Songpa Micro-Housing was recently featured in Architecture and Culture Magazine in Korea. “라이프 스타일, 가족과 주거의 개념, 사회 가치 등이 빠르게 변화하는데, 그에 맞게 선택할 수있는 주거 공간은 아직 제한적이다…. 주거 공간이 그 변화에 따라 수축과 팽창을 같이 할 수 있다면 지속적인 주거가 가능하리라 생각한다. <송파 마이크로 하우징>을 통해서 그 가능성을 찾을 수 있었다.” […]
Songpa Micro-Housing has recently been featured in Fastco Design: “In Seoul, South Korea, a new design for a small-scale housing community makes micro-living look a lot more tenable long term. The 14 units in Songpa Micro-Housing—a mixed-use building designed by SsD… can be combined and rearranged to accommodate life changes. Couples can rent units together. […]
Following on their lecture at Waterloo School of Architecture, Jinhee Park and John Hong delve into the important role of cuteness in architecture using Miyazake Hiyao’s character Totoro as a launching point. Their essay ‘Totoro’s Sublime,’ is featured in the inaugural issue of Mole Magazine, published by Riverside Architectural Press and Waterloo School of Architecture. […]
Songpa Micro Housing located in the burgeoning Jamsil district in Seoul, Korea has recently been completed and featured in the October issue of Architectural Record. “Although they used repetitive units and simple construction, Jinhee park and John Hong of SsD brought variety and style to the 5,500-square-foot project by animating the spaces in between and […]
Jinhee Park has been been appointed Visiting Distinguished Critic at the Spitzer School of Architecture of the City College of NY. Jinhee joins a legacy of internationally renowned educators and practitioners that have included Billie Tsien, Merrill Elam, and Raimund Abraham. She will specifically extend her topic of ‘Micro Urbanism’ in an advanced studio setting. […]
Excerpts from Jinhee Park’s conversation with Sangho Kim about the design inspiration behind our recent Songpa Micro Housing. Featured in Junglim Foundation’s Architecture Newspaper, Jinhee discusses her concept of ‘Tapioca Space,’ and how subtle degrees of public and private spaces are necessary within density. Please stay tuned for further publications and exhibitions featuring the finished […]
Over the last two years our White Block Gallery has garnered quite a few awards and appeared in many publications. Feeling a bit modest, we refrained from posting too often about the project, but one honor we should not have neglected was this one from last July: The Mayor’s Office of the City of Paju […]
We have been conducting ongoing research on how computation can play a major role in successful urban design. As demonstrated in this summary video, parametrically conceived zoning can debunk the myth that there is an inverse relationship between density and the quality of our urban spaces. By simultaneously solving for the myriad of environmental and […]
We are very much looking forward to visiting Australia for a series of lectures on our topic of Micro-Urbanism. This will be the first showing of our just completed Songpa Micro-Housing and Cultural Center. Please join us for one of the following dates: The University of Queensland School of Architecture Speaker: Jinhee Park When: Tue […]
Earlier last month we had the privilege to join Paul Miller, aka Dj Spooky in dialog as part of his Seoul Counterpoint performance at LaMama theater hosted by Culture Hub. During his highly productive residency at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, we found common themes in our respective work: In a recent interview, Paul […]
As we put our nose to the grindstone in preparation for this summer’s Venice Biennale, we were reminded that we had not yet announced two influential publications we were featured in last year. Archive: Design Biennial Boston by the amazing curators and designers over,under / pinkcomma and Contemporary Architects Boston, by the prolific award winning […]
We just moved our New York office from the Garment District to the Financial District (right across from the ‘Bull’). Although our offices in Cambridge and Seoul remain in place, this particular relocation marks an exciting time for us: For a brief synopsis, our Songpa Micro-Housing project in Seoul is nearing completion, our Solar House […]
