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Jongwan Kwon

Assistant teaching Professor

Jongwan Kwon is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Architecture.

Jongwan is an architectural designer and educator. His research, teaching, and professional practice examine the intersections of material culture and infrastructure with a focus on regional sustainability. Before joining CMU, he held academic appointments at Kansas State University as an assistant professor (2021-23) and at RISD (2017-21), where he served as the graduate studio coordinator and was nominated for the Frazier Teaching Award. He was the recipient of the SOM Prize and MIT Architecture Teaching Fellowship (2016-17), and his work and writing have been published in journals such as Pidgin, Lunch, Room One Thousand, On Site, and others.

Jongwan received his Master of Architecture and a Certificate in Urban Design from MIT and a Bachelor of Architecture from Hanyang University with a Summa Cum Laude and Thesis Prize. He gained professional experience in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo.