포럼앤포럼은 지난 3월과 6월, 올해를 관통하는 주제인 ‘건축의 비건축, 비건축의 건축’을 가지고 건축, 도시, 디자인, 현대미술, 패션, 영화 등 다양한 분야와 서로 이야기를 나누어왔습니다. 그리고 이번 9월에는 건축에 좀 더 초점을 맞추어 ‘포럼앤포럼 건축가시리즈’를 마련하였습니다.

그 첫 번째 시간으로, 서로 매우 다른 성격의 작업을 보여주고 있는 조병수 소장(Bcho Architects)과 조민석 소장(Mass Studies)을 초대해 각각 ‘경험과 인식’, ‘발견과 발명’이라는 키워드를 토대로 두 건축가의 작업에 숨어있는 건축적 혹은 비건축적인 고민의 흔적을 풀어낼 계획입니다.

건축가의 개별 프로젝트에 대한 이야기나 전문가의 리뷰를 통한 글은 여러 매체에서 어렵지 않게 찾아볼 수 있습니다. 하지만 같은 공간과 시간을 살면서 이만큼 상이한 작업을 하는 건축가들의 이야기를 한 자리에서 듣고 직접 나누는 기회는 갖기 어려운 것 같습니다. ‘포럼앤포럼 건축가시리즈’ 그 첫 번째 시간에는 한국적 감수성을 잘 보여주는 조병수 건축가와 무한한 상상력으로 기존의 틀을 깨는 조민석 건축가를 모시고 이들이 충돌하고 만나는 지점을 통해 ‘지금, 여기’의 건축의 모습, 그리고 관객으로 참여하는 ‘우리’의 모습도 되짚어 보는 기회가 되길 바랍니다.

- 일시 : 2012. 9. 25. 화요일 7:00PM ~ 9:30PM
- 장소 : 이화여자대학교 LG컨벤션센터
- 주최 : 정림건축문화재단, 이화여자대학교 건축학과, 연세대학교 건축공학과
- 기타 : 홈페이지 선착순 등록 (2012. 9. 17 월요일 낮 12시부터). 참가비 10,000원. 식음료 제공
- 문의 : info@junglimfoundation.org

Two of Mass Studies’ recently completed projects, Daum Headquarters and Vacant House, have been featured on the current issue of Domus.

Along with the article on the projects, the issue includes an editorial piece written by Min-Suk Cho.

Issue 960, July/August 2012.

Photography by Kyungsub Shin


Photography by Kyungsub Shin


Photography by Kyungsub Shin

Minsuk Cho will open the new edition of Festarch in Italy with a presentation of the recently completed Daum headquarters on Jeju Island.

He will be joined by Stefano Boeri for the official opening on Thursday, 7 June 2012 (8pm).

Location: Morlacchi Theatre ,Francesco Morlacchi Square 19, Perugia

New project has been added!



Different but Same Houses (Click HERE to view all)

KIST Global Guesthouse (Click HERE to view all)



Rotterdam Erasmus Student Pavilion (Click HERE to view all)



Paju 13 Bridge: Gokjik-kyo (Click HERE to view all)



Amorepacific HQ (Click HERE to view all)



MOCA (Click HERE to view all)

Mass Studies is one of the twelve teams participating in the "Street" exhibition for the 2011 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale!


Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Duration: Dec.08, 2011 ~ Feb.18, 2012

Minsuk Cho will be the headliner speaker for the "Design is Human" event hosted by Modern Atlanta.


Location: High Museum
Date: Saturday, 11 June 2011 (6pm - 7pm)

Minsuk Cho and Anthony Fontenot will be curating the "Named Design" exhibition of the Gwangju Design Biennale 2011. This biennale's main theme is Dogadobisangdo: Design is design is not design.


