Hafele Korea, participated in the official sponsorship of ANA (Architects, not Architecture)
Global architecture • furniture hardware company Hafele Korea Co., Ltd. has been selected as an official sponsor for ANA (Architects, not Architecture) online world tour, a global architectural forum
Global architecture • furniture hardware company Hafele Korea Co., Ltd. has been selected as an official sponsor for ANA (Architects, not Architecture) online world tour, a global architectural forum. In order to be reborn as a customer-centered company, Hafele Korea is trying to become the best professional company in the industry by changing the business direction and digitalizing technology, and as part of that, so it is based on decision to sponsor an online world tour for architects.
Architects, not Architecture aims to bring to the stage what we normally don’t see. We invite three well-known architects, who instead of talking about their award winning international projects, are asked to talk about themselves. They speak about their path, their influences and experiences, and dive deeper into their intellectual biography. This makes possible a better understanding of their work, without them even mentioning it.
The ANA Forum was launched in 2015 and is continuing its success by reflecting the influence of people behind the buildings. ANA, which has led more than 34 events with more than 10,000 attendees for 5 years, is now going online in 12 countries, starting with Germany. Particularly in the ANA Seoul Edition, you can also check the story of two special Korean architects. Each session talks about your personal experiences and important creative periods in your life. In addition, real-time Q&A enables closer communication. This forum can be registered for free on the ANA site. (https://www.architectsnotarchitecture.com/)
NEW // Jan. 6, 2021 – VWT Seoul Edition
LIVE (Programme live, South Korea time)
18:15 (Korean time) – “Doors open”
18:30 – 18:40 – Welcome
18:40 – 19:40 – Speakers (20-Minute talk & 10-Minute interview)
19:40 – 20:00 – Discussion with questions from the audience
RERUN (Replay, Germany time)
18:45 (Berlin time) – “Doors open”
19:00 – 19:10 – Welcome
19:10 – 20:10 – Speakers (20-Minute talk & 10-Minute interview)
20:10 – 20:30 – Discussion with questions from the audience
Speacker introduction
Kim In-cheurl is a South Korean architect, who was born in Jinhae. He studied architecture at Hong-ik University in Seoul and received his master’s degree from Kuk-min University. After he had gained experience working in the office of Aum Dok-moon, he established his own practice called Inje architects, which was later renamed to archium. He has worked as a professor at Chung-ang University, was member of the Presidential Commission on Architecture Policy and currently holds the position of City Architect for the Busan Metropolitan Area.
His work has been honored with various national awards, including multiple awards of the Korean Institute of Architecture, the Kim Su Geun Architecture Award and the Seoul Architecture Award for the Kim Ok-Gil Memorial Hall, the headquarter for Woongjin Think Big and Urban Hive.
Apart from that, he has published several books and showed his work at the 3-Korean Architetcs Exhibition in Tokyo, Heyri Art Valley Exihibition and Paju Book City Exhibition in Berlin as well as the Mega City Network in Frankfurt, Germany.
Cho Byong-soo ist founder BCHO Partners, a forty people firm founded in Seoul, Korea in 1994. The firm, which is run by Byoungsoo Cho and two partners, started as a design-build office with a focus on simple structures and strong regard for nature. The design team has been working very closely with contractors and multiple fabrication specialists in various disciplines, including stone masons, product designers, wood workers, potters, and engineers.
The firm also has multiple professional collaborators throughout the world in North and South America. BCHO Partners believe that buildings, furniture, and art are made, not created. Each architectural project, encompassing various scales and programs, explores the phenomenon of light and space, fabrication and construction methods, recycling and reusing, and a broad sense of sustainability (social/cultural/physical) which uses collective creative energy to reduce the demand for grid energy.
Cho Byoung-soo has taught at various universities including Aarhus School of Architecture, Universitat Kaiserslautern, YonSei, HanYang, GyoungGi, and Harvard University. He has received KIA Award, Cri-Arc Award, AIA Honor Award, in Montana Chapter and in N.W. Pacific Regional. His recent works include Jipyoung Guesthouse, Hyundai Global Training Center, Concrete Box House, Ramp Building, and Be.Twixt. His firm has been selected as one of eleven Design Vanguard Firms by Architectural Record (Dec. 2004).
