Yeeun Kwon holds a Master’s of Science in Architecture and Urban Design (MSAUD) from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Prior to that, she earned her Bachelor of Architecture from Sung Kyun Kwan University (SKKU) where she was awarded the 1st place of Outstanding Achievement in Architecture as a top graduating architecture student in 2011. She was also the recipient of the Alumnae Scholarship at the Dept. of Architecture, SKKU.
Yeeun has two and half years of professional experience in the field of architecture and design. She as an architectural designer is a fast learner and motivated individual who work efficiently in handling simultaneous deadlines and to produce a consistent high standard of work even under extreme work pressure.
In her previous positions, she worked as a Junior Architect at G.S Architects & Associates that she was involved in a number of design competitions and creating technical construction drawings with details. She has worked on various institutional, residential, interior, landscape and urban planning project. Above all, she participated in an early stage of architectural design process at competition with a strong and clear identity. Furthermore, she managed her solely project in some occasion; a landscape master plan of Dae-Gaya Historical Them Park, Goryeong and an interior design of Children's Vision Center, Namyangju. Yeeun worked tirelessly to master unfamiliar range of design work in landscape and interior plan and successfully extended her capability to become a multi-adapted designer in various fields.
Yeeun currently lives in New York City and is pursuing a career in architecture and urban design.
G.S Architects & Associates, Seoul, KR, Junior Architect
Responsibilities: Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction Documentation Drawings.
KUNWON Architects & Planners, Seoul, KR, Intern
Studio 2105, Seoul, KR, Intern
Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Masters, MS. Architecture and Urban Design
Outstanding Achievement in Architecture, 1st Place
Awarded to the top graduating architecture student from the Dept. of Architecture, Sung Kyun Kwan University
The Awards of East Asia Urban Architecture Studio, 1st Place
Awarded to the top student group at the East Asia Urban Architecture Studio (an International Joint Studio of Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan)