Dongsei Kim

Dongsei Kim

Title: Chair and Associate Professor, Architecture (Long Island)

Department: Architecture

Campus: Long Island

Area(s) of Expertise: Architecture, urbanism, landscape architecture

Education Credentials: M.Des., M.S.AUD, B.Arch.

Industry Credentials: RA, ANZIA

Joined New York Tech: 2018


Dongsei Kim is an architect, urbanist, and educator. His current research, focusing on architecture and urbanism’s relationship to nation-state borders across multiple scales, examines the notions of “inclusion” and “exclusion” and how “us” and ‘them’ are defined through various spatial practices. His research on the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has been internationally recognized through multiple exhibitions and publications.

Dongsei's research on the DMZ border contributed to the Golden Lion award-winning “Crow’s Eye View: The Korean Peninsula” exhibition at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition directed by Rem Koolhaas (Venice, 2014). His work has been invited to respected international biennales and exhibitions, such as the International Architecture Exhibition at Venice (2021, 2014), Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (Seoul, 2023, 2019, 2017); “(im)positions” at Melbourne School of Design (Melbourne, 2017); “Over the Boundary” at the State Library of Queensland (Brisbane, 2016); “REAL DMZ PROJECT” at Art Sonje Center (Seoul, 2015); “Making Border” at DNA Gallery (Berlin, 2015); and “Cold War, Hot Peace” at Slought (Philadelphia, 2015).

He served as an assistant professor at Korea University and an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University, GSAPP before joining New York Tech. Additionally, he has taught architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design studios and seminars at Carleton University (Canada); Kyung Hee University (Korea); Monash University (Australia); RMIT University (Australia); and Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand).

Dongsei practiced architecture in Wellington, Seoul, and New York and gained his registration as an architect with the New Zealand Registered Architects Board (NZRAB) in 2007. He is an architect member of the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) and served as a Research Advisory Committee member at the Institute of Trans-Division and Border Studies (ITBS) in Seoul, Korea (2015–2018). He is also an invited member of the Korean Studies Seminar at Columbia University.

Dongsei holds a Master in Design Studies with Distinction from Harvard Graduate School of Design. He also earned his M.S. in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University, GSAPP, and a professional Bachelor of Architecture with Honors from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Assistant Professor of Architecture Dongsei Kim on the political role of architecture.

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