Archinect
Yeeun Kwon

Yeeun Kwon

New York, NY, US

 

About 

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.

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Employment 

G.S Architects & Associates, Seoul, KR, Junior Architect

Responsibilities: Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction Documentation Drawings.

Dec 2010 - Feb 2013
 

KUNWON Architects & Planners, Seoul, KR, Intern

Jan 2009 - Jan 2009
 

Studio 2105, Seoul, KR, Intern

Dec 2007 - Jan 2008
 

Education 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Masters, MS. Architecture and Urban Design

Jun 2014 - May 2015
 

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, KR, BArch, Architecture

Mar 2005 - Feb 2011
 

Awards 

Outstanding Achievement in Architecture, 1st Place

Awarded to the top graduating architecture student from the Dept. of Architecture, Sung Kyun Kwan University

2011
 

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)

2009
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills