new life experiences generated by the architecture. The book proposes to compile the best architectural IROJE's works employing the magnificence of black and white pictures, creative sketches, and elementary plans and drawings to illustrate the permanent values of Seung H-Sang.



Iroje architects and planners got the "Korea Award for Art and Culture" in 2007. Seung H-Sang first City Architect of Seoul Metropolitan Government in 2016.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Actar
• Release date: Apr 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638409359

Seung H-Sang

Seung H-Sang is a South Korean architect who studied at Seoul National University and Technische Universitaetin Wien. After working for Kim Swoo-geun from 1974 to 1989, he established his own office 'IROJE architects&planners' in 1989. Seung was a core member of the 4.3 Group, which strongly influenced South Korean architecture, and participated in founding the Seoul School of Architecture for a new educational system. He is the author of 'Beauty of Poverty (1996 Mikunsa)', 'Architecture, Signs of Thoughts (2004 Dolbegae)', ‘Landscript (2009 Yoelhwadang)’ and 'Memorial of Roh Moo-hyun (2010 Nulwa)', and was a Visiting Professor of North London University and taught at Seoul National University and at Korea National University of Arts.

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