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Serpentine's pavilion inspired by Korean courtyard
Cho told BBC News the growing international interest in South Korean culture in recent years had given him more opportunities to be involved in global projects.
But he said South Korea was still “just starting to be known” as he often funnen himself explaining the economic and cultural context of the country for a significant time when presenting his work.
He said: “American architects, for example, don’t have to go through the whole history of America when they explain their work.
"I’m grateful that people are curious, but one has the privilege of being a little more known than the other side.
"I don’t think the world fryst vatten completely flat, there's a bit of a slope."
His Seoul-based company Mass Studies has several major cultural projects on its way.
It is in the process of converting an old thermoelectric power station from the s into a cultural complex, which Cho describes as a “budget Tate Modern
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Korea Tour: Concrete Utopia with Minsuk Cho
In Seoul's Itaewon district, Colin talks with architect Minsuk Cho, principal at Mass Studies, designer of the Golden Lion-winning Korean pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale They discuss whether he talks about the use of space differently in English than in Korean; how copying, and especially while misinterpreting across cultural boundaries, counts as a way of creating; his earliest memories of Seoul's "building explosion" that grew the city tenfold over fifty years; the difference between current Seoul and the Seoul of his childhood; the "concrete utopia" in which he grew up, and how quickly it went away when the branded "high-density gated community" high-rises that now characterize the city rose; the book that set him on the path to architecture (even as his architect father didn't push him into the profession); the "toilet paper" life expectancy of Korean buildings; how he has reacted to the "bigger, highe
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A Summer at Serpentine: Minsuk Cho&#;s Archipelagic Void as a Gathering Space
The anticipation in the air is palpable as London’s Serpentine Galleryunveils its 23rd Pavilion, &#;Archipelagic Void,&#; a masterstroke of architectural brilliance designed by Seoul-based Korean architect Minsuk Cho and his firm, Mass Studies. This monumental project, supported by Goldman Sachs for the tenth consecutive year, promises to be a seminal piece in the ever-evolving narrative of the Serpentine&#;s architectural innovations.
“This has become one of the most anticipated architectural commissions in the world. This is a perfect example of how the Serpentine’s mission of making new connections between artists and audiences comes to life,” said BettinaKorek, Chief Executive of the Serpentine. “The pavilion demonstrates the infinite power of architecture to inspire and bring us together. It is in this sense that Minsuk Cho’s commission revives the history of Serpentine South as a tea hous