Juxtaposition in architecture represents the deliberate integration of contrasting elements, merging science and art, functionality and aesthetics, simplicity and complexity, and the coexistence of past and present. This interplay ensures that no single aspect dominates, fostering a harmonious architectural language where differing values coexist and enrich one another. The careful balance of these dualities allows architecture to remain both rooted in tradition and open to transformation, evolving alongside cultural, environmental, and technological shifts.
As design methodologies advance, they reshape traditional practices through the incorporation of emerging technologies, computational tools, material innovations, and cross-disciplinary research. This approach respects historical precedents, aligns with contemporary spatial and environmental needs, and envisions future-oriented design strategies. By navigating the intersection of old and new, architects can develop contextually responsive solutions that honor the past while embracing progress.
This commitment to juxtaposition as a design philosophy drives both experimental innovation and the preservation of architectural heritage. Architecture, in this context, becomes a continuous dialogue between tradition and modernity, allowing for the coexistence of diverse influences that shape the built environment. Through this nuanced approach, architects contribute to a broader global discourse, fostering a more adaptive, sustainable, and meaningful architectural future.
True Public Housing
In-Between Spacce, Public and Private 2023 Fall
Adaptive Archive for Architecture Building on Building 2024 Fall
Excess Stone on Wall Street
Reimagining Over-Engineered Stone Building 2022 Fall
Columbia University GSAPP, Core 3 Studio 2023. 09 ~ 2023.12
Type : Architecture Design
Instructor : Prof. Christopher Leong Team Academic Project with Seonghak Lee
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has faced financial challenges due to federal budget cuts since the 1970s and 1980s, leading to an increasing reliance on public-private partnerships. In response, redevelopment plans have been proposed to transform Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses into a mixed-use complex, raising concerns about resident displacement and the preservation of affordable housing.
As an alternative, a 148-unit public housing project in West Harlem has been proposed, emphasizing community-oriented living and shared spaces while maintaining the integrity of public housing. This vision aims to create a more inclusive and accessible urban environment that prioritizes public interests over privatization.
The design philosophy, “Sensing Each Other,” envisions compact yet expandable living spaces with in-between communal areas to foster connectivity and meaningful social interactions within New York City’s dense urban fabric. The project also incorporates glass facades to maximize daylight, enhance openness, and facilitate visual connections among residents.
Main Image: Model PhotWo, Bottom Left: Site Plan, Right: Model Photo
While maintaining the form of two banal long massings facing each other, the structural strategy involves sectional shifting to maximize porosity, allowing residents to share common spaces to the fullest extent possible. At the same time, this structural strategy completely clears the ground plan at a height of three floors, creating a program-agnostic public space
Two Massing: Public and Private
Structural Strategy_Maximizing Porosity: While preserving the basic form of two parallel massings facing each other, the structural approach introduces sectional shifts to enhance porosity, ensuring that shared spaces are fully accessible to residents. Simultaneously, this strategy elevates the structure, clearing the ground level up to three floors, resulting in a program-agnostic public space that remains open and adaptable for various communal uses.
Program-Agnostic True Public Space: The fully open ground floor and underground levels serve as architecturally neutral spaces, designed without predetermined functions. This program-agnostic environment fosters adaptability, allowing the community to shape its use organically. As a True Public Space, it remains accessible to all neighbors and accommodates a wide range of activities, from neighborhood festivals and after-school programs to polling stations, exhibitions, and other communal gatherings.
Top Left: Structural Model, Bottom: Ground Level Rendering
Existing Building from Facade to Paving
Units with Four Different In-Between Space: Sensing Each Other
'True-Public Housing' units envisions compact yet expandable living spaces with four different in-between space, promoting connectivity and meaningful interactions among residents. The varied scale of these in-between spaces enhances porosity, encouraging creative activities and interaction between residents and the public.
Adaptive Archive for Architecture 02
Building on Building
Columbia University GSAPPP, ADV 5 2024. 09 ~ 2024.12
Type : Architecture Design
Instructor : Prof. Wonne Ickx
Team Academic Project with Flora Ng
"An Adaptive Archive" explores the evolving relationship between museums, archives, and architecturew. Historically, European museums displayed their entire collections, but by the late 19th century, a division emerged between public and private collections. Today, museums struggle with storage constraints, often resorting to offsite facilities that separate objects from public engagement.
