NEWS
Congratulations Lyu Xin, and Cho Yun Sul, for being accepted to the Ph.D. at Hongik University!
special lecture
November – 01 - 2019
There was a Neuro Design lecture in the second semester of 2019. The lecturer was Professor Kim Young Bo of Gachon University.
November – 08 - 2019
There was a Neuro Design lecture in the second semester of 2019. The lecturer was Professor Cho Zang-hee of Korea University.
December – 01 - 2019
There was a Neuro Design lecture in the second semester of 2019. The lecturer was Professor Jang Dayk of Seoul National University.
February – 21 - 2018
Congratulations Chung Yu Jin, for being accepted to the Ph.D. at Hongik University!
March – 23 - 2016
Congratulations to Kim Soomin and Oh Seo-hyun, who won the 2016 eVolo Skyscraper Competition. They were chosen as one of 21 honorable mentions of 489 projects!
eVolo 2016 honorable mention
"Sustainable Skyscraper Enclosure"
Soomin Kim, Seo-Hyun Oh
Republic of Korea
Modern cities have faced extreme changes due to developments of the Industrial Revolution and the urban sprawl caused by population increase. Artificial environment, cities, offered diversity of opportunities and new lifestyles which humans comforted with. However, this benefit jeopardized the balance and harmony of natural environment. Capitalism, while making possible these megacities, also brought severe side effects such as economic polarization and social imbalance. Once expected to guarantee prosperity of human lives, technics and systems, are now even considered as threats to the coexistence between human and natural environment, and human communities.
March – 26 - 2015
Congratulations to Kim Taehan, Lee Seoung Ji, and Ha Yujin, who won the 2015 eVolo Skyscraper Competition. They were chosen as one of 15 honorable mentions of 480 projects!
eVolo 2015 honorable mention
"Honorable Mention"
Taehan Kim, Seoung Ji Lee, Yujin Ha
Republic of Korea
Neither did we know at first that the juvenile yet ingenious imagination of touching and catching the cloud would bring balance to the Earth…
The mankind, despite their remarkable advancements, could not for once surpass the greatness of nature. In the face of devastating floods and droughts, our bests were mere building of dams and planting of trees. But one day, the abnormalities of climate started to exhibit signs of balance.
The balance comes from redistribution of cloud. Capturing then releasing the clouds from where they are affluent to scarce started to change the color of the planet Earth. The arid-yellow deserts transformed themselves as fresh green. Changes in the nature were only the start of all the other transformations to follow.
March – 12 - 2013
Congratulations to Park Sung Hee and Na Hye Yeon, who won the 2013 eVolo Skyscraper Competition. They were chosen as one of 24 honorable mentions of 625 projects!
eVolo 2013 honorable mention
"The 7th Continent"
Park Sung-Hee, Na Hye Yeon
Republic of Korea
The quantity of small plastic fragments floating in the north-east Pacific Ocean has been increased a hundred times over the past 40 years accumulating and forming what we know as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a great hazard to the earth ecosystems balance. Studies estimate that the amount of plastic floating on the Pacific Ocean is twice the size of the US State of Texas.
Kinetic Islands address this problem and propose a solution for disposal huge-amount of plastic and garbage patches in North-east Pacific Ocean, and take advantage of them as construction elements for a futuristic floating city.
