EDUCATION
Dr. sc. in Computer Aided Architectural Design, ETH Zurich. 2012~2016.
MAS in Computer Aided Architectural Design, ETH Zurich. 2010~2012.
M.S. in Culture Technology, KAIST. 2006~2008.
B.S. in Industrial Design, KAIST. 2000~2004.
RESEARCH POSITION
Research professor, Ewha Institute for the Humanities, Ewha Womans University. 2023~present.
Postdoctoral researcher, Chair for Digital Architectonics (previously “Chair for CAAD”), ETH Zurich. 2016~2020.
Scientific Assistant, Chair for CAAD (Computer Aided Architectural Design), ETH Zurich, 02.2012~03.2016
Visiting Researcher, FCL (Future Cities Laboratory), Singapore-ETH Centre, 04.2012~12.2012
Researcher, Experience Lab, GSCT (Graduate School of Culture Technology) KAIST, 2008~2009.
PUBLICATION
See Publications
RESEARCH GRANT
“Posthumanist Writing and Data Literacy”, National Research Foundation of Korea (Grant no. 2023S1A5B5A16075247; approved amount KRW 39m/year), 2023~2028.
“Media Architecture: architecture mediating information technology”, Swiss National Science Foundation (project funding 10013_173414, Div. I-III: Architecture and Social Urban Science; approved amount CHF 295k), 2017~2020.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
“Concrete Writing with Proteins”, the 30th ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art), Academic Conference (Seoul), 2025
“Neural Nets, New Objects, and Objectivity”, the 14th Beyond Humanism Conference (Łódź), 2024
“Architectonic Glass Beads”, the15th AHRA (Architectural Humanities Research Association) International Conference, in the session Tectonics of the Immaterial (Eindhoven), 2018
“Com-putational Characters”, ISCAL (International Symposium on Culture, Arts, and Literature)(Osaka), 2017
“Three Proposals for Cultivating Relationship Literacy”, DGTF (The German Society for Design Theory and Research)| Reassembling Relationships, (Potsdam), 2015
“Digital Infrastructures and Categories of Spatialization”, Media Architecture Biennale 2014, Doctoral Consortium (Aarhus), 2014
“Species of Media Architecture”, Memories of the Future Conference, University of the Arts London and Institute of Modern Languages Research (London), 2014
“Who else but Big Brother? Various Characters in Digital Infrastructures”, LIT CRI: Literature and Urban Space Conference, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Istanbul), 2013
“Para-Desires: Digital Infrastructures and Para-Functionality”, ARCHTHEO: Theory of Architecture Conference, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Istanbul), 2013
“From Ambient to Interactive: human-digital art interaction on public display based on the spatial relationship”, co-author: Kwangyun Wohn, HCI Korea (Pyeong Chang), 2009
INVITED LECTURE
“AI와 어떤 언어적 인공물을 만들 것인가”, The 153th Colloquium, Ewha Institute for the Humanities, Ewha Womans University. 05.2025.
“텍스트 생성과 포스트휴먼 주체성”, CT Colloquium, GSCT KAIST. 10.2024.
“Objectivity? Trials, Traces, Figurings”, Guest lecture at TX Lab, GSCT KAIST. 12.2023.
“Naturing Affairs”, Guest lecture in the course of the interdisciplinary module Remote Materialities, ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste)(online). 02.2021.
“Atlas of Naturing Affairs”, Opening lecture for the workshop Naturing Affairs: the double-leverage in architecture and art, HGK (Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst), FHNW Basel. 12.2019.
“Faculties to carry with when we talk about architecture and information”, Schwerpunkte 7| Architecture as/for/of information, Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich. 06.2019.
“An Architectonic Instrument”, Guest lecture at the Architectural Faculty of University of Zagreb. 06.2018.
“Affair on A Fantastic Planet”, Guest lecture in the course of the elective course, A Quantum City, CAAD ETH Zurich. 11.2016.
“Affair on A Fantastic Planet”, IAM Open Lecture #3, Guest lecture at the Institute of Architecture and Media, TU Graz. 11.2016.
“Affair with Networks”, Lecture at Strange Garden Symposium, Interaction Design Department, ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). 02.2016.