The project proposes a new architectural approach that makes archives more visible and accessible, integrating public circulation within storage spaces rather than concealing them. Through a series of gestural interventions, such as "Drawer and Display" systems, the design fosters interaction between the stored collections and visitors, offering a layered experience of history and preservation.
By embracing the reuse and transformation of existing buildings, the project aligns with the idea that architecture outlives its original function, continuously adapting over time. Ultimately, "An Adaptive Archive" proposes an alternative to traditional museum storage by integrating archives into the urban environment, making them part of the everyday experience rather than hidden repositories.
Main Image: Exterior Render, Bottom Left: Site Plan, Right: Model Photo
The expansion of an adaptive archive integrates circulation, research, and public engagement. A new extension with vertical circulation connects research spaces, while an "in-between space" bridges archives and public areas. The ground floor activates the site with a restoration lab and exhibition hall, fostering interaction between visitors and archival processes.
Longitudinal Section
The In-Between Space functions not only as a horizontal circulation but also as a research hub, library, and public space, allowing visitors to demystify the Archive. Meanwhile, the vertical circulation plays both a functional and symbolic role, enhancing openness, connectivity, and adaptability within the historically layered architectural context.
Vertical Circulation in In-Between Space
The main lobby acts as a welcoming threshold, seamlessly connecting visitors to the archive and public spaces. It facilitates circulation while offering gathering areas. The exhibition space is designed for flexibility, showcasing archived materials with transparent and adaptable displays, ensuring accessibility and engagement with the archive’s contents.
Top: Main Lobby from Second Floor, Bottom: Exhibition Space for Architecture Archive
1. Existing Brick Wall a. Brick veneer b. Air Cavity c. Weather Resistant Membrane (WRB) d. Insulation e. Concrete wall f. Vapor Varrier g. Gypsum board
2. Exterior Glass Joint a. Copper Flasing b. 1/4" Stainless Hardware with Sealant c. Double glazing glass d. 1/4" Stainless Hardware with Sealant e. 1/4" Stainless L bracket
3. Extension Roof Slab a. Floor finish b. Waterproofing membrane c. Insulation d. Concrete e. Paint
4. Inside Window a. Brick Tile b. Window Frame c. Weather Resistant Membrane (WRB) d. Insulation e. Concrete f. Gypsum Board
5. Interior Glass Joint a. Sheating b. 1/4" Stainless L bracket c. 1/4" Stainless Hardware with Sealant d. Double glazing glass e. 1/4" Stainless Hardware
6. Slab System a. Raised access floor tile b. Pedestal c. Ventilation system
7. Foundation Slab Joint a. Extension Foundation Slab b. Joint c. Existing Foundation slab
Detaill Section
Excess Stone on Wall Street 03
Reimagining The Over-Engineered Stone Building on Wall Street
Columbia University GSAPP, Core 1 Studio 2022. 09 ~ 2022.12
Type : Architecture Design
Instructor : Prof. Lindsey Wikström
Individual Academic Project
Wall Street, once a symbol of financial power, is defined by neoclassical stone buildings that conveyed stability and grandeur. This project critiques the material excess of stone and explores the shifting dynamic between finance and the public. With institutions relocating and online trading reducing Wall Street’s influence, the project proposes a sustainable strategy to reuse its abundant stone resources.
By reclaiming excess stone from these facades, the project reimagines Wall Street as an urban quarry—transforming surplus material into assets for public space. This circular strategy reduces the impact of stone transportation and weaves reused material into new streetscapes. Through dismantling, storing, and reconfiguring stone, the proposal fosters openness, accessibility, and engagement with the urban context.
This approach not only reduces material waste but also renews Wall Street’s architectural identity—promoting sustainability and redefining its role within the evolving city. By integrating salvaged stone into the urban fabric, the project bridges past and present, restoring relevance to historic materials while creating opportunities for inclusive and adaptive public space.
Main Image: 1 to 1 Paper Casting Study Model, Top: Before and After Building Facade, Bottom Left: Site Plan
Structural Analysis to Replace the Excess Columns
Stone buildings on Wall street can be a Sequence quarry, Urban Quarry. There is no need to carry heavy stones long distances.
From a material and environmental perspective, this strategy also has sustainability and increases circularity. By removing stone from the building, the building becomes more open to the public. This stone is redistributed on the street. Additionally, the replaced excess stone creates a new streetscape, enhancing the overall environment for public enjoyment.
