SPACE March 2024 (No. 676)
I AM AN ARCHITECT
‘I am an Architect’ 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.
Rendering image of Manuscript for nature (2023) ©architectural/practice
interview Heo Sungbum principal, architectural/practice × Kim Jia
Starting Simply
Kim Jia (Kim): You completed your undergraduate studies in Korea and went to Switzerland for student exchange programme and work experience. Was there a particular reason for choosing Switzerland?
Heo Sungbum (Heo): At that time, rather than having a deep admiration of Swiss architecture, I just had a young desire to go abroad and challenge myself. I even got on a plane saying I would learn how to make cheese. It was a time when I was more interested in the wo...
