Mikyoung Kim
EducationOberlin College, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Occupation(s)Landscape Architect, Academic
TitleFounding Principal of Mikyoung Kim Designs

Mikyoung Kim, FASLA is an American landscape architect, urban designer, and founding principal of Mikyoung Kim Design. Kim has received the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Award and the American Society of Landscape Architects National Design Medal. Her studio was named by Fast Company as one of the world's most innovative architecture firms.

Early life and education

Mikyoung Kim was born in Hartford, Connecticut .[1] She initially aimed for a career as a concert pianist until she developed tendinitis in her early 20s.[2]

While at Oberlin College, Kim also studied sculpture. She graduated with a BS in Sculpture/Art History in 1989.[3] She subsequently studied landscape architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design, graduating in 1992. At Harvard, she studied concurrently at the GSD and at the MIT VES (Visual and Environmental Studies) department, developing designs, sculpture, installations and videos. While at Harvard, she was the Norman T. Newton Scholar and received the Jacob Weidenmann Prize for Design.

Work

Mikyoung Kim Design

Kim's projects include the ChonGae Canal restoration in Seoul, Korea the Crown Sky Garden in Chicago, IL the Chicago Botanic Garden,[4] the Plaza at the Prudential at 888 Boylston in Boston, the John Hancock Tower Roof Garden in Boston, MA, and Pier 4 Seaport Plaza in Boston, MA. The firm is best known for designing healing gardens, including the Crown Sky Garden at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the Boston Children's Hospital Longwood Entrance, and the Miami Healing Garden at the Jackson South Community Hospital.[5] The ChonGae Canal in Seoul, South Korea opened in 2005. The Canal includes the conversion of one of the city's polluted waterways into a local amenity that attracts 90,000 pedestrians a day.[6]

Teaching

In 1994 she became a full time faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design [7] and opened her own firm in Boston, MA. She was a professor at Rhode Island School of Design from 1994 to 2012 and was the Department Head at RISD[8][7] for five years. She has taught a variety of design and sculpture studios and seminars.[9] Since 2012, Kim has held a Professor Emerita position. She has also taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design from 2017 to 2018 as a Design Critic in Landscape Architecture.[10] In Fall 2018 Kim held the Glimcher Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University.[11]

Recent Awards

2022: American Society of Landscape Architects, Firm Award American Society of Landscape Architects

2019: Mikyoung Kim Design awarded Fast Company Worlds Most Innovative Companies - Architecture[5]

2010: Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design, Harvard University for ChonGae Canal in Seoul, South Korea - Architecture[12]

References

  1. ^ "Mikyoung Kim". Landscape Architect + Designer Profiles. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ^ Julie, Lasky (6 February 2013). "Mikyoung Kim's Healing Gardens". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  3. ^ "2014 Fellows Profiles". American Society for Landscape Architects. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Mikyoung Kim's new Glencoe learning and discovery campus encourages children's sensory discovery of the natural world—minus the gaudiness of plastic playgrounds or an overprescription of experiences". Global Design News. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Most Innovative Companies: Mikyoung Kim Design". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ^ Revkin, Andrew C. (2009-07-16). "Peeling Back Pavement to Expose Watery Havens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  7. ^ a b Hilderbrand, Gary. "You Must Engage: an Interview with Mikyoung Kim, FASLA". Landscape Architecture Magazine. Landscape Architecture Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  8. ^ Taylor, Lindsey (4 March 2014). "Landscape Architects Share Their Favorite Things". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  9. ^ "Prof. Mikyoung Kim - Designing Imaginative Playgrounds". WAMC. 15 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Mikyoung Kim MLA '92 Receives 2018 ASLA Design Medal". Harvard GSD Grounded Visionaries - Alumni & Friends. 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Mikyoung Kim is the 2018 Glimcher Distinguished Visiting Professor". Knowlton School. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  12. ^ Robinson, Alexander; Hopton, Myvonwynn (2011). "Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project". doi:10.31353/cs0140. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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