Young female architects entering their 30s have conversations with senior female architects in order to broaden the narrative of female architects in Korean history.

The authors describe the book as architectural stories requested by women and answered by women.

This book is a compilation of the results of the forum ‘Building Role Models: Architecture Spoken by Women’, a forum organized in June 2018 by a group of female architects. It contains the stories of 24 female architects, including forum presenters and architects who took part in a special interview.

Although it may be a lot to fit in one book, it is an insufficient number to fully represent the voices of Korean female architects, and we have only just begun to answer the first question. Using this record as a springboard, we hope that the narratives of female architects in Korean architecture will become richer and more mature.

CONTENTS

Introductory text: Complement (of Women) 여집합

1. Do you want to be promoted or independent? ― Leading independent studios and complex organizations
Kim Jeongim (Seoro Architects)
Lee A-Young (Heerim Architecture)
Lee Eunkyung (EMA Architecture)
Jung Hyeonah (Dia Architecture)

2. Would you like to do it alone or together? ― Various directions of finding a partner
Kang Yerin (SoA)
Kim Hana (Seoul Social Standard)
Lee Taekyung(Taekyung Lee Institute of Architecture)
Lim Mijeong(stpmj)

3. Some Narratives We Are Waiting for ― Female Duo, Absence and Expectation of Female Writers Theory
Interview: Sojungdang Cooperative
Interview: Diagonal Thoughts

4. Building  ― Building in a different location and direction

Kwon Jeongye (Jeongye-C Publishers)
Lim Jinyoung ( Open House Seoul)
Jeong Dayoung (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art)
Hwang Jieun (University of Seoul)
Interview: Lee Hyunyoung (archivist, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art)
Interview: Jin Hyosuk (architecture photographer)

5. It is said that an architect is a profession without a retirement age ― Retirement of an architect and life after architecture

Kim Yongmi (G.S Architects & Associates)
Shin Hyewon (Local Design)
Jung Sujin (SIE Architecture)
Cho Jaewon ( 0_1 Studio)

Outgoing article: Gang Miseon (Ewha Womans University)