Led by Leader Kim Kyunghoon, JPA (Junglim Planning Advisory) is a collective of space creators that provides differentiated total space solutions based on the relationship between space and people to realize the tangible and intangible values that space holds. The collective undertakes projects that integrate space and brand organically, including co-living, senior housing, mixed-use developments, office spaces, R&D, commercial, metaverse, and public spaces. Architects, designers, and creators from diverse fields collaborate to offer integrated space branding services through total space solutions that cover space planning, spatial experience × environmental design, design build, and space operation.
Kim joined Junglim Architecture in 2006 and has worked as a design partner and a design principal, leading design directions and winning numerous major architectural and design awards. He later served as the leader of NID LAB (Next Integration Design Laboratory), conducting future design strategy and research. Currently, as JPA CCO, he oversees space branding and design projects that organically integrate space and brand, with insights and expertise on various rapidly-evolving types of places and spaces. He has taught at Hongik University and Soongsil University and is also active as a concept artist.
Major Award-Winning Projects
- SFC Bio Park (2022 ASIA DESIGN PRIZE Winner)
- SFC Ochang Campus Research Laboratory (2022 ASIA DESIGN PRIZE Winner, 2021 Korea Remodeling Architecture Grand Prix, 2020 BIM AWARDS The Excellence)
- Clayarch Gimhae Museum (2020 ASIA DESIGN PRIZE Gold Winner)
- CJ The Center (2019 Korea Remodeling Architecture Competition Excellence Award)
- Machie Avenue Cheonan (2018 13th Korea Eco-Environment Architecture Awards Excellence Award)
- La Venice Machie Avenue (2018 27th Korea Architecture Culture Awards Excellence Award)
- La Venice Machi Avenue Master Plan (2015 Korea Hit Product of the Year Grand Prize, Brand Category)
- E-Land Fashion Integrated Logistics Center (2015 Chungcheongnam-do Architecture Award, Excellence Award)
- Rakubo (2011 20th Korea Architecture Culture Awards, Excellence Award; 2010 6th Korea Civil Engineering & Architecture Technology Awards, Excellence Award)
- The K Hotel Seoul Convention Center (2011 BIM AWARDS)
Awards and External Activities
- 19th Korea Architecture Day Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Commendation (2023)
- Director, Korean Institute of Architects; Chair, Architecture Culture and Arts Committee (2025)
- Judge, Korea Spatial Culture Awards (2024)
- Operating Committee Member, Young Architects Award (2024)
- Gyeonggi Province Architecture Culture Awards Jury (2018)
- Full Member: Korean Institute of Architects, Korean Institute of Architects and Engineers, Korean Institute of Cultural Space Architecture, Korean Institute of Architectural Policy, Korean Institute of Urban Design
- Invited Artist, Korea Architecture Biennale (2012)
- ‹飛上 II›, 2024, «Coexistence» (2025, Seoul Sky)
- ‹The Boundaries of Space›, 2023, «Survival Zone» (2024, Gyeonggi Arts Center)
- Lecturer at Hongik University · Soongsil University (2012 – 2016)