Streetscape with 55 Wall Street Columns
Replacing Excess Stones move upside down and occupy wall street, and making new streetscape by putting street furniture on this narrow street such as chairs and tables. On this streetscape, financial groups and social groups make strong relationships on the street by sharing their inner space of the building and expanding their area to the street.
Excess Stone on Wall Street
Extracting Columns
Columns on the Street
Zoom In
Redesign Street
Free of Color 04
Underground Spa with Primitive Color
Hongik University, Thesis Project
2017. 03 ~ 2017.06
Type : Architecture Design
Instructor : Prof. Hyeonho Lee, Jeonghawn Park
Individual Academic Project
Prompted by the question, “Will everyone perceive a certain color the same way?” I began the project Free of Color. The work questions conventional definitions of color and investigates visible light. Through repeated experiments with separating and recombining color in space, I aimed to create an experience where color became emotional, personal, and fluid—much like in Rothko’s immersive paintings.
Inside the building, visitors encounter color not as pigment but as pure light. Three central columns emit red, green, and blue light into different zones. As these lights spread and mix, they generate new hues that shift throughout the day. This interplay blurs spatial boundaries, transforming the environment into a living, breathing canvas of continuously evolving chromatic experiences.
The result is a meditative and dynamic space where visitors can rest, observe, and reflect. Color becomes both a physical and emotional presence, constantly changing depending on time, movement, and perception. By emphasizing the variability of visual experience, Free of Color encourages visitors to reconsider the meaning of color—not as fixed, but as profoundly individual and perceptually fluid.
Main Image: Light Column Rendering, Bottom Left: Site Plan with Sun Path, Bottom Right: Model Photo
Exploded Axonometric
"Free of Color" consists of columns, ramps, and spas. Light entering through the column openings hits the wall several times, giving it a pure color. Light separated by pure colors leaks out into other spaces through the cracks in the columns.
Blue Light Spa
Red Light Spa Green Light Spa
Blue Light Green Light Red Light
1.Main Enterance 2.Swimming Pool 3.Underground Ramp 4.Lighting Hall 5.Exhibition Hall 6.Light Column Connection Hall 7.Underground Agora 8.Theater 9.Small Theather
1.First Underground Ramp 2.Observation Deck 3.Lighting Lobby 4.Light Column Connection Hall 5.Third Underground Ramp 6.Muti-Purpose Space 7.Underground Agora 8.Maditaion Space
Spatial Relationship With Color Lights
Each space is connected to the main space via an underground ramp. In addition, the light from the ground to the basement penetrates into the crevices and colors the entire space.
Section A-A'
Section B-B'
Section C-C'
Deck
Chamber
Hall
Basics Office Building 05
Liso Architects, South Korea
Location : Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
Program : Office Building
Type : Professional Work
Contribution : Participated in Overall Process(SD-DD-CD-CA)
The Basics Office Building completed in 2022 in Goyang-si, South Korea, is a workplace designed to reflect the identity and values of the company it houses. The strategic use of walls create a sense of privacy while maintaining an open and efficient workspace. The building’s design balances functionality and aesthetics, using architectural elements to frame both work environments and external views.
The exterior façade is characterized by a combination of Korean Hanji paper shades and metal screens, offering a distinctive interpretation of the color white. These materials not only enhance the building’s visual identity but also regulate light and privacy, adapting to the needs of the occupants. The façade design creates a dynamic interplay between transparency and opacity, responding to different times of the day.
Internally, walls are used to define key functions such as restrooms, elevator cores, and staircases, creating a structured yet fluid workspace. By strategically placing these divisions, the design ensures clear separations between different zones without compromising openness and connectivity. The result is a well-organized office environment that supports productivity while maintaining a sense of spatial clarity.
Main Image: Model Photo, Bottom Left: Site Arial Photo, Bottom Right: Model Photo
Main Image: Day and night façade, Bottom: 2nd floor under construction and post-construction interior view
Great Falls Green Center 06
Enclosure_Sawtooth Roof System Detail
Columbia University GSAPPP, TECH 3 & 4 2023. 09 ~ 2023.12
Type : Architecture Technology
Instructor : Prof. Berardo Matalucci
Team Project with Jerry Schmit, Dj Fan, Seonghak Lee, Seonghyun Leem
DETAIL SECTION_ROOF
Great Falls Green Center
Right: Detial Model Photo
Jaeyu Kim
New York, USA
(+1) 201-293-9792 / jk4668@columbia.edu
EDUCATION
09 / 2022 – 05 / 2025 Columbia University GSAPP, New York, USA
Master of Architecture
03 / 2012 - 08 / 2019 Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Interior Architecture (GPA: 3.75/4.5)
Bachelor of Fine Arts
WORK EXPERIENCE
06 / 2024 - 08 / 2024 Two Point Zero, Design Intern (New York, USA)
Focused on high-end hospitality interior projects in NYC, primarily contributing to construction documents (CD), including plans, reflected ceiling plans, interior elevations, and detail construction drawings.
