Architect Park Min Hwan Reimagines Living Structures in “House for All” at SooHoh Gallery
Jason Yim / Published March 25, 2025 10:09 PM
Jason Yim
House for Bench, The installation view of the exhibition, Courtesy of the SooHoh Gallery
From March 22 to April 2, 2025, SooHoh Gallery in Seongnam presents House for All, a solo exhibition by architect Park Min Hwan. As the 16th recipient of the SooHoh Artist Award, Park inaugurates the gallery's 2025 curatorial theme, “Environment and Art,” with a provocative proposal: to radically reconsider how we design and dwell within architectural space.
Park’s work takes root in a fundamental observation: forests were not created for human beings, and yet they remain the most complete form of architecture for humankind. This premise launches a critical investigation into how humans have constructed and inhabited spaces—often privileging efficiency above all else. His exhibition questions not only the ways we design our homes, but also the deeper narratives embedded in our built environment.
Through a series of architectural installations and conceptual proposals, House for All transforms utilitarian storage systems into spaces imbued with poetic and philosophical weight. Park frames the notion of giving “a house to objects” not merely as an aesthetic gesture, but as a radical thought experiment—one that critiques the ways we assign function, value, and emotion to space.
House for Book, The installation view of the exhibition, Courtesy of the SooHoh Gallery
The exhibition constructs an architectural vocabulary inspired by nature’s layered complexity. Instead of designing spaces solely for people, Park imagines a collective habitat—a forest-like constellation of forms—where human and non-human entities coexist in spatial harmony. His intent is not to replicate nature but to retrieve its inherent logic and apply it to architectural thought.
Central to the exhibition is the idea that architecture is not just about form and function, but about experience, emotion, and ecological connectivity. Park’s approach offers a subtle but vital shift: from building for use to building for coexistence, where space becomes an invitation to rethink the boundaries between shelter, object, and being.
This perspective resonates deeply in a time when climate, urban density, and technological acceleration demand more inclusive design principles. In House for All, Park Min Hwan offers not only a vision of sustainable living but a blueprint for imagining a future in which architecture can encompass the whole of life—both human and more-than-human.
The exhibition is on view at SooHoh Gallery, located at 24-G, The Shop Starpark, 121 Jeongja 1-ro, Bundang-gu, from 10 AM to 6 PM on weekdays. Saturday visits are available by appointment; the gallery is closed on Sundays and public holidays.
The poster of the exhibition, Courtesy of the SooHoh Gallery
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House for Bench, The installation view of the exhibition, Courtesy of the SooHoh Gallery
From March 22 to April 2, 2025, SooHoh Gallery in Seongnam presents House for All, a solo exhibition by architect Park Min Hwan. As the 16th recipient of the SooHoh Artist Award, Park inaugurates the gallery's 2025 curatorial theme, “Environment and Art,” with a provocative proposal: to radically reconsider how we design and dwell within architectural space.
Park’s work takes root in a fundamental observation: forests were not created for human beings, and yet they remain the most complete form of architecture for humankind. This premise launches a critical investigation into how humans have constructed and inhabited spaces—often privileging efficiency above all else. His exhibition questions not only the ways we design our homes, but also the deeper narratives embedded in our built environment.
Through a series of architectural installations and conceptual proposals, House for All transforms utilitarian storage systems into spaces imbued with poetic and philosophical weight. Park frames the notion of giving “a house to objects” not merely as an aesthetic gesture, but as a radical thought experiment—one that critiques the ways we assign function, value, and emotion to space.
House for Book, The installation view of the exhibition, Courtesy of the SooHoh Gallery
The exhibition constructs an architectural vocabulary inspired by nature’s layered complexity. Instead of designing spaces solely for people, Park imagines a collective habitat—a forest-like constellation of forms—where human and non-human entities coexist in spatial harmony. His intent is not to replicate nature but to retrieve its inherent logic and apply it to architectural thought.
Central to the exhibition is the idea that architecture is not just about form and function, but about experience, emotion, and ecological connectivity. Park’s approach offers a subtle but vital shift: from building for use to building for coexistence, where space becomes an invitation to rethink the boundaries between shelter, object, and being.
This perspective resonates deeply in a time when climate, urban density, and technological acceleration demand more inclusive design principles. In House for All, Park Min Hwan offers not only a vision of sustainable living but a blueprint for imagining a future in which architecture can encompass the whole of life—both human and more-than-human.
The exhibition is on view at SooHoh Gallery, located at 24-G, The Shop Starpark, 121 Jeongja 1-ro, Bundang-gu, from 10 AM to 6 PM on weekdays. Saturday visits are available by appointment; the gallery is closed on Sundays and public holidays.
The poster of the exhibition, Courtesy of the SooHoh Gallery
