Won Song Rim, department chief of the Architectural Science Institute of Pyongyang University of Architecture has outstanding architectural ability.
He has made remarkable achievements in laying and solidifying the grounds and foundations of buildings.
“I have chosen this field under the influence of my father who left indelible traces in the history of our country’s architecture. He was an academician, professor, PhD and Merited Scientist. Pointing to high-rise apartment buildings, he would tell me when I was young that they could stand solidly, thanks to their foundations," Won recalled.
They looked so marvellous that the quizzical boy asked his father various questions at any time and cherished a dream of becoming an architectural scientist like his father, he said.
With his father's help, he learned the fundamentals of architecture which should scientifically guarantee the reliability, safety and furthermore serviceable life of buildings by predicting and synthesizing the extent of damage, including corrosion, tilt and deformation, of dozens or hundreds of elements of each building. After enrolling at the university, he broadened his horizons.
After graduation, he became an architectural engineer and in the course of decades of search, he came up with his own bold ideas unrestricted by any existing construction methods.
His ideas never failed to surprise the academic circles and builders for their novel and creative features free from mannerism and firm scientific guarantee.
A typical example is a construction method introduced at the construction site of a major unit.
At that time, builders were laying the foundation by the existing mixing pile method, which required much more time than the completion date.
After a field survey, Won Song Rim suggested that it would be rational to lay the foundation by the membrane foundation method in view of the characteristics of the specific area. The introduction of the method enabled them to finish the foundation work, which had been believed to take six months, in a couple of days.
Won has so far developed and introduced new and original foundation building plans for hundreds of projects to bring huge benefits to the state.
He was awarded the best inventor prize in 2023.
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