Professor, Practice and Technology
Education
Ph.D., Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
M.Arch, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
B.S., Architecture, Seoul National University, Korea
Professional Registrations
Licensed Architect, California, 1975
Licensed Architect, Ohio, 1974
NCARB Certificate, 1974
Academic Experience
Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Architecture [1984 - present]
Associate Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design [1977 - 1984]
Associate (part-time), University of California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design; 1974-77
Professional Experience
Designer/Project Architect, Tully Ames Elzey & Thomas, Architects/Planners, Columbus, Ohio; 1972-74
Designer, Timothy G. Armstrong, Architect, Columbus, Ohio; 1969-70
Designer, William Dorsky Associates, Cleveland, Ohio; 1968-69
Publications
Kim, Michael K. Kim, Michael K., The Principles of Design Integration (a book manuscript in progress).
Kim, Michael K., “Pedagogic Principles for Comprehensive Design Integration,” a paper presented at the International Conference on Design Education, ConnectED 07, July 8 – 12, 2007, Sydney, Australia.
Kim, Michael K., “Building Systems and Design Integration,” unpublished Lecture Notes for Arch 544, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Kim, Michael K., “Environmental Control Systems,” a section in Mir Ali (Ed), Architecture of Tall Buildings, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, McGraw-Hill, 1995
Kim, Michael K., “Development of Machine Intelligence for the Inference of Design Intent Implicit in Design Specifications,” Chapter 5, pp. 99-116, in Yehuda E. Kalay (Ed), Computability of Design, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1987.
Kim, Michael K., Unified Descriptive System of Activities in a Facility and its Application to the Design of Buildings as Facility+Process Integral Systems, a research report for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Contract No. DACW-84D-0003032, Champaign, IL, 1985.
Kim, Michael K., “The Free-market Principle of Solar Access Regulation and its Implementation”, Proceedings of Solar World Congress, 1983, Perth, Australia, Pergamon Press
Kim, Michael K., Can a Machine Design?, transcription of a lecture delivered at the University of Colorado, Boulder, October 1983, Transcribed and circulated at Cambridge, MA, April, 1984.
Kim, Michael K., “Computer Graphic Method for the Design of Maximum Solar Envelope on General Site,” Selected Proceedings of the 1983 Harvard Computer Graphics Conference, Cambridge, MA, 1983
Kim, Michael K., Resource Management under a “Utility Oriented Economy System,” Harvard Graduate School of Design, Faculty Publication Series in Architecture, No. A-7919, Cambridge, MA, 1979.
Kim, Michael K., A Semi-Markov Circulation Model and its Application to Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Faculty Publication Series in Architecture, No. A-7812, Cambridge, MA, 1978.
Kim, Michael K., Decomposition of Multi-Cell Complex Using “Multi-Terminal Max-Flow Theorem”, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Faculty Publication Series in Architecture, No. A-7811, 1978.
Also published in DMG Journal, Vol. 13 (1979), No. 2, pp. 80-100.
Research
Design Theories. In particular: Logics of Design and Creative Processes; Design Epistemology; Design Teleology; Design Reasoning; Integration Theory
Design Methods. In particular: Building Programming; Mathematical Theory of Function and Spatial Organization; Design Integration
Presentations and Lectures
Kim, Michael K., “When Science Meets Design,” an abstract accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Science in Society, London, UK, 5-7 August, 2009
Kim. Michael K., “What is Design and Why Do We Do It?” an abstract accepted for presentation at the 7th International Conference on the New Directions in Humanities, Beijing, China, 2-5 June, 2009
Kim, Michael K., “What is Good Design?” an invited lecture delivered at the AIAS Midwest Quad Conference 08, Champaign, Illinois March 8, 2008,
Kim, Michael K., “Integrated Design of Tall Buildings,” an invited lecture delivered at the Seoul National University and three other universities, Seoul, Korea, May 13 - 16, 2008
Kim, Michael K., “Issues and Methods in Design and Construction of Tall Buildings:” an invited lecture delivered at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and two other institutions, Seoul, Korea, May 15 - 17, 2008
Kim, Michael K., “Graduate Curriculum for Professional Education in Architecture,” an invited Faculty Colloquium, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, June 5, 2001
Kim, Michael K., “Recent Tall Buildings: Critical Case Studies,” an invited plenary lecture delivered at the Annual Conference, Korean Institute of Architects, Seoul, Korea, April 26, 1991
Professional Memberships
Member, American Institute of Architects; 1974-present
Member, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; 2000-2004
Member, American Society of Engineering Education; 1999-2001
Professional and University Service
Chairman (appointed), Practice and Technology Teaching Division, School of Architecture; 1994-97, 1998-2001
Coordinator (appointed), Architectural Practice Option, School of Architecture; 1991- 2005
Other Activities
a. Development of Architectural Practice/Design Integration Option in Graduate Studies
The Option Program, created by the author in 1988, was cited as a model of professional education in Boyer-Mitgang Report, prestigious research report on architectural education, and was endorsed enthusiastically by leaders in architectural practice as the way the professional education should have been. Some even acclaimed the Option Program as the Model of Professional Education in the 21st Century, and the author was honored by the Association of Licensed Architects as Outstanding Educator in 2001.
b. Courses Developed and Taught
To implement the Graduate Option described above, the author has developed and taught the following series of required Option Core courses:
Arch 544: Building Systems and Design Integration
Arch 545: Design and Constructability
Arch 546: Programming and Concept Development Studio
Arch 547: Architectural Practice/Design Integration Studio
Arch 548: Construction Execution and Administration
Awards and Honors
Excellence in Teaching Award, Students Advisory Council, School of Architecture, University of Illinois, 1994, 2003 & 2006
Consistently listed in “The List of Excellent Teachers Rated by the Students” practically every semester.
Outstanding Educator, Association of Licensed Architects; 2001
Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 1998
Harvard University Presidential Award for Innovative Teaching, 1981
Michael K. Kim