BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

1983
M. ARCH, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
1977
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of California, Berkeley

AFFILIATION

Professional Registration, State of New York, U.S.A.
Member of American Institute of Architects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009
Director of Architecture Program, Seoul National University
2002-present
Professor, Department of Architecture, Seoul National University
1997-present
Principal, Du Nam Choi Architects (DCA), Seoul, Korea
1988-1996
Principal, Du Nam Choi Associates, California, U.S.A.
1986-1988
Associate, Woo & Williams, Cambridge, U.S.A.
1984-1986
Designer, Kohn Pederson Fox Associates PC., New York
1981-1982
Lecturer, Design Studio, Boston Architectural Center, Boston

ADVISORY EXPERIENCE

2009-2011
Member of Presidential Commission on Architecture Policy
2009-present
Member of SH Corporation Architecture Advisory Committee
2003-2005
Member of Seoul City Urban Architecture Advisory Committee
1989
Milano Triennale Exhibition, Milan, Italy
Principal Architectural Advisor for design of Korean Pavilion Exhibit

JURY

2006
Seoul Opera House International Competition
2006
TaeSoo Kim Traveling Fellowship
2005-2006
UI Review Committee for SNU
2004
SNU Education and Research Complex
2003
Leesang Competition
2003
Gwangju Biennale
2003
Jeju Art Center Competition
2000
Baekbum Museum Competition
1999
National Exhibition of Korean Architecture

PUBLICATION

C3 KOEA MAGAZINE, issue no. 9310:
Cheju House; Art Center; Open Air Museum; Saekang Building;
Suseodong House; ANA Gallery; RFB House; Seochodong House
Essay : “Toward an Architecture of Substance and Gravity” by Du Nam Choi
C3 KOREA MAGAZINE, issue no. 9710: Gallery Samtuh
Article on Du Nam Choi by Seock Jae Yim :
“From Space to Arena : Opening UP of Frames in the Gallery Samtuh”
AWARD WINNING ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE, 1998/99, Prestel
Gallery Samtuh
PLUS MAGAZINE, issue no. 9607:
Gallery Samtuh: BunDang Project: Korea Embassy in Beijing
C3 KOREA MAGAZINE, issue no. 9811:
Gallery Suhjong; Choi’s Hardware Gallery; KwangYang Community Center;
Lee’s House; Shanghai International Center; Baeksun St. Paul’s House
Essay : “Substance of Architectural Experience: The Seen and the Unseen”
by Du Nam Choi
C3 KOREA MAGAZINE, issue no. 0005:
Baeksun St. Paul’s House; Chunchoogsa Cultural Institute;
Lee Young Gallery; BuAmDong House; YeonHeeDong House
Essay : “Aesthetics for Metaphor” by Du Nam Choi
Conversation with Du Nam Choi “Architecture for Get-­Together” by Ji Min Kim
C3 KOREA MAGAZINE, issue no. 0110:
BuAmDong House; Glass House; NamSan Building; Wedge
C3 KOREA MAGAZINE, issue no. 0301: Glass House
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, October 25, 2003:
Writing : “Proposal for a New Paradigm for Exhibition Facility (Museum/Gallery) Design” by Du Nam Choi
C3 KOREA MAGAZINE, issue no. 0404:
Itaewon House; Gallery Gwangju; Hangil Art Space; Maya Building;
Grand Egyptian Museum; HaeIn Buddhist; NonHyundong Building
SPACE MAGAZINE, August 2005, issue no. 453:
NonHyundong Building
(Link : http://www.vmspace.com/eng/article_view.asp)
SPACE MAGAZINE, January 2007, issue no. 470:
Yongin Gogi-­ri House
(link : http://www.vmspace.com/eng.article_view.asp)
SPACETIME, 2011
Inventions and Interventions
SPACE MAGAZINE, November 2012, issue no. 540:
Seeking the Disappeared Totality of Architecture
CONVERGENT FLUX, December 2012:
Layers of History; Buamdong House

PUBLIC FORUM

2013
Lecture, International Architects Drawing Exhibition, Paju
2013
Exhibition, International Architects Drawing Exhibition, Paju
2012
Architectural Culture Viennale, Daegu
2011
Lecture, New Design in Seoul
AIA New York Chapter, Center for Architecture
2011
Invitational Architecture Lecture: Reverberations
University of Belgrade
2010
Invitational Architecture Lecture: Reverberations
National University of Singapore
2010
Architecture Exhibition, New Trajectories: Convergent Flux Korea
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall Gallery
2009
Invitational Architecture Exhibition, Works by 30 International architects
Sponsored by Foundation of Seoul Design, Reverberation
2008
Architecture Exhibition, Sketch and painting GwangHoon Gallery
2008
Architecture Exhibition, Sketch and painting
GwangHoon Gallery
2007
Door Handle Design Exhibition,
Choi’s Hardware Gallery
2006
Furniture Exhibition Designed by Architects
2006
Invitational Architecture Exhibition
Korea Institute of Architects
2005
Paju Book City International Traveling Exhibition,
Andes West, Kunsthaus, Berlin, Barcelona and Gratz
2005
Exhibition, YoungChang Publishing Co., Paju Book City
2003
Panelist, ‘Archigram Exhibition : Experimental Architecture’
2000
Panelist, New Millennium Environmental Design World Forum
1998
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Architectural Forum ‘Asian Identities : Beyond the Generic’
1998
C3 Architectural Forum:
‘Substance of Architectural Experience’
1996
Gallery Samtuh Architecture Exhibition
1994
Architectural Exhibition of Works by 6 Architects
from the United States, Japan and England
Guest Speaker KyungHee University, Special Lecture Series