Frederick Chando Kim

Frederick Chando Kim

School of Architecture
Assistant Professor
AH 2003
f.kim@ufl.edu

Biography

Frederick Chando Kim is an architect, researcher, and educator based in Gainesville, Florida, serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida School of Architecture. His research focuses on the generative and analytical possibilities of machine learning in architectural form. Frederick pursued his doctorate at the Media x Design Lab at EPFL, where his thesis was nominated for the EPFL Research and City of Lausanne prizes. He previously served as Assistant Professor in Computational Design at the National University of Singapore, taught at the School of Architecture and Computer Science at EPFL, and was a Junior Faculty member at ETH Zürich. He has conducted workshops at NYCU in Hsinchu, NUS, ETH Singapore, SUPSI in Mendrisio, and D-lab at Kyoto Institute of Technology. Frederick holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard GSD and a Bachelor of Science in Art and Design from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He co-leads Creative Data Critical Design with Mikhael Johanes, exploring innovative ways of using data for architectural and urban design approaches. His professional experience includes work with Convergeo in Lausanne, AGPS Architecture in Zürich/Los Angeles, Safdie Architects in Cambridge, Massachusetts, SOM San Francisco, and Gensler Los Angeles. He has been involved in numerous research and design projects internationally, including the co-curation of Artificial Architecture at EPFL Pavilions. His collaborative projects, Artificial Swissness: Design Brain, was featured at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, and Alpine Shelter Skuta received an AIA New England Design Honor Award and a nomination for the EU Mies Award. He co-authored the journal paper titled “On GANs, NLPs and Architecture,” which won the ACSA Best Article Award. He was also a recipient of the Young CAADRIA Award.

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