Awards

2025

Awarded for Outstanding Paper Presentation, 2025 Fall Conference of the Korean Association for Spatial Structures, Korea

2025

Awarded for Outstanding Paper Presentation, 2025 Fall Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK)

2025

Play with Scale: The Ames Matrix, Power of Ten-The RIBA Journal Competition, Shortlist, UK

2025

Awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award by the Graduate School of Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea

2025

Tensegrity Cloud Shelter, Daejeon Public Design Awards, Honorable Mention, Korea

2024

Pinched Forest Drums, Sansusi Sound Sculpture Competition, Honorable Mention, Latvia

2023

Awarded for Outstanding Paper Presentation, 2023 Fall Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK)

2021

Existence, Phenomenon and Time, Competition Entry, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea

2021

Exuberance Blossom, Competition Winner, Hyundai Public Art Award, Korea

2020

Floral Whitewater, Public Art Competition Winner, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea

2017

Tensor Bench, Public Installation Competition Winner, Geumchun-gu, Korea

2016

GAMMA Young Artist Awards 2016, Artist of the Year, Hong Kong

2013

Selected Artist, National Open Call, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Korea

Publications

2026

Campus Gate as Plaza, Landscape Architecture Korea 460 2026, Korea

2025

Play with Scale: The Ames Matrix, The RIBA Journal October 2025, UK

2025

Turbulence :  New Media Art 2025, CICA Press, Korea

2021

Smart City, Physics and Advanced Technology Magazine, Seoul, Korea

2015

It is time for technology not only to generate profit, but to give back to nature, .etCras Magazine, Seoul, Korea

2008

Performance-Oriented Design, Iran Architecture, Teheran, Iran

2008

Form Follows Performance, ARCH Plus, Germany

2008

Versatility and Vicissitude: Performance in Morpho-Ecological Design, London UK

2007

5 Works, Spacetime, Seoul Korea

2006

Morpho Ecologies, AA Publication, London UK

Conference Papers

2026

A Study on Place-Identity Formation in Birthday Cafés through Ritualization Strategies

Spring Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK)

2026

A Study on Bistable Surfaces for Environmentally Responsive Shell Envelopes

Spring Conference of the Korean Association for Spatial Structures, Korea (KASS)

2025

A Study on the Arch Design Using Slit-cut Bending-active Strips 

Fall Conference of the Korean Association for Spatial Structures, Korea (KASS)

2025

A Study on the Emergence of Shell Curvature by Assembling Differential Strip-Pinch Deformation Modules

Fall Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK)

2025

The Effect of Color Contrast on Wayfinding Efficiency - A Reinforcement Learning-Based Simulation Study -

Spring Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK)

2025

An Analysis of the Potential to Supplement Visibility Analysis Using ML-Agents  

Spring Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK)

2023

A Study on the Surface-Active Arch Design Using Pinching Deformation 

Fall Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK)

2023

Argument on the Possibility of Artificial Intelligence with New Architectural Design Methodology 

Spring Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK)

2023

A Guideline for the analysis of optimal annual solar radiation considering the location of solar panel installation

Spring Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK)

Exhibitions

2025

2025 ADIK (Architecture Design Institute of Korea) International Invitational Exhibition, Korea

2024

CICA NMAC 2024 Solo Show, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2023

TRIBON (former LG Fashion) BOBCAT Savvy and Skilled, Seoul Korea

2022

CICA FORM 2022, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2021

Yard Engineered, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea

2021

Nature Observation 02, Hyundai Motor Namyang Lab, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2021

Seoul International Sculpture Festa, Seoul, Korea

2020

Bio-Inspired Design and Strategy, Nature Obsevation 01, Hyundai Motor Innocean, Korea

