Sung Ho Kim

Sung Ho Kim studied drawing and sculpture as a teenager at the Art Students League of New York and architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design Career Discovery Program. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design and an AA Diploma from Architectural Association of London, UK with Royal Institute of British Architects Part I and II. He also received his Master of Science in Architecture Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology conducting research in aeronautics and material science with history and theory of technology. He was a project designer for Nasrine Seraji in Paris, France and Wellington Reiter in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served as a principal researcher for the Interrogative Design Group at Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT under Krzysztof Wodiczko. Sung Ho taught Industrial Design and Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design and was an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Northeastern University. He was a Visiting Professor of Architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea. He was a Raymond E. Maritz Professor of Architecture and Professor of Biology engaged in research with Biology Department at Washington University in St. Louis.

He has been Co-Director of Axi:Ome of St. Louis with Heather Woofter since 2003. The practice pursues an expanded investigation of architecture and works across inter-disciplinary borders engaging a wide range of scales and diverse modes of practice, from built design projects to speculative research, developing over 81 projects and publishing 6 books and 22 articles. Axi:Ome recently completed 58,000 sf expansion of COCA in St. Louis, MO, and the current projects include a 180,000 sf Silverlake International High School in Hangzhou, China. The work of Axi:Ome has been recognized through numerous publications and awards including several St. Louis AIA Awards, Korean Institute of Architects Award and the I.D. Annual Design Review Design Distinction. Axi:Ome has been exhibited and presented at global venues including the 2nd Seoul International Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, 20th and 21st International Exhibition of Korean Institute of Architecture, Storrs Gallery in Charlotte, Schmidt Art Center Gallery in Belleville, RISD Museum, RISD Woods Gerry Gallery and OXO Tower Gallery in London among others.