B.A. University of California at Berkeley, U.S.
M. Arch. Harvard University, U.S.

Currently a Full Professor and the Director of the B.Arch program, my primary area of research is the adaptive reuse of architectural heritage by examining the social and cultural values embedded within ordinary buildings. By starting each design project with the documentation of social and cultural contexts, I have attempted to combine historical research with design practice. Another research interest is to highlight various activities by architects that do not include construction in the traditional sense. I believe architects are uniquely qualified to serve as cultural and political leaders and to guide interdisciplinary collaborations to visualize new possibilities for the future. The last area of my expertise is art-architecture collaboration, including exhibition design,  temporary structures, and curatorial practice.

I received a B.A. with highest honors from UC Berkeley and a Master of Architecture from Harvard GSD. After professional training in the US and Spain for architecture and specialty glass construction, I established my independent practice in New York. I was a curator for the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (2021), and the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2018). My academic career began at Parsons School of Design and Columbia GSAPP in New York; in Korea, at Konkuk and Korea University, before joining the Department of Architecture at SNU in 2013.