2019

Charged Diagon – Suwon City museum, Korea

2017

Forming – Water, Wind and Gravity, Jeju O’sulloc Museum, Korea

2016

Gari-bong District Residential Exhibition, Gari-bong Cultural Centre, Korea

2016

Sublime Space, Amore Pacific, Nemo Gallery, Korea

2015

Transcendence Bridge, GCC, Korea

2014

Han River Visionary Projects, DDP, Korea

2014

Architecture + Paper, Museum SAN (formerly Hansol Museum), Korea

2014

Data Driven Form, New Heroes, Nemo Gallery, Korea

2013

DSL Components 101013, Generative Form with Space, Emerging Space, GMOMA, Korea

2013

IN-FORM-ING/ATION, Open Studio, GCC, Korea

2013

Light Wave Vault, Project Zero, GCC, Korea

2013

What’s On’, Free Box, the Permanent Exhibition Space, GCC, Korea

2007

Technical Study Retrospective Preview, AA School, UK

2005

Reciprocal Influences, Bolzano Bozen, Italy

2004

Tejidos Expansivos, Mexico City, Mexico

Workshops

2025

Advances in Architectural Geometry Workshop, MIT, USA

2025

Robot Artistry: Metal Shell Panel Assembly with a Robot Arm, Yonsei University, Korea 

2024

Robot Artistry: Form Router Carving with a Robot Arm, Yonsei University, Korea 

2023

​Advances in Architectural Geometry Workshop, University of Stuttgart, Germany

2023

Robot Artistry : Building Ceramic Installation with a Robot Arm, Yonsei University, Korea

2023

Robotics 101: Simple Fabrication with a Robot Arm, Yonsei University, Korea

2021

​Digital Fabrication Workshop, Yonsei University, Korea

2020

Fundamental Drawing Workshop, Yonsei University, Korea

2020

Parametric Visual Script Workshop with Rhino Grasshopper, Seoul National University, Korea

2018

Yonsei - AA Visiting School Seoul, Korea

2017

Yonsei - AA Visiting School Seoul, Korea

2017

Generative Design Workshop, Kyungnam University, Korea

2016

Generative Design Workshop, Yonsei University, Korea

2016

Yonsei - AA Visiting School Seoul Winter, Korea

2015

Seoul Architecture Forum(SAF), Summer School, University of Seoul, Korea

2015

Yonsei - AA Visiting School Seoul Winter, Korea

2013

Parametric Visual Script Workshop with Rhino Grasshopper, Yonsei University, Korea

2013

Parametric Visual Script Workshop with Rhino Grasshopper, Konkook University, Korea

2009

Smart Geometry Workshop and Conference, San Francisco, USA

2006

Smart Geometry Workshop and Conference, Oxford, UK

Public Lectures

2024

CICA NMAC 2024 International Conference, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2022

Simple but Smart, Public Lecture, Yonsei-AA Visiting School Seoul, Korea

2021

Simple but Smart, Public Lecture, Postech, Korea

2020

Generative Form, Public Lecture, Seoul National University Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Korea

2019

From Kind to Degree, Social Algorithm Symposium, Yonsei University, Korea

2019

Generative Form, Public Lecture, APCTP, Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory, Korea

2017

Generative Form, Public Lecture, Altair International Conference, Korea

2017

Generative Form, Public Lecture, National Institute of Ecology, Korea

2016

Workshop Lecture at Hanyang University and the National University of Singapore, Hanyang University ERICA, Korea

2016

Korea Academy of Complexity Studies Summer Lecture, Sookmyoung Women's University, Korea

2015

How Forms Evolve, Public Lecture, DIGIT, Korea

2015

Generative Pattern, Colloquium, Department of Applied Physics, Hanyang University ERICA, Korea

2014

Generative Pattern, Public Lecture, Dooeul Scholarship Foundation, Korea

2014

Generative Form, Public Lecture, Samsung Creative Workshop, Korea

2014

How forms evolve?, SAN (formerly Hansol Museum) , Korea

2014

Generative Pattern, Public Lecture, Korea Academy of Complexity Studies, Ewha Womans University, Korea