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Yoonjin Park, Founding Principal
park@parkkim.net

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Yoonjin Park is the Founding principal of PARKKIM. He published a book ‘Alternative Nature (2016)’, co-authored with Jungyoon Kim, the compilation of articles published by the two practicing landscape architects in various media since 2001. The term ‘alternative nature’ was first presented in their essay ‘Gangnam Alternative Nature: the experience of nature without parks’, published in the book ‘Asian Alterity (ed. William Lim, Singapore: 2007)’, rethinking the concept of ‘what is natural?’ within the context of contemporary East Asian urbanism.
Park was invited for lectures and colloquiums by international institutions such as Melbourne University, Shih-Chien University, Harvard University. He received MLA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Jungyoon Kim, Founding Principal
kim@parkkim.net

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Jungyoon Kim is the Founding principal of PARKKIM and an Assistant Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD).
Kim was selected as the ‘Design Leader of Next Generation’ (2007), awarded by the Korean Ministry of Commerce, and appointed to ‘Seoul Public Architect’ (2011) by the Metropolitan Government of Seoul. She taught at Wageningen University and Seoul National University and was appointed as the Glimcher Distinguished Visiting Professor by Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University (2011).
She received a Master of Landscape Architecture from the GSD and a Bachelor of Agriculture from Seoul National University with distinction.

  • Minyoung Koh, Associate
    m.koh@parkkim.net
  • Jihye Tae, Manager
    j.tae@parkkim.net
  • Esther Kim, Manager (US)
    e.kim@parkkim.net
  • Yurim Song, Designer
  • Danbi Jung, Designer
  • Hyeri Kang, Designer

PARKKIM is a Seoul and Boston- based landscape architecture firm founded by Yoonjin Park and Jungyoon Kim in 2004 Rotterdam upon winning the Taiwan Chichi Earthquake Memorial Design Competition and relocated to Seoul in 2006. The firm is known for its speculative thinking and well-built projects.
In 2015, Park and Kim published the book “Alternative Nature, ” a compilation of articles written by the two principals in various media since 2001. The term ‘alternative nature’ was first coined in their essay ‘Gangnam Alternative Nature: the experience of nature without parks,’ published in the book ‘Asian Alterity (ed. William Lim, Singapore: 2007)’, rethinking the concept of ‘natural’ within the context of contemporary East Asian urbanism. The debate and related research have continued to enrich PARKKIM’s work to realize the experience of nature in urban environments.
Two founding principals also have been teaching at Harvard Graduate School of Design, their alma mater, since 2018.