Bryan Chou will be speaking at the ASLA 2025 Conference on Friday OCT 10th, in his session, “Beyond-Off-The Shelf.” Bryan will be speaking alongside Johanna Barthmaier-Payne, Associate Professor and Department Head at The Rhode Island School of Design, and Julia Howe,...

Mikyoung sits down as a lecturer in the New York Botanical Garden’s 27th Annual Landscape Design Portfolios Lecture Series! Join us online as Mikyoung illustrates how landscapes are an important catalyst for public health and urban resilience through featured projects such...

Through the Landscape Architecture Foundation’s Post-Occupancy Case Study Investigation, this investigation focuses on Boston Children’s Hospital’s healing gardens. Working closely with Researchers from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD); Gareth Doherty, Anne Tong, Garett Craig-Lucas, and Shan He; the...

Thank you to the Contemporary Landscape Architecture: Masterpieces Around the World  for featuring Boston Children’s Hospital in this publication, recognizing projects that foster social connection, inclusivity, and protect our climate and biodiversity. With seven new customized restorative gardens, the Boston...

As we phase out of our Winter reading series, we’re reflecting on the thought-provoking books that sparked lively discussions (and fueled our breakfast book club!) over the last few months. At the heart of these books is the theme of...

Thank you to all who joined us at the 2024 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, DC! MYK was well-represented at this year’s conference, with Mikyoung Kim, Ian Downing, and Jess Hamilton contributing to insightful and impactful panels. Mikyoung Kim...

Over the past year, MYK has been researching the impact of noise on our cognitive functioning and developing toolkits to design with noise in mind. The team conducted a sound walk to explore the public spaces of Boston to accumulate...

Dallas Architecture Forum: The Rose Family Lecture Mikyoung Kim Founding Principal Mikyoung Kim Design April 3, 2024 Wednesday, 7 pm Check-in & Reception – 6:15 pm Free for Forum Members General Admission Tickets Available At the Door Angelika Film Center...

At Boston Children’s Hospital we brought in our Landscape Architecture Foundation post-occupancy Case Study Investigators from Harvard GSD, Gareth Doherty (Faculty leader), Anne Tong, and Garret Craig-Lukas, to see the sight, navigate the different spaces and understand the unique conditions...

Our reflective canopy at Texas Medical Center was designed to immerse visitors in the soothing embrace of rippling water, this canopy brings a sense of tranquility to shelter in the cooling environment Selected for their thermal qualities, we incorporated Alucobond...

In the heart of bustling cities, our team at MYKD seeks to create havens of calm through carefully curated landscape experiences. At the forefront of our mission is the understanding that the environments we inhabit profoundly influence our well-being. This...

Throughout this year, our focus has been on the nuanced design considerations for neurodiversity within landscape architecture and urban environments. We’ve been investigating the delicate relationship between emotional systems and the sensory aspects of our surroundings. This exploration has led us into the realm of affective neuroscience,...

Landscape architect and artist Mikyoung Kim created a Cor-ten steel fence to enclose a three-acre site in Lincoln, Massachusetts. “The entire fence is made using just seven lengths of modular, precut Cor-Ten steel bars, with widths being anywhere from two...

This Fall, Mikyoung was excited to give a lecture at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design as part of their 2022 Landscape Now lecture series. During her talk, Mikyoung unpacks one of the key drivers for the MYKD...

As we develop the design for the historic mobility platform at Ford’s Michigan Central Park, we’ve been focused on renewable energy systems. Through this park, Ford’s leadership in clean energy with their strategic investment in solar and wind systems closes...

Of all natural hazards, flooding exerts the greatest economic and social impacts on the US population especially in urban areas where risks are severe and getting worse.  Urban flooding and its disproportionate impact on minorities and low-income residents are becoming...

During the Pandemic, we have seen our projects transform and respond to the needs of the neighborhood.  The Seoul Cheonggye River brings healthful living with this biodiverse greenway that connects the city of 9.7 million people together!  A place of...

Our work in Detroit is focused on bringing a diversity of people together with resilient and green design.  Historically a heavy industrial city that has deep roots in the auto industry, Detroit by majority is minority occupied. The MYKD team...

We wanted to share some exciting projects that have expanded our design research in human and ecological health and well being in 2020. With the black lives matter movement and the pandemic, the public landscape has become even more important in helping to...

As we adjust to this new way of living and think about what it means as our cities open up again, we wonder what the new normal will be. Featured in Boston Magazine, Mikyoung Kim and other local professionals discuss...