Jae Won Yi is an architect, urbanist and adjunct professor at Yonsei University. He founded Urban Architecture Station architects and the Urban Diagnostic Lab as a complementary system of practice and research. He believes that non-physical structures lie at the core of metropolitan culture, and that their relationship with physical form and space can bring about better forms of contemporary urban life.

Dae Song Lee is an architect, artist and assistant professor at Yonsei University. After declaring himself a materialist, he founded Design System Lab, which performs experimental design research on material systems and computational beings. He has recently focused on studying smart-emergent systems, which come from a simple rule set. He tries to integrate its overall process using a computational approach from design to fabrication.

Hanjun Kim is a London-based architectural designer and educator specialising in computational design. He teaches at the Architecture and Urbanism (DRL) Postgraduate programme at the AA, Oxford Brookes University and Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) B-Pro. His work explores generative architecture, spatial perception and human–technology interaction, with current projects integrating AI and Augmented Reality into design practice. He holds a Master's from the DRL and a Bachelor's from Hongik University.

• Developing a way of thinking in terms of each unit’s theme based on seminars, drawings workshop, computational workshops, and booklet making.
• Lecture series: Experts in architecture, urban planning, historian and computational design will share insights, challenging participants to think critically about Seoul's past, present and future.
• Debates and roundtables: Encouraging a culture of dialogue, participants will engage in debates, arguing various standpoints based on their research and findings. This will help refine ideas and cultivate a holistic understanding of the topic.
• Final presentation and exhibition: Participants will showcase their findings, designs and projections for what has emerged in Seoul according to the unit brief, culminating in a public exhibition for residents and city planners.

• £495 – Early Bird offer (Apply before 31/05/26)  
• £695 – Full fee including one year AA Digital Membership (Applications close 01/07/26)

Fees do not include flights or accommodation, but accommodation options can be advised. Students need to bring their own laptops, digital equipment and model making tools.