About

Tectonics Lab is an internationally recognized design laboratory. Established by Hyundai Kim and Sukyung Kim, the laboratory provides a full scope of involvements with the relationship of architecture, landscape, and product design. The works of Tectonics Lab have been featured in The Financial Times, Dezeen, Divisare, Architect Magazine, SPACE(A&HCI), and was exhibited at The 12th International Festival of Architecture and Urbanism Architecture Week Prague 2018.

Philosophy

Tectonics Lab pursues a transdisplinary, integral approach to architecture, urbanism, and product design. Our research-based methodology embraces practice with theory, materialization with philosophy, and conceptualization with sensibility. The works of Tectonics Lab specifically explore the realm of tectonics through practice and theoretical research focusing especially on the way architectural tectonics affect other formal disciplines. 

People

Sukyung Kim is the director of Tectonics Lab. She received a Bachelor of Architecture from Ewha Womans University. She is a registered architect in Seoul, South Korea (KIRA) .

Hyundai Kim is the co-founder of Tectonics Lab. He holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Yonsei University. He is a registered architect in the United States. After working at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP New York, he joined the faculty as Professor of Architecture at Ewha Womans University in Seoul.