From the rooftop of Seoul City Hall looking out over the plaza. The rooftop greenery is well-maintained and the views are beautiful, but people rarely come up, as if they don’t even know it exists. Standing there, you can see Gwanghwamun, Namsan Tower, and Sungnyemun all at once. I decided I’d bring international friends here someday.

I even did field measurements to model City Hall accurately.

At one point my printer started acting up, so I replaced the nozzle. That’s when it began its slow decline…

The mechanism that would allow people to go up and down to the rooftop! I loved the idea at first, but by the midterm critique it had completely lost the concept and atmosphere. Rejected.

To demonstrate the moving mechanism above, I used Grasshopper. It calculated point positions mathematically in 2D and drew lines to simulate the motion logic.

Sometimes leftover foam boards from carrot market (Danggeun) pop up for cheap. I went all the way to Sindang for this haul—about 8,000 won.

The day I bought my first monitor. At 27 inches, it’s just the right size for use in the architecture building.

My very first band performance—also the last. I was so nervous I couldn’t possibly do it again.

Oh wow—looking cool~

Found a new mechanism! Simple, but the middle part moves up and down to connect the first and third plates.

About 400,000 won worth of materials bought with school funding.

Two days before mid-crit—the desk surprisingly neat.

Model complete!!

Shh, presenting~

Dinner gathering that night.

Took a Venti taxi home with Seong-ho. It was pricey, but being able to lie down was ridiculously comfortable. Worth the investment.

Taking model photos is important.

My model was used for Hanyang University’s 2023 architecture accreditation. Super proud.

On clean-up day, I told a friend to lie down on the pile of stuff so I could take a photo. The fact that he obeyed so quietly was funny.

I left this behind. I’d written “Steal this and kiss me” on it.