THE_SYSTEM LAB

THE_SYSTEM LAB is an architecture practice based in Seoul, with offices in Seongsu and Bundang, led by principal Chanjoong Kim. Kim studied architectural engineering at Korea University, continued his studies at ETH Zurich and took a master’s degree at Harvard before working in Seoul and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The practice proposes what it calls a new typology: spatial types and programmes derived from rational innovation that respond to shifts in technology, lifestyle and values. Its work spans housing, offices, hotels, museums and exhibition halls, including Seoul Botanic Park, the JTBC building, Hyundai Moka, Wooran Foundation, Kosmos Resort on Ulleungdo and Haus Nowhere Seoul. Kim represented Korea at the 2006 Venice Biennale and has been recognised by the Seoul Architecture Awards and the Korean Institute of Architects.