Designers of Mountain and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate
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Youngmin Kim is a Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Seoul and the Design Director at VRION, a landscape architecture firm based in Korea. He studied architecture and landscape architecture at Seoul National University and earned his MLA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Before joining the University of Seoul, he practiced with the SWA Group, an internationally renowned landscape architecture firm in the United States and taught as a lecturer at the University of Southern California. He is also the author, editor, and translator of several books on landscape design and urbanism. Professor Kim has led major urban design and landscape projects in Korea, including the Paris Park Renovation, Gwanghwamun Square Renovation, and the Administrative City Central Plaza. His current research and practice focus on developing landscape-based solutions and strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change across multiple scales, with an emphasis on establishing quantitative methods to evaluate their effectiveness.
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Designers of Mountain and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate
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Free and open to the public
The Work of Mountain and Water
10:45 a.m. – 12:10 p.m., Friday, February 6, 2026, Piper Auditorium
Youngmin Kim is a Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Seoul and the Design Director at VRION, a landscape architecture firm based in Korea. He studied architecture and landscape architecture at Seoul National University and earned his MLA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Before joining the University of Seoul, he practiced with the SWA Group, an internationally renowned landscape architecture firm in the United States and taught as a lecturer at the University of Southern California. He is also the author, editor, and translator of several books on landscape design and urbanism. Professor Kim has led major urban design and landscape projects in Korea, including the Paris Park Renovation, Gwanghwamun Square Renovation, and the Administrative City Central Plaza. His current research and practice focus on developing landscape-based solutions and strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change across multiple scales, with an emphasis on establishing quantitative methods to evaluate their effectiveness.
