He currently teaches architectural design studios as well as a series of courses on Design and Computation. He earned his BS in architecture from Inha University, Korea, and his MA and Ph.D. in architecture from UCLA. He is the first recipient of the R.M. Schindler Fellowship of the Beata Inaya Trust Fund, 1996/7, and twice recipient of the Chancellor's Dissertation Fellowship, 1998/99. The focuses of his academic research are on "The Architecture of R. M. Schindler - Unbuilt Works", "Design and Computation", including Fundamentals of Architectonics: Proportion, Symmetry, and Compartition, Shape Grammars, Virtual Reality, and Digital Media. He is author of numerous articles, including "Schindler, Symmetry and the Free Public Library, 1920" (Architectural Research Quarterly) and "Subsymmetry analysis of architectural designs: some examples" (Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design).