INTRODUCTION

AI was established in 1996 as a multi-discipline design firm encompassing the field of architecture, planning, and interior design.  The firm has received recognition for excellence in design and management for a wide variety of projects in Korea and the United States. 

AI has designed and completed projects for Korea’s major conglomerates such as Doosan, Samsung, Hanwha, CJ, and GS Holdings.  Using design as a strategic tool for change management is a key element of these projects.  AI has also completed major golf club and resort projects including Sandpine GC, Lakewood CC, Maple Beach CC, and most notably Pine Beach Golf Links and the Club at Nine Bridges which is ranked in the top 100 clubs in the world.   Other significant projects include the renovation of Seoul's landmark N Seoul Tower, Doosan Art Center, Doosan Guest House, corporate headquarters interiors for NC Soft, Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and E-Mart.

AI strives to provide each client an integrated design service including strategic brief and feasibility studies, design and construction supervision, furnishing and decoration, signage/graphics, lighting and landscape.  Our interior design and construction supervision team is an integral part of the architecture practice to ensure overall design quality control.  AI is committed to the advancement of design at the highest level while strictly observing the practical, technical, and environmentally responsive architecture.

CEO PROFILE

Gene Park박진

Education                  
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)  Master of Architecture 1987
University of Illinois Bachelor of Science in Architectural Design, 1983
Unite Pedagogique 3, Versailles, France. 1983
Professional:                    
1996-current                       AI Architects, Seoul, Korea, President, Principal
1995-1998                            GPMY Architects, New York City, Principal
1989-1994                            Davis Brody & Associates, New York City
1988-1989                            The Architects Collaborative, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1984-1986                            Woo & Williams, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Gene Park was born in Korea, spent his childhood in Africa, educated in the United States with further study in France and China, and now praticing architecture and interior design in Seoul, Korea.  Gene Park graduated from MIT with a Master of Architecture degree in 1987  and worked for a number of firms in Boston and New York including Kyu Sung Woo, The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Davis Brody & Associates. 

In 1996 Gene Park founded AI Architects in Seoul and has established itself as a leader in project types including Golf Clubhouse and Resort destinations, Corporate Conference Centers, Culture and Entertainment venues, Residential and Housing developments, and Corporate and Commercial buildings.  These projects required his role as the master architect and creative art director coordinating an international group of consultants including sign and graphics, lighting and acoustics, landscape, sustainable design, and art work installations.

Gene Park continues to seek new challenges in project design by bringing together his global experience and understanding of trends and cultures to create the most unique and memorable experience for the client and its users.              

FIRM PROFILE

Name
AI ARCHITECTS / ㈜애이아이건축사사무소                   
Location                           
Dream Tower 10f-1008, 66 Seongsui-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Korea   ( 133-827)
서울시 성동구 성수이로 66  서울숲드림타워  10층 1008   (133-827)
Established                    
1996
CEO                                 
Gene Park /
박진
Staff                                
 20 architects, interior designers and administrative staff

Services                          
AI provides integrated services in:
-  Architecture
-  Interior Design
Urban Design & Planning
Strategic Brief & Space Planning
Construction Management
-  Signage & Graphic Design

Project Types            
Corporate Conference & Education Facilities
-  Resort & Leisure
-  Retail & Entertainment Destinations
-  Commercial
-  Master Planning
Registration                    
 AI Architects / ㈜애이아이 건축사사무소
 Registration No: 220-81-36659
AI Architects (Interior) / ㈜애이아이 아키텍스
 Registration No: 120-86-13706
Contact                           
T:  822-568-8900
F:  822-568-9940
E-mail: info@aiarchitects.com

Collaboration

Architecture
Denniston International , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysi
GDS Architects, Pasadena, California, USA
GolfPlan , Santa Rosa, California, USA
Hwankyung Group , Seoul, Korea
Lighting
The Flaming Beacon Co, Melbourne, Australia
Bitzro Lighting Design , Seoul, Korea
Eon SLD, Lighting Design , Seoul, Korea
Landscape
Seoahn Landscape Design , Seoul, Korea
KnL Landscape , Seoul, Korea
Foret Landscape, Seoul, Korea
Karl Princic Landscape, Bali, Indonesia
Signage/Graphics
Aandd Graphic Architecture , Seoul, Korea
Strategic Brief
DEGW, Strategic Briefing , Melbourne, Australia
Interior Decoration
Design Seoda ,Seoul, Kore
Studio Trube ,Seoul, Korea
Creative Lab , Seoul, Korea
Development
Changhak Construction ,Seoul, Korea, Achates , Seoul, Korea