Design Research
Community Outreach
Engaging The City Through Design Lecture, 2022
Speaker: Ji Young Kim
“This is part of a series: Urban Space for Humanistic Analysis
CPI encourages urban dwellers to share their opinions on various social issues. This is a conversation between creators of urban space and their audiences. Experts present their visions of how urban environments have shaped and influenced people living in them.”
Newark Beautification Initiative, 2017
Instructors: Ji Young Kim, RA, Adjunct Professor NJIT CoAD & Angus Eade, Adjunct Professor NJIT CoAD
Mayor’s Training and Leadership Summer Youth Employment Program
Sponsored by the City of Newark in Partnership with NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Urban Forest Public Art Installation, 2013
Artist: Ji Young Kim
Once a rat-infested lot filled with demolished building rubbles, the site was transformed into an active public gathering space through the efforts of non-profit public advocacy groups, community members, support of major cultural institutions, and the City’s Parks Department.
Responsive City
Ongoing
Responsive City explores how today’s cities operate within the multifaceted realms of society. The ongoing design research explores, proposes, and builds a reciprocal dialog between people and the built environment.
Option Studios
Ongoing
Instructor: Ji Young Kim, Adjunct Professor
Ji Young Kim continued expanded research on Community Outreach through option studios at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Architecture Department.
Emergency Housing Mexico, A Home for Everyone
Emergency Housing Mexico is a prototype and planning proposal to relieve the Housing Crisis across Latin America in the immediate future. The proposal focuses on providing higher quality living in short- and long-term habitats by re-imagining fundamental Elements of Home - Air, Water, Light, Thermal Comfort, and the Community.
Materials and Systems
Renewable Materials And Digital Design Technologies In Architecture, Lecture, 2017
Speaker: Ji Young Kim, Founding Principal, Praxes, Adjunct Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology
The lecture highlighted my design research experience with sustainable materials and construction strategies.
Studio Full Scale Installations
Ongoing
Instructor: Ji Young Kim, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Architecture Department, Adjunct Professor
Pratt Institute, Visiting Assitant Professor
Ji Young Kim continued research on Materials and Systems through studios at the New Jersey Institute of Technology Architecture Department and Pratt Institute Interior Design Department.
Reconstruction Methods for Freeform & Solid Geometry, Panelization as a Method to Rationalize Freeform Geometry and Subdivide Solid Geometry, 2009
Author: Ji Young Kim
Design + Academic Practice
University of Cincinnati, School of Architecture and Interior Design, Lecture, 2020
Speaker: Ji Young Kim
University of Cincinnati, School of Architecture and Interior Design
The lecture highlighted PRAXES’ design research experience and initiatives for community work.
Trans-Disciplinary+Trans-Cultural Explorations In Art & Architecture, Lecture, 2013
Speaker: Ji Young Kim
The University of Louisiana, School of Architecture and Design, 2013 Spring Semester Design Week
The lecture highlighted PRAXES’ design research experience and initiatives as a co-director and editorial board member of d3.