• Korean Architects
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• s.639
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• pp.40-45
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• 2022

6월 14일 화요일 오후에서 저녁 사이, 서울 중구 세종대로 (주)정림건축종합건축사사무소 9층 김정철 홀에서는 서울과 스위스를 잇는 특별한 온라인 화상 대담이 열렸다. 한국에 세워진 HdM의 첫 건축물 'ST송은빌딩'을 주제로 서울에서는 이은석 경희대학교 건축학과 교수와 기현철 정림건축 NID 본부장이, 스위스에서는 HdM을 이끄는 듀오 중 한 명인 피에르 드 뫼롱(Pierre de Meuron) 건축사가 자리해 이번 프로젝트 준비 초기에 고려했던 맥락부터 건축물의 예술성에 대한 문제까지 다양한 주제에 대해 의견을 나눴다.

• Journal of architectural history
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.17-26
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• 2018

In 1961, the Republic of Korea's first newly-constructed government building was completed. The government building, as ROK office, was erected as a twin with the USOM office in Sejong-ro. The reason why the ROK office and the USOM office were erected as a twin building is that the two offices were part of Foreign Operation Administration's Seoul Buildings Project in 1954. Within the project, the FOA office and the ROK office were rarely separated, and naturally, the ROK office was built according to the US standards. The planning, design, and construction phases which led by the US government were involved in the US architecture, engineering-construction companies. Because those AEC companies were familiar with the US technology and standards. In the phase of construction, Korean companies took part in the process under the supervise of Vinnell Corporation. The US expected to transfer its 'modern' and 'developed' technology through this process. The completed ROK office was widely known as the 'modern style (hyundae-sik)' building, which was body forth as glasses and new facilities. These factors were what the US emphasized for exporting architecture. The modifier, 'modern style (hyundae-sik)', given to the ROK office in the 1950s was a synonym for any new feeling that had never been seen hitherto. The newness of the ROK office, the 'modern style (hyundae-sik)' building, was specified as materials and facilities that indicates modern technology while in the absence of adequate knowledge.