Jungyoon Kim

Jungyoon Kim is a practicing landscape architect, registered in the Netherlands (Tuin- en landschapsarchitect) and in the state of Massachusetts, USA (Professional Landscape Architect). She found PARKKIM with Yoonjin Park in Rotterdam, upon their winning of the Taiwan Chichi Earthquake Memorial Design Competition (2004), and relocated to Seoul, Korea (2006). PARKKIM completed projects of diverse scale and nature, ranging from corporate landscapes to civic venues, including Seoul Museum of Craft Art (2021), Hyundai Motor Group Global Partnership Center and University Gyeongju Campus (2020), the Plaza of Gyeonggi Provincial North Office (2018), CJ Blossom Park (2015), and Yanghwa Riverfront (2011). Current ongoing projects include Suseongmot Lake Floating Stage in Daegu, Korea, for which PARKKIM won the international invited competition in 2024 and is to be completed in 2026.

In 2025, PARKKIM PLLC opened in Massachusetts, aiming to expand its practice beyond the Korean peninsula.

She published the book ‘Alternative Nature’ (2015), co-authored with Park, which is a compilation of articles written by the two principals and published in various media since 2001. The term ‘alternative nature’ was first presented in their essay ‘Gangnam Alternative Nature: the experience of nature without parks’, published in the book ‘Asian Alterity (ed. William Lim, Singapore: 2007)’, rethinking the concept of ‘natural’ within the context of contemporary East Asian urbanism.

Upon her appointment at Harvard GSD, Kim has expanded PARKKIM’s design research into the seminar courses and option studios: When her seminar “Lost and Alternative Nature: Vertical Mapping of Urban Subterrains for Climate Change Mitigation” explored the implication of urbanization on both above/underground in 12 mid-latitude cities, her another discussion-based seminar “Origins and Contemporary Practices of Landscape Architecture in Asia” introduced and discussed many of amazing yet under-discussed landscape practices of the region. Jungyoon’s series of option studios, titled “Below, Above, and Beyond,” explored the underground of Seoul, Antwerp, and Boston, to see how innovative connections between the above and below ground would create novel public spaces in the era of climate change. Her recent studies on Japan specifically focus on the hydrology of cities as an agency to enhance the quality of life of citizens in public spaces.

Jungyoon was selected as the ‘Design Leader of Next Generation’ (2007) awarded by the Korean Ministry of Commerce and appointed to ‘Seoul Public Architect’ (2011) by the Metropolitan Government Seoul.

She received a Master of Landscape Architecture from the GSD and a Bachelor of Agriculture from Seoul National University with distinction.