Chungnam, Korea[commissioned] The site is located in a depopulated rural town tucked under small mountains. Ironically, the only place we could build was where the five existing luscious cherry blossom trees were. Instead of constructing architectural features, we decided to build a backdrop to highlight these existing natural elements as the main features. We […]
Seoul, South Korea[built project]
Chungcheongnam-do, Korea[finalist, invited competition]
Yeoido, Korea[competition entry]
Simgok House | Sungnam, Korea | 2019심곡 하우스 | 성남, 대한민국 | 2019 While many contemporary families increasingly live further apart, a poet and her three daughters, each with their own families, found a cozy site in a high-density village where the new and old coexist. In this unique situation, Simgok House meets the difficult […]
Oasis Place | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[2017 Architizer A+Awards finalist] The extreme climate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has an important social impact: people tend to live in enclosed and conditioned spaces which reduce the use of public spaces and decrease social interaction. Through the utilization of the site’s inherent natural qualities and the […]
Seoul, Korea [2016 American Architecture Prize Gold Prize, 2016 Seoul Architectural Award Great Prize, 2015 AIANY Honor Award, 2015 AIANY Best in Competition Award, Architectural Record Feature, 2014 AIA/BSA Honor Award, 2014 AIA NE Award, ArchDaily feature ] The problem of urban density and housing costs is global. As unit types get smaller however, land costs […]
Heyri, Korea [ AIANE Design Award, AIA/BSA Honor Award, American Architecture Award ] The White Block Gallery is a 1500m2 exhibition and cultural space at the heart of the Heyri Art Valley in South Korea. A matrix of 3 solid gallery volumes carefully positioned creates 7 additional galleries in a compact but open ended configuration. Designed […]
Cambridge, MA [Dwell Magazine Feature, Dec/Jan 2012] Part of a larger concept for healthy fast food, the Clover mission is to revolutionize the way food is produced, distributed, and ultimately consumed. Through a system of local hubs, restaurants, pods, and food trucks, community networks are emphasized. Scaled up, this will have an enormous positive impact […]
Heyri, Korea [ Featured in Domus and the CreatorsProject ] ‘Cloud’ is an interactive light and sound sculpture that takes what is usually secretive one-way surveillance data and turns it into public art. By tracking to the movement of passerbys as well as to the dynamically changing weather patterns of the Heyri Art Valley, three […]
Gwangju Biennale, Korea [curators’ selection for full scale construction, publication: Mole Magazine ]
New York, NY | [AIA/BSA Interior Architecture Honor Award] The density of today’s urban environments is deceptive: while physically substantial, cities can be quite vacant in terms of actual occupancy. Transactions between peoples, places, and events accelerated by the internet have lent themselves to a nomadic residency that not only contributes to material, space, and […]
