Seoul City Selects 29 Architecture Committee Members Including Professor Kim Kwang-hyun

On the 9th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government selected 29 new members to serve on the Architecture Committee.

The city publicly recruited architecture review committee members in nine fields where the terms of existing members had expired: ▲ architectural planning ▲ urban design ▲ architectural structure ▲ architectural construction ▲ disaster prevention ▲ environment ▲ landscaping ▲ soil and foundation ▲ civil engineering structure.

The member selection review committee, composed of architecture experts including Kang Byung-geun, Seoul's Chief Architect, Han Byung-yong, Director of the Housing Policy Office, Professor Gu Ja-hoon of Hanyang University, and Professor Song Ha-yeop of Chung-Ang University, selected 29 members from a total of 248 applicants, considering their fields and experience.

In the architectural planning field, senior academic professors such as Kim Kwang-hyun, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University, Noh Seung-beom, Professor at Hanyang University, Lee Tae-eun, Professor at Samyook University, and Lee Hyun-hee, Professor at Gachon University, were selected, along with Kim Yoo-hong, CEO of Arcade, Shin Seung-soo, CEO of Design Group Oz, Yoon Young-sun, CEO of Suo Architecture, and Kim Dong-geun, CEO of POSCO A&C, who have participated in designing various architectural works overseas.

In the architectural structure field, Kang Jeong-im, Director of Dawon Structure, who directly performs structural design of buildings, Kim Eun-joo, CEO of Daum Structure, Bae Mi-hye, Director of Well Structure Technology, and Kim Young-min, Professor at Myongji University, who has practical experience in structural design, were selected.

For the architectural construction field, Shin Du-ha, CEO of Ihan Construction, who has experience in advanced architectural design such as BIM and construction, and Lim Jong-baek, Executive Director at Hyundai Construction, will participate. In the soil and foundation field, Professor Kim Hyung-mok of Sejong University was selected, and in the disaster prevention field, Professors Park Jae-sung of Soongsil Cyber University and Lee Young-joo of University of Seoul were selected as members.

The members' terms will last for two years starting this month.

The Seoul Architecture Committee consists of a total of 115 members. It reviews matters related to the establishment and revision of architectural ordinances, structural safety of multi-use buildings and buildings over 21 stories or with a total floor area exceeding 100,000㎡ intended for sale, special district buildings, excavation work deeper than 10 meters, and architectural and landscape matters concerning public buildings.

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