AHN, A Human Network, is a creative studio that designs city, architecture, and space for our society that challenges climate change, conflict, inequality, discrimination, and deficiency. We urge to continuously collaborate through an interdisciplinary network and integrated practices to create an innovative strategy and revitalize humanity.
JUN SEONG AHN, LEED AP ND
Founding Principal at AHN
Jun is a Seoul-born, New York-based architectural and urban designer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). He strongly desires in designing a sustainable city, architecture, and space for people with strong dignity. Jun’s mission as a designer is to confront climate change, conflict, inequality, discrimination, and deficiency by creating an innovative strategy and finding opportunities through mutual intervention to revitalize humanity. More than architecture and urban design, Jun seeks to discover a new way of communicating society and culture through innovative technology and integrated design techniques.
As part of SOM City Design Practice, Ahn has been participating in a variety of SOM's architectural and urban design projects on major cities in the United States and globally. He has worked on several mixed-use master planning projects such as redevelopment and resilience waterfront project in Hoboken, New Jersey, waterfront master plan proposal in Bahrain, campus master plan for Princeton University, and multi-scale urban design and city planning projects in Central, South and East Asia, Middle East, and throughout the United States. Jun also has experience in completing a national-level legacy master plan proposal in Seoul, Korea where he is deeply touched by his personal culture and origin. His interest in sustainability led to champion on analyzing several SOM master plan projects by identifying opportunities and enhancement through the lens of LEED ND. He has constant public and private architectural experiences in BIM such as healthcare institute and public building service for the United States General Services Administration.
During his academic period, Jun won several international awards solely and along with his colleagues which have been featured on global media and articles. Jun also performed as an invited critic and lecturer at RISD, Columbia University and globally. He is a founder and principal at AHN, A Human Network. Jun holds a Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees from Rhode Island School of Design. He also holds a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design degree from Columbia University GSAPP. (academic portfolio link)
Awards
2018 Bronze A' Design Award for Architecture, Building, and Structure Design Category, A' Design Award Competition, 'Four Line'
2018 Bronze A' Design Award for Architecture, Building, and Structure Design Category, A' Design Award Competition, 'Liberty Museum'
2017 Best Architecture Drawing of 2017, Archdaily The 80 Best Architectural Drawings of 2017, ‘The Right to Water’
2017 Top Finalist, Archstorming Unbuild the Wall Competition, ‘Nogales Station’
2017 Honorable Mention, Designing Resilience in Asia 2017 International Open Competition, ‘Rooting Informality’
2017 First Prize, Shelter Global Dencity 2017 Competition, ‘The Right to Water’
2016 Honorable Mention, Archasm Liberty Museum NY Competition, ‘Recall the Past. Revive the Present. Relief the Future.’
2008 Critic’s Award, Seoul Design Tournament, ‘Peculiar’
2018 Bronze A' Design Award for Architecture, Building, and Structure Design Category, A' Design Award Competition, 'Liberty Museum'
2017 Best Architecture Drawing of 2017, Archdaily The 80 Best Architectural Drawings of 2017, ‘The Right to Water’
2017 Top Finalist, Archstorming Unbuild the Wall Competition, ‘Nogales Station’
2017 Honorable Mention, Designing Resilience in Asia 2017 International Open Competition, ‘Rooting Informality’
2017 First Prize, Shelter Global Dencity 2017 Competition, ‘The Right to Water’
2016 Honorable Mention, Archasm Liberty Museum NY Competition, ‘Recall the Past. Revive the Present. Relief the Future.’
2008 Critic’s Award, Seoul Design Tournament, ‘Peculiar’
Activities, Publications and Exhibitions
since 2018 Interviewer, Architecture and Urban Design Career Fair, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
since 2017 Portfolio Reviewer, Professional Portfolio Review, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2019 Invited Reviewer, Urban Design DTEQ Final Review, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2019 Invited Lecturer, ‘Food System’, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2018 Mentor, Columbia GSAPP Mentorship Program, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2018 Invited Reviewer, Urban Design Final Review, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2018 Selected Student Section Publication, 'The Right to Water', The Funambulist Magazine
2018 Invited Reviewer, Urban Design Mid-Review, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2018 Selected Work Publication, Abstract 2017, Columbia University GSAPP
2017 Invited Lecturer, ‘The Right to Water’, Studio-X Amman, Columbia Global Centers, Jordan
2017 Exhibition, GSAPP Urban Design Studio ‘Water Urbanism’, Studio-X Amman, Columbia Global Centers, Jordan
2017 Invited Critic, RISD Architecture Final Review, Petra Kempf + Pedro Aparicio Advanced Studio
2017 Exhibition, GSAPP Urban Design Studio ‘Justice in Place’ Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2015 Exhibition, RISD Photography Global Studio Speos Photographic Institute, Paris, France
2014 Exhibition, RISD Architecture Advanced Studio, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, Guatemala
since 2017 Portfolio Reviewer, Professional Portfolio Review, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2019 Invited Reviewer, Urban Design DTEQ Final Review, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2019 Invited Lecturer, ‘Food System’, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2018 Mentor, Columbia GSAPP Mentorship Program, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2018 Invited Reviewer, Urban Design Final Review, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2018 Selected Student Section Publication, 'The Right to Water', The Funambulist Magazine
2018 Invited Reviewer, Urban Design Mid-Review, Columbia University GSAPP, New York, NY
2018 Selected Work Publication, Abstract 2017, Columbia University GSAPP
2017 Invited Lecturer, ‘The Right to Water’, Studio-X Amman, Columbia Global Centers, Jordan
2017 Exhibition, GSAPP Urban Design Studio ‘Water Urbanism’, Studio-X Amman, Columbia Global Centers, Jordan
2017 Invited Critic, RISD Architecture Final Review, Petra Kempf + Pedro Aparicio Advanced Studio
2017 Exhibition, GSAPP Urban Design Studio ‘Justice in Place’ Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2015 Exhibition, RISD Photography Global Studio Speos Photographic Institute, Paris, France
2014 Exhibition, RISD Architecture Advanced Studio, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Region and Location of Engaged Projects
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United States New York, NY
Hoboken, NJ Princeton, NJ Newark, NJ Philadelphia, PA Fairfax, VA Miami, FL Atlanta, GA Boston, MA Santa Fe, NM |
Korea Seoul
Incheon Japan Yokohama China Shenzhen Guiyang India Chennai Bangladesh Comilla Uzbekistan Tashkent |
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Al Wajh Bahrain Manama UAE Dubai Qatar Lusail |
Academic New York, NY
Boston, MA Providence, RI Poughkeepsie, NY Montgomery, AL Amman, Jordan Guatemala City, Guatemala Mumbai, India |
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