Biography
Eui-Young Chun is a present at the Korean Institute of Architects and a professor at the Department of Architecture at Kyonggi University and has worked for the Seoul Metropolitan City Government as a director general for the Seoul Architecture Festival in 2019. He was the director general of Gwangju Folly III, which was an exemplary model of public participation in an urban architecture project with the theme of everydayness in the city. The project got the presidential prize for excellence from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2017. Professor Chun received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Seoul National University and a master’s degree in urban design from Harvard University. He earned his Ph.D. in architecture from Seoul National University. He also served as general director of the Seoul Design Olympiad in 2009 for the Seoul Metropolitan City Government.