01 — PRINCIPAL SEOUL, KR

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT · 대표건축사

Park Chan-won 박찬원

From modest houses to libraries, churches and university facilities — since 1990, the principal architect of PA Architectural Design Group has designed spaces that hold the texture of everyday life.

Park Chan-won, principal architect of PA Architectural Design Group
PARK CHAN-WON · PRINCIPAL

02 — PHILOSOPHY

From a single line on paper to a place where light and time settle. Architecture begins not with form, but with the life it will hold.

Plan, elevation, section — the work on paper is where architecture begins. A single line conceives a space's function and form, and that conception passes through countless deliberations, experiments, and inquiries into detail and material before it is finally realised as a building people inhabit. We consider essence over trend, and use over shape.

Just as a finished work is judged by those who use it, we believe its starting point — the work on paper — deserves to be read, valued, and given meaning in its own right.

PROLOGUE — Read the full essay →

Curriculum Vitae

  1. 1963 Born in Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do
  2. 1990 B.Arch, Department of Architectural Engineering, Konkuk University
  3. 1990 Hwashin Architects & Engineers
  4. 1992 Eom & Lee Architects & Engineers
  5. 1993 Samye Architects & Engineers
  6. 2003 CEO, Susan Engineering Architects
  7. 2005 Principal, PA Architectural Design Group
  8. 2020 Adjunct Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering, Seokyeong University

03 — PRACTICE

Residential, cultural, religious, educational — every space where life takes hold.

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Residential

주거

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Cultural

문화

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Religious

종교

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Educational

교육

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