ABOUT
Actively working across architecture, spatial design, furniture, and installations.
New projects and inspiring conversations are always welcome
— feel free to reach out anytime.
— feel free to reach out anytime.
Lim is an architecture and furniture designer based in Seoul.
His work explores how objects form relationships within structure.
Though fixed, form unfolds into layered meanings through interaction
with its surroundings — the work dwells at that threshold.
DESIGNER Based In Seoul
12, Yeonghwasa-ro 11-gil, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
CONTACT
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@ca.wrks
EXPERIENCE
2024
2024
2023
- Hanynag University
- Master of Science in Architecture Design
- Systemi:City Architecture Studio LAB
- Korea Institute of Interior Design - Member
- Kaywon University of Art & Design
- Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architectural Design
UPDATE
2025
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2023
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2022
2022
2021
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Holy Art Gallery in Paris - Exhibition
- Gallery Roof Shattered Diamond Exhibition
- Stockholm Furniture Fair - Shattered Diamond
- Korea Institute of Interior Design (KIID)
- - International Invitation Exhibition
- Buildner Architecture Competition - ShortList
- 36th Ga-In Design Group Korean Interior Design Competition - Special Selection
- kaywon University of Arts & Design Graduation Exhibition - Top Prize
- Korea Institute of Interior Design (KIID) Theme Competition - Special Selection
- Gyeonggi Province Public Design Competition - Silver Prize (Gyeonggi Province Governor's Award)
- 14th interni&decor Space Design Competition - Best Prize
ARCHITECTURE
FURNITURE
ARTWORK
PROJECT
Root Architecture
Cities are rapidly changing, yet housing systems remain static.
This project seeks to bridge that gap by translating the organic generative principles of spontaneously formed village settlements into a contemporary architectural strategy.
Based on a circulation-oriented organizational logic, dwelling units incrementally attach along the generated paths, enabling the organic expansion and evolution of the overall housing cluster.
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Korea Institute of Interior Design (KIID)
- International Invitation Exhibition
Shattered Diamond
128 discarded yo-yos are brought back to life through motion, forming a kinetic chandelier shaped by light and movement.
A single light source interacts with yo-yos driven by three motors, scattering light through their vertical motion in a 120-second cycle.
This rhythmic movement breathes life into the static structure, while the shifting flow of light reveals the cycles of trend and consumption.
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- 2025 Stockholm Furniture Fair
Immersive Resilience
The placemaking aims to reconnect humans with true nature within one of the busiest amusement parks in Seoul .
The project offers a 250m² lounge-like submerged space that aims to activate human senses and nurture a profound
re-connection with nature in an immersive 360-degree experience.
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Port Chair
Fragmented elements and a singular form circulate paradoxically. As wood reveals its grain through cutting, it mimics geometric and diverse forms. These assembled parts create new expressions at their joints, while the in-between spaces offer layered, unseen images.
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Handcrafted Furniture
Dimensions: 320W × 405D × 455H mm
Material: Burned red oak with black-stain finish
Furniture
Fragmented elements and a singular form circulate paradoxically. As wood reveals its grain through cutting, it mimics geometric and diverse forms. These assembled parts create new expressions at their joints, while the in-between spaces offer layered, unseen images.
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Handcrafted Furniture
Dimensions: 575W × 1080D × 440H mm
Material: Burned Ash with black-Stain finish
Furniture
2025
This design, inspired by the cyclical nature of ecosystems originating from small organisms, forms the utility and relationship of the furniture through human interaction. The organic curves flow seamlessly, naturally completing the structure and form. This shape symbolizes the role of an intermediary that facilitates the cycle of relationships.
Handcrafted Furniture
Dimensions: 550W × 400D × 580H mm
Material: Scratched Metal
Furniture
2024
The Geometric Code of Humanity
Translating human existence into a universal language, this project reimagines the DNA transcription process as modular geometric structures. Installed at a symbolic birthplace of civilization, the architecture serves as a silent message intended for potential extraterrestrial contact.
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Buildner Architecture Competition -ShortList
2023
An Overcast
This project presents a monumental structure that embodies the traces of humanity’s relentless wars through an aggressive architectural form. By visualizing the scars of conflict, the structure serves as a symbolic space that urges reflection on past lessons and envisions a more peaceful future.
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2023
Busan Public Space
This project aims to improve the fragmented pedestrian environment and underutilized public space around Busan Station by transforming the area into a key node that connects the city's cultural flow, creating an open public space where citizens and visitors can move comfortably and stay.
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Location:Busan, South Korea
2024
This project is a spatial artwork that seeks to restore the severed sensibility between nature and humanity, inviting reflection on the possibility of ecological transition. Through themes of circulation, balance, and modes of existence, it proposes a new awareness that resonates with the rhythms of nature beyond a life centered on consumption and control.
Academic work during Master’s course
Artwork
2024
In response to Korea’s transition into a multicultural society, the design introduces a cyclical spatial system that enables immigrants and local residents to engage and coexist, fostering everyday encounters and cultural inclusion.
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Academic work during Bachelor’s course
Kaywon University of Arts & Design Graduation Exhibition -Top Prize
36th Ga-In Design Group Korean Interior Design Competition - Special Selection
Architecture
2022
By reconfiguring the forgotten wartime bunker at Gyeonghuigung Palace, the design revives traces of conflict within everyday life and reimagines the space as a cultural venue in times of peace, while maintaining its potential to serve as an emergency shelter when necessary.Academic work during Bachelor’s course
Korea Institute of Interior Design (KIID) Theme Competition - Special Selection
Architecture
2021
REFORM (Untitled)
Work In Process
2025
HECO Gallery
Work In Process
2025