Min Hyun-sik

Korean spelling
Hangeul	민현식
Hanja	閔 賢 植
Revised Romanization	Min Hyeon-sik
McCune- Reischauer	Min Hyŏnsik
See also : Korean name

Min Hyun-sik (born October 21, 1946 ) is a South Korean architect who mainly works in South Korea. He designed several corporate and residential buildings, school and university buildings, hospitals, two churches and other buildings.

life and work

Min studied architecture at Seoul National University and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London . From 1972 to 1974 he worked for the architecture office Space and then until 1975 for the architecture group 'JANG'. From 1980 he worked for the urban planning and architecture office One for 12 years until 1992 . He then headed his 'Min Hyun-sik Architecture Research Laboratory' for four years and was then chairman and advisor to 'KIOHUN', the laboratory's successor, until 1997. In 2002 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Korea National University of Arts and held the post until 2004. In 2006 he became an Honorary Fellowship of the AIA (FAIA). He is currently a professor at the Korean National University of Arts and works as a primary advisor for the architecture firm KIOHUN Architects and Associates . In 2002 he and his colleague Lee Min-ah designed the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale .

Buildings (selection)

• Sindoricoh company building
• 2001–2009: Daejeon University Campus Master Plan, Munmugwan, Multi-Activity Center etc.
• 2006: Gimcheon Silver Hospital
• 2005: Dongsoong Presbyterian Church
• 1999: Pohang Christianity Hospital
• 1997: Sungyak Presbyterian Church
• 1988: National Conservatory of Korean Traditional Music

Web links

• Homepage of Min Hyun-sik (Korean)
• SEOUL SCAPE, BERLAGE INSTITUTE, ROTTERDAM - May 2008. Arqchile.cl
• 's (e) oul scape: towards a new urbanity in korea' at the berlage institute - designboom.com
• S (E) OUL SCAPE - image-web.org
• Structuring Emptiness: Book Review - October 2011. KOREANARCHITECTURE.COM
• Korea's Modern Architecture of the 20th century - winter 2008. Koreana Webzine
• Space # 478. ARCHITECT Min Hyun-sik . SPACE. ISSN  1228-2472
• Urban Facilities. Pyeong Hoa Nuri . C3. ISBN 978-89-86780-70-3
• Campus. Domitory for DaeJeon University, The Korean National University of Cultural Heritage, MACC Multi Activity Center for DaeJeon University . C3. ISBN 978-89-86780-76-5
• Churches. DongSoong Church Extension, SungYak Prebyterian Church . C3. ISBN 978-89-86780-77-2
• Identity workspace. HAYYIM Building, Sindoricoh Headquarters, Sindoricoh Headquarters and SeoUL Factory . C3. ISBN 978-89-86780-75-8

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 'SPACE'
2. ↑ 'ONE' ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ 'KIOHUN' ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
5. ↑ http://www.korean-pavilion.or.kr/02pavilion/mhs_lma_e.htm
6. ↑ VM space. Daejeon University's Munmugwan and WestGate Square ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ http://www.ds.or.kr/
8. ↑ Sungyak Presbyterian Church on the homepage of Min Hyun-sik
9. ^ National Conservatory of Korea Classical Music on the homepage of Min Hyun-sik

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Min is the family name here, Hyun-sik is the first name.