Keynote and Featured Speakers

Peter Rowe is the Raymond Garbe Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor. He served as Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and held various leadership roles in urban planning and design. Before Harvard, Rowe directed the School of Architecture at Rice University and led multi-disciplinary research. His extensive research and consulting work spans cultural interpretation, urban form, and sustainability, with advisory roles for cities worldwide. Rowe has written or co-authored more than twenty books on architecture and urban design, including significant works on modern housing and East Asian cities, including Korean Modern: The Matter of Identity (2021).

Jung Yeondoo, born in 1969 in Jinju, South Korea, is a media artist working primarily with photography, video, and performance. His work explores themes of memory, collective history, and hope, often blending documentary with fiction. Jung is known for his candid portrayal of the intersection between contemporary media and reality. He has exhibited widely in solo shows at institutions like the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (2023) and the Norton Museum of Art (2017), as well as in group exhibitions at Tate Modern and MoMA. Jung currently teaches at Sungkyunkwan University.

FHHH (Fuhahaha!!) is a Seoul-based architectural firm consisting of three principal architects—Han Seungjae, Han Yang-Kyu, and Yoon Hanjin—and ten team members. The firm remains faithful to the fundamentals of architecture while presenting bold and innovative designs. In 2019, they were awarded the Korea Young Architect Award. They have carried out numerous projects, including commercial facilities, residential buildings, the Hybe Office Headquarters, Thisisneverthat Office, and Seongsu Yeonbang.

Sujin Eom is an Assistant Professor of Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages at Dartmouth College. She is a scholar of architecture and urbanism, whose research focuses on the historical intersections of race, migration, and the built environment. Eom is currently completing their first book manuscript, which examines "Chinatown" as both an imaginative and material space within the global history of empire, labor migration, and violence. Their research interests encompass colonial architecture and urbanism, empire studies, migration and diaspora, race and racism, Asian/American architecture, infrastructures, and archives.