Skills: Rhino, Sketch-up, Revit, 3d Max, AutoCAD, V-ray, Adobe CC, Words, Power Point
03 / 2021 - 02 / 2022
LISO Architects, Architectural Designer (Seoul, South Korea)
Engaged across all design processes, from schematic design (SD), design development (DD), construction documents (CD), to construction administration (CA). Actively contributed to the ‘Basics Office Building' project and the ‘4.16 Memorial Park’ International Competition.
06 / 2018 - 09 / 2022 H2 Research Lab, Hongik University, Researcher (Seoul, South Korea)
Focused on researching wood fiber, the raw material for making paper, to create structurally innovative materials that reinterpret traditional architectural elements. This work has led to one exhibition and the acquisition of three patents for the materials and their production methods.
Skills: Rhino, Grasshopper, V-ray, AutoCAD, Words, Adobe CC
01 / 2018 - 04 / 2018
03 / 2022 - 08 / 2022
HAUSMANN, Architectural Designer (Seoul, South Korea)
Specialized in crafting aesthetically pleasing, high-end residential interiors, applying expertise in space planning, branding, color theory, and material selection.
01 / 2022 (Patent) the Independence Type Wood Fiber Partition Structure and the Manufacturing Method thereof No. 1020210166835
01 / 2022 (Patent) the Opening Structure Using the Wood Fiber Partition No. 1020210166836
10 / 2021 (Book) DATA Books for Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021
ISBN: 979-11-6599-405-1
10 / 2021 (Book) CROSSROADS, Building the Resilient City, Guidebook for SBAU 2021
ISBN: 979-11-6599-398-6
01 / 2021 (Patent) Manufacturing Method of the Fiber Panel No. 10-2018-0132086
08 / 2018 (Book) Seoul Hanok, Building a New Era
Seoul Metropolitan Government Hanok Policy Exhibition
AWARDS / CERTIFICATION
08 / 2022 2022 T. S. KIM ARCHITECTURAL FELLOWHIP AWARD
Selected 3 FINALIST, T. S. KIM Traveling Fellowship Award for Young Architects
06 / 2018 - 09 / 2022 2021 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism
Selected THE FRESCO-MANIFESTO: Five Representative Artworks
General Director: Dominique Perrault / Committee Members: Miquel Adrià, Winy Maas and 6 others
08 / 2019 2019 Red Dot Award: Design Concept
'Corn Chair' and 'Chang-Ho', Shortlisted in Furniture Design, Individual Work
12 / 2018 DDP Young Designer Challenge
Selected as a 2018 Young Designer in Seoul, Exhibited 'Chang-Ho', Individual Work
08 / 2018 2018 World Conference on Timber Engineering, COEX
Production and Exhibition of Wooden Architecture Pavilion for city of Seoul Awarded a Citation from the Mayor of Seoul, as a Student Leader of 7 Members
07 / 2018 Preliminary Registered Architect
KIRA (Korea Institute of Registered Architects)
04 / 2018 Parametric Design Workshop with LadyBug Tools
Hosted by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari and Chris Mackey (Founders of LadyBug Tools) Demonstrated the Methodology of Parametric Design and Data Structure Using Ladybug Tools
09 / 2017 2017 UIA (International Union of Architecture) Young Architect Award, COEX
Grand Prize in Pavilion Design, as a Team Leader of 11 Members
05 / 2017 2017 UAUS (Union of Architecture in Seoul), Banpo Han-gang Park
Grand Prize in Pavilion Design from the Mayor of Seoul, as a Team Leader of 16 Members
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
06 / 2023 - 05 / 2024 Columbia University Korean Graduate Student Association, Art Chair 2023 2024 Columbia University Korean Graduate Student Association, Art Chair
01 / 2017 - 12 / 2017 Hongik School of Architecture, Student Vice-President 2017 Hongik School of Architecture Student Vice-President
03 / 2012 - 12 / 2016 Hongik School of Architecture, Class Representative Fall 2012 and Fall 2013
