- Minor : Interior Architecture and Built Environment, B.Sc. with High Honor
GSAPP, Columbia University, New York, NY
- Master of Architecture, M.Arch
EXPERIENCE
Haenglim Architects, Seoul, South Korea - Internship
- Produced floor plans and sections using Rhinoceros and Photoshop
- Made physical models for design study using 3d printer and CNC machine
- Designed layout of the final design documents for clients using Indesign
CJ Livecity, Seoul, South Korea - with Foster + Partners - Freelancer
- Participated in communication between Foster + Partners and Developer, making diagrams and graphics to make people to understand the architectural documents.
AI Architects, Seoul, South Korea - Internship
- Contributing to design the unit plans for apartment complex using AutoCAD
- Making renderings of the interior view using Lumion and Enscape.
- Drawing construction details for luxury clubhouse using AutoCAD
Community Regeneration Planning by City of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea - Workshop
- Proposed different concepts for regenerating underdeveloped area in Seoul, communicating with residents and small shop owners in the area.
Committee of Historical City Master Plan, Seoul, South Korea - Citizen Participant
- Proposed different concepts for regenerating underdeveloped area in Seoul, communicating with residents and small shop owners in the area.
Muak Theatre, Seoul, South Korea - From Director to Set Designer and Actor
- Learned how the physical environment enhances the audience’s experience.
- Moving from a team member to a director who oversees the entire production, realized the importance of teamwork and the beauty of collaboration itself.
Korean Coast Guard - Marine Engineer, Deck Crew
- Served at the Central Regional Coast Guard, experiencing nature that is rarely seen.
AWARDS + SCHOLARSHIPS
REFERENCES
Marc Tsurumaki - Founder of LTL Architects - Columbia GSAPP - marc@ltlarchitects.com
One J Lee - CEO of Haenglim Architects - onelee37@gmail.com
Zak Rouse
- Head of Collection Management at Columbia University - ztr2102@columbia.edu
Avery Scholarship
- Columbia University, New York, NY - $30000 per year, for 3 academic years, Total $90000
- South Chungcheong Province Goverment, Naepo, South Korea - $40000 per year, for 2 academic years, Total $80000
- Buildner Architecture Competition
- Honorable Mention
- Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
- GRAND PRIZE
- Honorable Mention
Learning From The Street
What happens on the Street?
WHAT MAKES HARLEM LIVELY?
I found the answer in the interplay between people, street elements, and spaces that invited occupation. The street fostered interactions, connecting homes, people, and daily life. Cataloging elements revealed a richness beyond my initial perception, making me wonder: Could the street, more than the house, be the space closest to life itself?
APARTMENT AS A CULTURAL HUB, CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOOD
Despite the neighborhood’s vibrancy, this site felt isolated due to elevation differences. To bridge this gap, I integrated a central ramp, seamlessly connecting the site to its surroundings. At its heart, a plaza transforms the passage into a cultural hub, drawing in the community’s energy. Extending further, the ramp and plaza link with ground-floor open spaces and surrounding streets, echoing NYC’s grid. This design blurs the boundary between city and architecture, bringing the dynamic life of the streets into the building—I can already envision its energy coming to life!
Isometic View
REIMAGINING THE CORRIDOR
View of the Connecting Looftop
Small, compressed screens flutter in the sunlight, reflecting its movement as they shift and distort.
A massive, distorted spherical screen, warping the projected images, reshaping light and perception.
The intersecting and repeating seating arrangements disrupt and break continuity of experience. overlapping, fragmented screens and the continuous, unbroken ramp make contrast and irony.
MadisonAvenue
Every platform surrounding the pavilion is sliced, fragmented, and distorted by a series of diverse geometries, breaking conventional spatial continuity.
ARCHITECTURE AS A VICTIM
In the 1933 film King Kong, a giant beast torments the iconic Empire State Building. This moment marked the beginning of cinema’s long history of exploiting architecture, making it to nothing but a tool for cinematic spectacle. By reassembling film through the techniques that used to manipulate architecture, this project seeks to console what has been broken.
At first glance, all of them appears to be decent screens, yet they serve only to adorn the buildings inside and out, adding layers rather than dictating the image.
