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Since 1992, the architect Seung H-sang has pursued an architecture of emptying, of taking out (as reflected in his earlier book Beauty of Poverty), and in this book Landscript, he elucidates his thoughts for a general audience. The book, titled with the unusual word “Landscript,” reveals his own theory and methodology of architecture for the first time since Beauty of Poverty. As culture and human phenomena are called “In-mun” (literally “Humanscript”) and the features and laws of the universe and the heavens “Cheon-mun” (literally “Heavenscript”), so the land’s shapes and designs, traces engraved with its accumulated history, and the unique characteristics of the land, are called “Ji-mun” (literally “Landscript”). Landscript, the keyword in Seung’s architectural methodology, indicates the shapes and designs of the land. But it also represents individual shapes and designs as documents of a history. Going through the history of architecture—a pursuit built on human desire—he also reflects on the ideas and direction of the architecture that we should pursue for the future. This book is written both in Korean and English, and about 100 pictures with expla- nations help illustrate the author’s reflections. Seung H-sang Born in 1952, Seung H-sang graduated from Seoul National University and studied in Vienna University of Technology. After 15 years working for Kim Soo Geun (1931-1986), a prominent architect and a significant contributor in the history of Korean architecture, he established Iroje Architects & Planners in 1989 and participated as coordinator in the project Paju Bookcity. He has taught as Visiting Professor at London Metropolitan University and at Seoul National University, and he now teaches at the Korea National University of Arts.
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