Heerim Architects & Planners creates design solutions that go beyond tomorrow
- The award-winning multidisciplinary architectural firm delivers compelling design experiences combined with a sustainable integrated service
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Home-grown Korean architectural company Heerim Architects & Planners is behind some of the world’s masterfully planned airports, sports facilities, smart cities and landmark projects. The company has worked on more than 10 airport plans, including Incheon International Airport’s cutting-edge Terminal 2. Thanks to the firm’s design and construction management team, the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan was a visual feast, gleaming like a flaming fire when it was unveiled at the 2015 European Games.
The award-winning and innovative multidisciplinary architectural firm delivers compelling design experiences combined with a sustainable integrated service that includes efficient construction management. The result is a company that offers speed, safety, constant improvement and distinct and effective project designs.
“Clients value our service because apart from our specialisations, we provide the full service,” says Jeong Young-kyoon, CEO and chairman of the board. “We participate from the design planning to construction, and up until the project is completed. Unlike other architectural firms, we have a dedicated construction management group.”
We push boundaries and look for new targets around the world
For 50 years, Heerim has been designing iconic government, commercial and residential structures across Central and Southeast Asia. Listed on the Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, and backed by global citations and unmatched research expertise, the firm serves markets looking for total architectural solutions that fuse traditional building activities with digital innovations.
“Through studies done in our own Architectural Design Research Institute, we gain know-how on building safety and sustainability, and we are able to show this to customers as we work on their buildings or gardens using our company-developed enterprise resource planning system,” Jeong says.
With 12 offices worldwide and 21 overseas deals in the pipeline, including aviation projects in Equatorial Guinea and the Philippines, and other collaborations brewing in Cambodia, Vietnam and China, Heerim is upbeat about growth.
“We push boundaries and look for new targets around the world,” Jeong says. “We also diversify and expand our business to develop future architectural solutions based on big data and general designs to take on next-generation projects. Our designs go beyond tomorrow as we keep challenging the future.”
Heerim seeks partnerships with developers and manufacturers to work on new material and system innovations that support the firm’s risk management efforts. Establishing a digital innovation laboratory, the company also maintains technology investments in seismic and sustainability designs.
“We want to expand our scope also as an innovative developer,” Jeong says. “We will actively respond to new demands, and continue to develop building types that are different from what we have now.”
