Won Kyung Paik

Won is a Principal within the Populous’ APAC region and leads our office in Korea.

With a career spanning over 27 years across the United Kingdom, North America and Asia, Won has worked on some of the most prestigious architectural projects across multiple building typologies. This includes Class A office developments in the City of London, such as Tower Place and Sainsbury’s – Holborn SSC (Holborn Place). Won’s experience extends to Olympic Sports facilities such as Richmond Olympic Oval for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Aspire Leisure Centre in Stanmore London. Additionally, they played a key role in consulting on Pyeongchang Winter Olympics host city bid and financially successful TOD mixed-use developments such as Shanghai IAPM to name but a few.

Since joining Populous, Won has worked on a multitude of Sports Stadia, Racecourse, Arena, and COEX projects in the APAC region. He found and led multiple project consultancy bids including Jamsil Sports MICE Complex in Seoul, a two billion dollar development which includes the largest baseball dome in Korea, a multi-storey COEX building covering 90,000 sq m of exhibition space, and a Sports Complex arena.

Besides business development, architectural planning and design, Won has added strategic value to clients and stakeholders through innovative approaches and thinking on venue operations planning, sales channels, sponsorship opportunities, and market analysis consultancy. His approach and experience in public venue projects helps owners avoid financial risk while leveraging Populous’ global experience which is adapted to local culture, business practices, bureaucracy and standards across Asia.