Prof. Lee and our researcher Sukjoo Hong visited MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), USA from October 30th to November 4th to join ACADIA 2017. ACADIA, one of the sibling organization of CAADRIA, eCAADe, and SiGRaDi, facilitates critical investigations into the role of computation in architecture, planning, and building science, encouraging innovation in design creativity, sustainability, and [...]
The GSCT-KMD (Keio Media Design) Workshop was held in Keio University on September 3rd-5th, Japan. MS. student, Lee, Juyoung attended the workshop.
With Tokyo Disneyland as one of our cases of theme park research, Professor Lee and our PhD candidates, Sun-joong Kim, Kyunghoon Hyun, and Ikwhan Kim and Master's candidate, Aram Min visited Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea to investigate the components of theme parks including the services, the buildings, the landscapes, and the streetscapes. As can be seen from the [...]
Date: Dec. 28, 2011~Jan. 5, 2012 Place: Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman This thankful workshop led by Prof. Eissa of Sultan Qaboos University of Sultanate Oman (SQU) was held to continue our research on the topic of Cultural DNA by using the historical patterns from the '2009 VECSiD International Workshop held in KAIST, Korea. Prof. Lee and Sun-Joong Kim received [...]
Visiting Samsung Green Tomorrow Showcase House (August 24, 2011, Samsung C & T Green Tomorrow, Yongin, Korea) 'Green Tomorrow' is a zero-carbon house developed by Samsung C & T as a showcase of sustainable design for South Korea. Using advanced technologies of sustainable energy and housing construction, this showcase house reduces 56% of energy consumption. Concisely, this showcase house dreams to [...]
Visiting Zero-Energy House of Korea Institute of Construction Technology (August 10th, 2011, KICT Zero-Energy House, Ilsan, Korea) Zero-Energy House of KICT developed by Korea Institute of Construction Technology is a showcase for the realization of sustainable housing concept. Dr. Kim (Soo-Am Kim) tried to realize this sustainable concept in real housing-unit to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Along [...]
Research to Understand City Modernization (July 19~24, 2011 NCKU Tainan, NYUST Yunlin, Taipei, Taiwan) In the beginning of 20th century, Korea and Taiwan have endured the modernization process under the common cultural background of Japanese Empire. Although the urban modernization in both countries had been initiated by their own will, the colonial rulers of Japanese Empire completed the urban modernization under the imperialism. In [...]
