About

From architecture to AI, I've explored the essence of space for 30 years. Now I bring it all to the surface.

30+ Years
112 Works
SCI Paper
3 Degrees
15 Yrs Teaching

Biography

Doo Young Kwon. Tool Builder · Researcher · Educator.

Spanning architecture and computer science, exploring the nature of space and technology. For 30 years, one question — 'How is space made?'

Education

Ph.D. ETH Zurich 2008

blue-c immersive telepresence. Spatial computing + gesture recognition.

M.S. University of Washington 2003

Design Machine Group. ArchiDNA prototype born.

B.S. Ajou University 1999

Architecture. WebCAD — Grand Prize, Korean Architectural Society.

Philosophy

DTDT

Dream → Theory → Design → Tool. Don't use tools. Build them.

ArchiDNA

Same skeleton, different expression. Twenty-five years later, the principle has not changed.

BE THE LAB

Everyone is a lab. Experiment, record, share.

Six Perspectives

Educator

DTDT. The algorithm for realizing dreams. Don't use tools. Build them.

Creator

The act of making itself is the work.

Artist

Systems creating image and sound simultaneously. Improvisational performance.

Engineer

Where technology meets poetry. From Java CAD to AI pipelines.

Researcher

Structuring spatial and artistic information into multi-layered experiences.

Entrepreneur

BE THE LAB. Experiment, record, share.

Awards

1999

Grand Prize, Korean Architectural Society

WebCAD — Web-based Java CAD engine

2008

SCI Paper, Elsevier Computer-Aided Design

ArchiDNA — Co-authored with Mark D. Gross, Ellen Yi-Luen Do

Timeline

1992Entered architecture program
1999Ajou Univ. WebCAD Grand Prize
2003UW M.S. ArchiDNA born
2008ETH Zurich Ph.D. blue-c
2009ArchiDNA SCI paper published
2010SMIT Professor. DTDT born
2020AI tools experimentation begins
2025MODAL5 founded
2026dykwon.com + archidna.xyz