Manifesto Drawing - Architecture as a Victim
Light Box
Big Apple Theatres Case Delirious Cube
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
HOW TO COMMEMORATE?
placed a grand seating area oriented toward the Empire State Building, the very first victim of cinema’s architectural violence. This structure responds to its urban context while the geometries establishing a direct visual axis with the building. Just as film has dismembered architecture and reduced it to a backdrop, these abstract geometric pavilions dismember the movie watching platform, transforming it into an altar for architecture.
Four pavilions continuously display distorted, unfocused projections, offering no clear image but instead draping the buildings behind them in a shifting veil of light—an act of quiet consolation.
Perspective View from the Madison Square Park
Interior Perspective View
Long Live Architecture! - Film Industry (1895~) -
Hug for Manhattan Bridge Gate
CHINATOWN EXPERIENCE
In contrast, Chinatown was the complete opposite—a neighborhood full of energy and life. Simply crossing the street transported me into a world of diverse people, intricate decorations, and distinct architecture, all of which captivated me. could sense the deep attachment to life and identity in a community that had long struggled to preserve its culture in the American landscape. As I walked through the neighborhood, mapped the symbols and ornaments that define its character and atmosphere, later organizing them into a drawing that captured the essence of the place.
GIVE HUG TO MANHATTAN BRIDGE GATE
After my research, the Manhattan Bridge no longer felt imposing but lonely, its arms outstretched as if waiting for an embrace. A hug shapes space, senses distance, and brings warmth—an intimate interaction of movement and emotion.
To embody this, used scaffolding as a framework for symbols, ornaments and people, revealing the bridge’s identity and transforming it into a space of connection.
SYMBOLS and ORNAMENTS
HOW ABOUT NEW YORK CITY?
SCAFFOLDING
Lonely Manhattan Bridge Gate
Vertical Connection to the top Circular Grid of the Structure
HAPPY! Add ons
Hugging Structure
CanalSt.
Shifting To Shaft
Server rooms constantly generate high levels of heat, reaching around 70°C (158°F). To maintain their operation, various heat exchange systems are required.
Instead of letting this heat go to waste, we chose to recycle it—using it to warm both water and air. As a result, the building is wrapped and intersected by an extensive network of pipes, which may at first appear excessive. These pipes serve as medium for heat transfer, visibly weaving in and out of the structure, ultimately shaping the building’s unique identity.
The office landscape has shifted post-COVID, driven not just by the pandemic but by technological and industrial changes. With individualized work models reducing office demand and AI industries requiring more server space, I reimagined the future office. At its core is the Data Shaft—a vertical structure that supports both load-bearing and waste heat recovery, efficiently redistributing heat from high-temperature servers to enhance energy efficiency while integrating seamlessly into the building’s overall system.
WASTE HEAT RECOVERY
REDEFINING THE OFFICE
Since traditional office buildings are located in the most accessible areas, integrated office with programs that can be used by broader public. The left section consists of tech spaces and flexible workspaces, forming the core office area. On the opposite side, public spaces actively utilizing heat include a greenhouse, educational facilities, an auditorium, a
and fitness areas. Between these distinct zones, urban gardens weave through the masses, acting as connectors that bring together office functions and communal activities, fostering interaction and engagement.
APPENDIX
Trim to Stream
Our city need to be trimed in order us to live in better condition.
2021.09. ~ 2021. 12.
Academic Project (Integrated Graduation Project)
Individual Work
Instructor Jungeun Park, Hyunsoo Lee Type Mixed-Use Apartment Complex
Gymsum, Earth, Flower, Grass. 280mm X 160mm X 200mm (each)
Trim the block for City
To attract the people come inside the block, I rotate the axis of the building and TRIM the giant block, making entrance ahead to the Eonju Station.
Trimming
To give back private room for laborers, made green areas and space with full of lights, by trimming the mass. Therefore laborers are able to enjoy this, deviding private room with working area. Triming Mass - Pleasant Atmosphere!
Green Programs for Urban Atmosphere
After trimming the block and mass of the building, I place the programs that can volumn up people’s life in urban setting. On the ground floor, there are opened gardens and stores, so people can come and enjoy, making inner block revitalized. In the middle floors, there are amenities for residents, with full skylights and green vibe.
