Sahmyook University Architecture Department Holds Graduation Exhibition 'Human Rights Architecture'

The Department of Architecture at Samyook University announced on the 23rd that it held the 23rd Graduation Exhibition titled ‘Human Rights Architecture.’

Sahmyook University Department of Architecture 23rd Graduation Exhibition Grand Prize Winner Hye-won Kim's '憶 (Eok), Memories of Forgotten Times'
[Photo provided by Sahmyook University]

The exhibition was held from the 17th to the 22nd at Gallery Ease on Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, featuring works by 43 graduating students. The theme was 'Human Rights,' and among the submitted works, Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Merit Award winners were selected.

The Grand Prize was awarded to Kim Hye-won’s ‘憶 (Eok), Memories of Forgotten Time_Museum Doseong Village,’ which designed the entire Doseong Village in Yeosu, Korea’s first Hansen’s disease settlement, as a single museum.

The Excellence Award went to Kang Seo-yeon’s ‘NAMSAN ARCHIVE SQUARE_A Plaza for Citizens: Freedom Center Renovation Project,’ which sought architectural alternatives by transforming the Namsan Freedom Center, built in the 1960s as a symbol of anti-communist ideology, into a sustainable civic space, and to Yoon Sang’s ‘Interlinked Horizon,’ which expressed a hospice facility within the urban environment.

Department Chair Ryu Han-guk said, “The presented works contain messages that resonate deeply with society beyond simple graduation projects,” adding, “We hope to show how architecture can change people’s lives and create a better society.”