Directors: Seung H-Sang, Ai Weiwei

Curators:
Academy and Thematic Installation: Pai Hyungmin
Named Design: Minsuk Cho, Anthony Fontenot
Unnamed Design: Brendan McGetrick
Urban Follies: Kim Youngjun, Ramon Prat
Community: Beatrice Galilee, Helen Hejung Choi
Biennale City: Francisco Sanin, Jaejun Lee


Location: Gwangju Biennale Hall
Duration: Sept 2, 2011 ~ Oct 23, 2011

Minsuk Cho will be giving a lecture at University of California, Bekeley, as a part of their CED lecture series.


Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 (6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)
Location: 112 Wurster Hall

Minsuk Cho will be participating in the 12th Arquine International Architecture and Design Conference, Mexico City.


The invited speakers are:

Sergio Fajardo, Mathematician / Politician – Medellín, Colombia
Mauricio Rocha (Taller de Arquitectura), Architect – Mexico City
Francisco Mangado, Architect – Pamplona, Spain
Alejandro Sarmiento, Designer – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Smiljan Radic, Architect - Santiago, Chile
Jorge Wagensberg, Physicist / Museologist – Barcelona, Spain
Barry Bergdoll, MOMA Architecture Curator – New York
Teddy Cruz, Architect – San Diego, California
Peter Rich, Architect – Johannesburg, South Africa
Minsuk Cho (Mass Studies), Architect – Seoul, Korea
Kjetil Thorsen (Snøhetta), Architect – Oslo, Norway
Bjarke Ingels (BIG), Architect – Copenhagen, Denmark



Location: Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Date: Mar. 28, 2011 ~ Mar. 30, 2011

Minsuk Cho's lecture: Mar. 29, 2011 (Tues.), 15:30

An international commission made up of representatives of the Bureau International des Expositions (B.I.E.) awarded the Korea Pavilion with the Silver Medal in the Pavilion Design category for the Expo 2010 Shanghai!


Expo Awards

Minsuk Cho will be lecturing for the Architectural League of New York, with the event moderated by James Slade.


Location: Rose Auditorium, at 41 Cooper Square (Changed Nov.9th, 2010)
Date: Nov. 12, 2010 (Friday)
Time: 19:30

Minsuk Cho will be lecturing at GSD.


Location: Harvard Univ., GSD, Piper Auditorium
Date: Nov. 11, 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 18:30

Minsuk Cho will be lecturing at Princeton University's School of Architecture, for their Shades of Green lecture series.


Location: Princeton Univ., School of Architecture, Betts Auditorium
Date: Nov. 10, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 18:00

Minsuk Cho will be lecturing at UCLA for their "Beyond The Fringe" lecture series.


Location: UCLA (Perloff Hall)
Date: Nov. 8, 2010 (Monday)
Time: 18:30

Minsuk Cho is teaching at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Architecture and Building Technology) as a guest professor this October.

The construction of the Open Pavilion is well underway!


The official inauguration and the press conference will take place on October 2nd, 2010. Mark your calendars!

Minsuk Cho will be a guest speaker at the 4th Annual Tall Buildings Conference.

Excerpt:
"Covering the entire life cycle of a tall building from its design and construction to its finance and operations, the 4th Annual Tall Buildings conference aims to expound on the commercial aspects of tall buildings whilst retaining its strength in focusing on selected case studies featuring the latest in design and engineering these mega-structures of the future."



Event: 4th Annual Tall Buildings
Dates: 13th – 14th September 2010
Location: China World Hotel, Beijing

Mass Studies and 7 other architects exhibit their work for the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2010's Collateral Events.

Under the main theme of "Asian View of Life," 8 architects Cho Minsuk, Tan Kay Ngee, Nobuaki Furuya, Duangrit Bunnag, Ling Lee-Huat, Wang Lu, Yu Jian and Wang Xingtian present their work, the Octvillas, located in Hangzhou, China.


Dates: August 29 to October 12, 2010

Minsuk Cho's drawing is on display at the German Pavilion for the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2010, alongside drawings from about 200 architects invited.

Named "Architektonische Sehnsucht" ("architectural longing"), the collection is one of the exhibitions of the German Pavilion, whose main theme for this Biennale is "Sehnsucht," meaning "Longing."



Dates: August 29 to November 21, 2010