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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




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​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 the United States General Services Administration projects.

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’​

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

Region and Location of Engaged Projects
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
For any inquiries, ​please contact via social media platforms at the bottom right of this page.
Jun Seong Ahn's ​Official Organizations as a Member
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