Moon, Kyoung Sun | YSOA | Yale School of Architecture

Assistant Professor

B.S., Seoul National University

M.Arch., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.S.C.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Prior to joining the Yale faculty, Mr. Moon was an assistant professor of architecture for three years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He worked as an architect at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in Chicago, MAC Architects and Consultants in Seoul, and the Republic of Korea Navy. Mr. Moon's primary research area is the integration between the art and science/technology of architecture, with a focus on tall buildings. Mr. Moon's publications include scholarly papers "Structures and Skins in Skyscrapers: Dynamic Interaction between Technology and Architectural Aesthetics," "Structural Developments in Tall Buildings: Current Trends and Future Prospects," and "Diagrid Structural Systems for Tall Buildings: Characteristics and Methodology for Preliminary Design." He is a member of the ASCE Committee on Tall Buildings.