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Factory for Urban Living
In the Shape of a Human retools Seoul’s Dongdaemun Market into a high-tech “mega-factory” via urban conveyor belts, restoring pedestrian space and local craft. → read more
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Tung House
Set in a wooded area, Tung House uses a zero-energy strategy and split-level design. Its unique roof optimizes solar orientation and passive heating and cooling. → read more
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Big Dig House
This prototype house uses 600,000 lbs of steel and concrete from Boston’s Big Dig to show how salvaged infrastructure can build sustainable schools and housing. → read more
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Psychedelic Architecture Lecture
Parallel to the 1960s, does today’s architecture lack a relevant movement? John Hong proposes form and allegory over function to tackle our imminent crises. → read more
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John Hong at Research by Design Symposium NUS
Join international architects from Asia and Australia for a symposium on Research by Design. We explore the impact of making, design research, and the academy. → read more
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Tacit Struggle: Converging Architectural Experience and Sustainable Strategies
Tung House proves that merging building science with spatial design creates a new synthesis. Its decoupled roof optimizes solar performance while transforming the interior volume and exterior typology. → read more
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Seoul Biennale Open Architecture Critiques
City as Verb: Imminent Futures for Seoul’s Dongdaemun Region invites a public studio review with Marc Brossa, John Hong, and Sanki Choe. → read more
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Verdant Recording Studio
A recording studio addition blends acoustic precision with rural context, shaping light, sound, and landscape into an immersive creative space. → read more
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Valentine Houses
Three townhouses reinterpret the wood-frame type with double-height spaces, garden balconies, and shared roofs that blur private and communal life. → read more
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Interdependent Urbanism
A performance-based zoning tool uses computation to test density, daylight, parks, and program – proving urban quality need not decline as cities grow denser. → read more
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Spaces of Translation
Manhattan’s Koreatown recasts inherited fabric through cultural exchange, where street life, commerce, and identity intertwine in a dense, dialogical urban topography. → read more
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Existing City / New Resource
An exhibition on nine Seoul projects shows how underused infrastructure can be recycled into new public realms, redefining the urban commons → read more
