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Karen YunJin Seong - Architecture Faculty

Karen YunJin Seong

Acting Director / School of Landscape Architecture

Karen Seong is the current Acting Director at the School of Landscape Architecture, Academy of Art University, where she advocates for under-represented students. She is a proponent of online education as a means to meaningfully diversify the architectural profession. Her pedagogy of examining identity formation in architectural spaces, published by Axel Menges, asks students to tell their personal stories through studio projects. Prior to teaching, she held leadership positions with Skidmore Owings and Merrill in New York and in San Francisco working collaboratively with large international teams on award-winning projects ranging from high-rises to institutional buildings in the US and in the Middle East. She has previously taught at UC Berkeley and has been a guest critic at various institutions in the US and in Korea. She holds a Master of Architecture with distinction from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with high honors from UC Berkeley. She was born in South Korea and lived in Malaysia before immigrating to the US at age 19.

Karen YunJin Seong - Architecture Faculty

Spring 2024 Part-Time Faculty

Faculty MemberEducational Background
Brett MarsengillArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (Master of Architecture, Urban Design)
Charu SharmaSchool of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India (Master's Other, Landscape Architecture )
Harold HarrisonNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina (Bachelor of Architecture, Architecture)
Jeff McLaneUniversity of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California (Master's Other, Landscape Architecture)
Lee ToneyUniversity of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California (Bachelor of Arts, Landscape Architecture)
Mark YinCalifornia Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California (Bachelor of Science, Landscape Architecture)
Peter FrankelUniversity of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California (Master's Other, Landscape Architecture)
Sergio LimaUniversity of Palermo, Palermo, Italy (Master of Architecture, Architecture )
Taylor BroussardAcademy of Art University, San Francisco, California (Master of Arts, Landscape Architecture)
Toni BavaUniversity of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California (Master's Other, Landscape Architecture)

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