seung was a core member of the 4.3 group, which strongly influenced south korean architecture, and participated in founding the seoul school of architecture for a new educational system. he is the author of 'beauty of poverty (1996 mikunsa)', 'architecture, signs of thoughts (2004 dolbegae)', ‘landscript (2009 yoelhwadang)’ and 'memorial of roh moo-hyun (2010 nulwa)', and was a visiting professor of north london university and taught at seoul national university and at korea national university of arts.