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Aerial rendering of a waterfront floating platform with modular grid layout and vegetation, adjacent to industrial infrastructure by N.E.E.D.
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N.E.E.D.

Architecture FirmEst. 2007

N.E.E.D. is a multi-disciplinary design practice based in New York and Seoul which is built upon the transformational reciprocity between architecture and landscape in both design and professional terms. Founded by two partners, Sangmok Kim, AIA LEED AP and Sungwoo Kim, SBA NL, and internationally acclaimed through their winning entry for Emerging New York Architects Award in 2008, the team members consist of architects and landscape designers who operate across the diverse disciplines of architecture, landscape, and urban ecology.

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Projects

  1. FishWORKS

    2008

    Infrastructure, Park, Institution · South Street Seaport

    Urban intervention combining aquaculture production with floating park and social clubs

  2. Episode Sinchon Campus

    Residential, Retail

    Housing, co-living, and retail mixed-use development

  3. Seongsu Residence Complex

    Residential

    Residential housing with retail components

  4. Dogok Residence Complex

    Residential

    Multi-unit residential housing with retail

  5. Hanam Mangwol Residence Complex

    Residential

    Residential complex with retail components

  6. L.A.N.D.

    Mixed-use

    Masterplan with retail, residential, and housing

  7. FOURSTONES Samcheong Branch

    Retail

    Retail and café interior space

  8. Korea Craft Brewery

    Workplace

    Manufacturing and office facility

Awards & press

  • AIA New York Chapter Emerging New York Architects Award (ENYA)

    AIA New York Chapter · 2008 · First Place for FishWORKS design competition

Selected work

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