Curators

• Chun, Eui Young

  

  Chun is an architect and professor of architecture at Kyonggi University. He served as General Director for the Seoul Design Olympiad (2009), the Gwangju Folly Project (2015), and the Seoul Architecture Festival (2019). At present, Chun serves as the chairman of the Korean Institute of Architects. In his book Open Architecture Changes the World: Revolution in Engaging Spaces , he presented methodologies of sustainable urban spaces. Chun will serve as a co-curator for the Thematic Exhibition, establishing the directions for future cities of the land urbanism.

• Jinyoung Lim

  

  Jinyoung Lim is the founder of OPENHOUSE Seoul. As an architectural journalist and director, she has participated in various publishing, exhibitions, research, and culture projects. She has served as editor of C3KOREA (previously Architecture and Environment) in 2000, senior editor of the monthly magazine SPACE in 2005, contributor of MARK , a magazine specializing in architecture, in 2010, and guest editor-in-chief of x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-documentum in 2018. With various experience in architectural curatorial projects in publishing, exhibition, and research, Lim will serve as co-curator for the Guest Cities Exhibition to present case studies on urban density and publicness.

• Sang Hoon Youm

  

  Sang Hoon Youm is an architect and associate professor at Yonsei University. His research seeks to expand the interface between the city and architecture. He has experience in curating international architecture exhibitions such as Swiss Positions Swiss Scale, Retrospective Futures: Seoul Regeneration, etc. He won the Korea Institute of Architects Award in 2021. Youm will serve as co-curator for the Guest Cities Exhibition and provide an arena for discussions among global cities to collect diverse perspectives and solutions related to the land.

• Sara Kim

  

  Sara Kim is the leading architect of Diagonal Thoughts, an interdisciplinary architecture studio working across the boundaries of architecture, installation, and art. The representative works of Diagonal Thoughts are ( ) function: In between useless architect and useful sculpture which is the winning entry of the nominated competition for MMCA Gwacheon in 2021, and Alone Together: Portable Scenography , a Swiss pavilion for the Gwangju Biennale in 2021. Sara Kim will serve as the curator of On-site Project, suggesting architectural and sensual devices to give an awareness of Songhyeon Green Plaza, the major venue of SBAU 2023, as a place which opened to the public in hundred years.

• Leif Høgfeldt Hansen

  

  Leif Høgfeldt Hansen has experience in various international exhibitions, research and other exchanges over the past 25 years while working at the Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark. Participated in several architectural exchanges with Korea, such as the Gwangju Folly Project, SBAU and Busan Biennale. He has been appointed to various posts, such as Deputy Chairman of DoCoMoMo, Denmark and The Danish Artists’ Society Jury. In 2013 he established Studio CONTEXT and, in 2018, cofounded Studio Transformation. Hansen will serve as curator for the Global Studios and collect variety of young and creative ideas from architecture schools around the world.

• Associate Curator Team

  The Associate Curator Team plans the SBAU 2023 in cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG), the General Director, and the Exhibition Curators. The Associate Curator Team will manage logistics for the exhibitions, publication, public programs, and archiving of the SBAU 2023.
  
  Associate Curator : Green Kim
  Assistant Curator : Jeongwook Cha, Seo Kyeong An