The Korea Society and The Architectural League of New York welcome Minsuk Cho of Mass Studies as he discusses his firm’s current work and the design process in Korea. Founded in 2003 by Cho, Mass Studies posits “a critical investigation of architecture” to address mass production, intensely overpopulated urban conditions, and emergent cultural niches that define contemporary Korean society. Mass Studies acknowledges the frictions defining spatial conditions this century—past vs. future, local vs. global, utopia vs. reality, and individual vs. collective—rather than striving for a singular, unified perspective. With each project, Mass Studies addresses spatial systems and matrices, building materials and techniques, and typological divergences to foster a vision that realizes new social and cultural potential.

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Co-sponsored by The Architectural League of New York, The Korea Society, and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union. AIA and New York State continuing education credits are available. Image courtesy of Mass Studies. This program was made possible in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

Minsuk Cho was born in Seoul and graduated from the Architectural Engineering Department of Yonsei University and the Graduate School of Architecture at Columbia University. With partner James Slade, he established Cho Slade Architecture in 1998 in New York City to be engaged in various projects both in the U.S. and Korea. In 2003, he returned to Korea to open his own firm, Mass Studies. Cho’s awards include the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers in 2000 for his work at Cho Slade and two U.S. Progressive Architecture Awards for “Von Erlach House” in 1999 and “Dalki Theme Park” in 2003. The Dalki Theme Park was exhibited at the theme exhibition of the 2004 La Biennale di Venezia. His work includes Pixel House, Dalki Theme Park, Nature Poem, Boutique Monaco, Seoul Commune 2026, S-Trenue, Ann Demeulemeester Shop, Xi Gallery, and the Korea Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010.