“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”
ARISTOTLE. THE POLITICS.
Sustainable Localities Lab consists of graduate students and faculty members of the Graduate School of Urban Studies, Hanyang University. Presently, Sustainable Localities Lab has the following members:
- BLAŽ KRIŽNIK has been teaching at the Graduate School of Urban Studies since 2013. He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in architecture from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and continued his study at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, The Netherlands. Blaž completed his doctoral degree in urban sociology at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia in Barcelona, Seoul Development Institute, and Seoul National University Asia Center, and as visiting professor at the University of Seoul and Kwangwoon University in Seoul. Blaž is also a cofounder and researcher at the Institute for Spatial Policies in Ljubljana, and associate member of Center for Korean Studies, University of Ljubljana. His research interests include comparative urban studies, sociology of urban social movements, and Korean studies.
- KIM HYUNEE has been working at KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) as an architectural specialist since 2014. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Yonsei University, and previously worked at Korean architectural offices M.A.R.U. and Space Yeon, Korean architectural firms. Hyunee is completing her master’s degree at the Graduate School of Urban Studies, Hanyang University in Seoul. Her fields of interest are community participation, urban regeneration, and affordable housing provision in Korea and developing countries.
This makes Sustainable Localities Lab the smallest research lab in our school (and probably on the entire Hanyang University). But you know what they say: small but excellent!
Our lab has collaborated with individuals and institutions from Korea and abroad, including National University of Singapore, School of Architecture (Singapore); Institute for Spatial Policies (Ljubljana, Slovenia); University of Washington, Urban Commons Lab (Seattle, USA); University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture (Slovenia); RMIT, School of Architecture and Urban Design (Melbourne, Australia), Scapethical (Singapore); Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (Sejong City, Korea); University of Westminster, School of Architecture and Cities (London, UK); Hongik University (Seoul, Korea) etc.
Sustainable Localities Lab is open to new students with interest in transformation and sustainable development of localities. Prospective full-time master and doctoral students are eligible to apply for the BK21 scholarships. Please, check the BK21 HY-GRIP web page or contact us directly for application details.