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Hyun Jun Park

Course Director

Hyun Jun Park is a practitioner, writer, curator, and Course Director of Postgraduate Architecture at the Leeds School of Architecture.

Hyun Jun is currently leading Master of Architecture RIBA Part 2, MA Architecture Futures and MA Urban Design RTPI. He is also the Director of international development at the Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the AVATAR | Advanced Virtual and Technological Architecture Research Group led by Neil Spiller. He is co-founder of Experimental Architecture Studio, ‘CLEAR + PARK’. The studio was formed by Nic Clear and Hyun Jun to explore the interdisciplinary boundaries between architecture, film, and installation. They use 3D scanning, animation, and game engines to create synthetic immersive architectures.

Before he joined Leeds Beckett University, Hyun Jun was Course Director for Master of Architecture RIBA Part 2 and MA Advanced Architectural Design in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Huddersfield. Prior to this, he was a postgraduate M.Arch design studio tutor at the University of Greenwich. He has co-run unitfifteen, a postgraduate M.Arch design research unit, with Professor Nic Clear for a decade at Greenwich and Huddersfield. Before he came to the UK, he completed over 30 projects during 10 years in architectural practice at SAMOO Architects & Engineers (SAMSUNG Corp), Seoul, Korea, where he was an associate, project designer and project architect. He was awarded a Master of Architecture by the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL and finished his BA(Hon) and first master’s degree in architecture at Hongik University, Seoul, Korea.

Current Teaching

Master of Architecture RIBA Part 2
Architecture Degree Apprenticeship Level 7
MA Architecture Futures
MA Urban Design

Research Interests

Hyun Jun's research delves into the realm of visionary speculative architecture inspired by science fiction. He examines how emerging and future technologies, such as Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno tech, impact architecture and urban spaces and generate sustainable cities and architectures. His focus extends to architectural narratives, speculations, and their visualisations through time-based and interactive media. His expertise lies in utilising advanced digital animation and film, VFX, 3D scanning, VR, and game engines to create, enhance and portray architectural concepts and narratives.

Hyun Jun's research (independent research and/or 'CLEAR + PARK' joint research) has been published and internationally recognised through privileged journals such as 'AD, Architectural Design' and invited to national and international exhibitions, including Royal Academy London (2015, 2018), 72nd World Science Fiction Convention (2014), Milano Design Film Festival (2016), Seoul Design Festival (2015), Shanghai Urban Space Art Season (SUSAS) (2019). In parallel, he co-curated a number of international and national exhibitions and co-edited several journals and books.