“<Gifts from Gardens> and other stories of digital infrastructure”, Guest lecture at the Department of Architecture Theory (a-theory), TU Wien. 01.2016.
TEACHING AND ADVISING
Lecturer, “Information Technology and Designing Artifacts” I, II, Non-curricular course, Ewha Womans University, Fall Semester, 2025.
Lecturer, “Architecture and the City”, Ewha International Summer College. 2025.
Guest Critic, “A House that demands more from the Sunset”, Final review of the elective course, Chair for Digital Architectonics, ETH Zurich, 05.2021
Guest Critic, “Remote Materialities”, Final review of the interdisciplinary module, ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste), 02.2021
Lecturer, “Creation Myth in the Digital World”, Elective Course 052-0627-20L, CAAD ETH Zurich, Spring Semester 2020
Lecturer, “Architectural Manifesto in the Digital World“, Elective Course 052-0627-19L, CAAD ETH Zurich, Fall Semester 2019
Guest Critic, “Digital and Experimental Design”(MA/BA) Final review, UdK (Universität der Künste) Berlin, 06.2017
Guest Mentor, “Spatial Interaction Design” (BA, 4th semester), ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste), 03.2016
Lecturer, “Fantastic Electronic Gardens”, Postgraduate module, MAS CAAD ETH Zurich, Fall 2013
Teaching Assistant, “Digital Media Design”, Graduate course at GSCT KAIST (Daejeon), 2007~2009
Tutor, “New York Film Academy & GSCT KAIST”, Digital Filmmaking Course (Seoul), 01.2008
ACADEMIC EVENT ORGANISATION
“Architecture and Naturing Affairs”, A two-day symposium organization as the General Chair, funded by Swiss National Science Foundation (project funding 10013_173414), Chair for Digital Architectonics, ETH Zurich (Zurich), 01.2020
“Naturing Affairs: the double-leverage in architecture and art”, Workshop organization in collaboration with Shintaro Miyazaki and Maria Smigielska, Critical Media Lab, HGK (Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst)(Basel), 12.2019
“Strange Garden”, Workshop organization in collaboration with Joël Gähwiler and Selina Reiterer, Interaction Design, ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste), 02.2016
ACADEMIC SERVICE
IPC (International Program Committee), the 30th ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art), 2025.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Assistant Art Director and Software Developer, futureLAB (Winterthur), 07.2011~06.2012
Assistant Art Director, Dizmo AG (Zurich), 07.2012~08.2013
Designer Internship, WiderThan R & D Centre, SK Telecom (Seoul), 07.2003
Student Designer (Academia-Industry Cooperation), SAMSUNG Mobile Design Team and id KAIST (Seoul and Daejeon), 09.2002~01.2003
ART REVIEW
Reading Rämistrasse #55: Mihye An on Law & Order at Kulturfolger, Kunsthalle Zürich blog, 07.2021.
MEDIA ART SOLO EXHIBITION
“Offset Creatures”, Gallery Ewha (Seoul), 05.2009
MEDIA ART GROUP EXHIBITION (SELECTED)
“Relay Hard”, Suspicious| Ilhyun Travel Grant Recepients’, Ilhyun Museum (Seoul), 08.2010
“Projeclipse”, DIY Universe , Ten Years After v. 5.2, Insa Art Center (Seoul), 12.2009~01.2010
“Projeclipse”, DIY Universe, Ten Years After v. 5.1, Daejeon Museum of Art (Daejeon), 10.2009~12.2009
“7 Clouds 4 Birds”, Ilhyun Travel Grant 2009, Ilhyun Museum (Yangyang), 08.2009
“Macrocycle”, Artists, what is science for you?, National Museum of Contemporary Art & KAIST (Daejeon), 12.2008
QUALIFICATION
ADsP (Advanced Data Analytics Semi-Professional), K-DATA, Korea Ministry of Science and ICT, 11.2023
4-Week Digital Filmmaking Course, New York Film Academy (New York), 02.2007
French Language Level 4 (C1) and Level 5 (C2), University of Nantes, Institut de Recherche et de Formation en Français Langue Etrangère (Nantes), 08.2004~05.2005
LANGUAGE
Korean (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (Level C1~C2), German (Level B2.1)