Biography
Jie-Eun Hwang is a professor at the University of Seoul in the Department of Architecture, and currently directs Sewoon Campus and Sewoon Collaboration Support Center in the center of the urban manufacturing district. Her research interests include spatial information representation, digital tectonics, design media and interface, and open data. As an educator, new media experiments and alternative education are also recent challenges. She pursued various research projects, including: a digital twin-based urban regeneration platform, participatory mobile augmented reality contents, a spatio-temporal timeline system for monitoring public space, and monitoring index development for UNESCO heritage. She co-curated Production City at Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017. Art galleries: Gallery Factory, Gwangju Design Biennale, Culture Station Seoul 284, and Kumho Gallery have invited her for media art installations that represent social commons.