https://nicholas-chung.com Nicholas Chung Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:08:29 +0000 https://nicholas-chung.com en https://nicholas-chung.com/home-1 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:08:29 +0000 Nicholas Chung https://nicholas-chung.com/home-1 Nicholas Chung <img width="4416" height="2944" width_o="4416" height_o="2944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/005c494bb3f28714a1b1db0911a582646c9e928c8bb6cbfaa0708b17f5c43494/IMG_9910.jpg" data-mid="253820882" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/005c494bb3f28714a1b1db0911a582646c9e928c8bb6cbfaa0708b17f5c43494/IMG_9910.jpg" /> Nicholas Chung is a PhD student studying the histories and theories of architecture at Harvard University. He is interested in how pedagogical and research methods enabled repeated efforts to emulate outcomes of modernization, particularly across Eastern Asia throughout the twentieth century. Nicholas holds a Master's in Design Studies from Harvard GSD (with Distinction), and a Bachelor of Architecture from Syracuse University (Summa Cum Laude with a minor in Geography). Prior to doctoral studies, he co-curated From Utopia to Ubiquity at the Yale School of Architecture (2025) and was the Curatorial Assistant for Architecture’s Inscriptions at the TANK Shanghai (2026). Nicholas received the 2025 Dimitris Pikionis Award, and his design work has been presented at the Busan Architectural Festival (2022) and Hong Kong-Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale (2021).nicholas_chung@gsd.harvard.edu From Utopia to Ubiquity <img width="5970" height="3980" width_o="5970" height_o="3980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00fec89fee0f59ac67987e036815e2e9461413f55f1b4d6c638e87657e4ee790/5d333869fec827331a7f591edd0b0176.jpg" data-mid="252703076" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00fec89fee0f59ac67987e036815e2e9461413f55f1b4d6c638e87657e4ee790/5d333869fec827331a7f591edd0b0176.jpg" /> <img width="5992" height="3995" width_o="5992" height_o="3995" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cedbc4cce786cee83777336ec587506b33daf834cfcbd5972d1e6055939ab9b/DSCF6886.jpg" data-mid="252703084" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c54a77999d8a1a7555ed652738d6e537b9a2de2f1b89cd639d277e2799fcbf9d/3.jpeg" data-mid="252703105" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c54a77999d8a1a7555ed652738d6e537b9a2de2f1b89cd639d277e2799fcbf9d/3.jpeg" /> [Exhibition] 03.2025 - 05.2025 Yale School of Architecture North GalleryCurator[Research] 2023-2025 capstone for Masters in Design Studies, Harvard GSD Architecture‘s Inscriptions <img width="6667" height="3750" width_o="6667" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dea7990284e6670da92adfb1cea5012ca3d105fa3695ab798b4187f163444cd/architecture-s-inscription_horizontal.jpg" data-mid="253032786" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dea7990284e6670da92adfb1cea5012ca3d105fa3695ab798b4187f163444cd/architecture-s-inscription_horizontal.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1440" width_o="1920" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a11be64c1c824972a436f72e455a84a15bea7c8eeebd7c9c4c8bb539c6c565a5/architecture-s-inscription-exhibition-key-image-RUNZI-ZHU.jpg" data-mid="252703528" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a11be64c1c824972a436f72e455a84a15bea7c8eeebd7c9c4c8bb539c6c565a5/architecture-s-inscription-exhibition-key-image-RUNZI-ZHU.jpg" /> <img width="11249" height="8437" width_o="11249" height_o="8437" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72849c9728b496f6ac40a429b946ac2cec430b292e9566b3a78362b98e19c302/0707--DSCF5425-RUNZI-ZHU.jpg" data-mid="252703529" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72849c9728b496f6ac40a429b946ac2cec430b292e9566b3a78362b98e19c302/0707--DSCF5425-RUNZI-ZHU.jpg" /> <img width="11648" height="8736" width_o="11648" height_o="8736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0dede4cdf7f3df367381e4ddef72589be7c37c514344c2894ad01a2a8ce9b375/0707--DSCF5398-RUNZI-ZHU.jpg" data-mid="252703530" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0dede4cdf7f3df367381e4ddef72589be7c37c514344c2894ad01a2a8ce9b375/0707--DSCF5398-RUNZI-ZHU.jpg" /> [Exhibition] 06.2024 - 10.2026 TANK Shanghai Curatorial Assistant Infinitude in Reflectivity <img width="1776" height="1184" width_o="1776" height_o="1184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/377787837d77fa06e38602ea59263bf8adfb28783525c40761207b8265356e9d/C9E8E8D0-D324-4DF2-A515-A9FE350EFB90-2075-000000F272191E8F.jpg" data-mid="253121725" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/377787837d77fa06e38602ea59263bf8adfb28783525c40761207b8265356e9d/C9E8E8D0-D324-4DF2-A515-A9FE350EFB90-2075-000000F272191E8F.jpg" /> <img width="681" height="455" width_o="681" height_o="455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/255fb0cc78dc5d27c07715a142cd0568a702c74c532745ac1d2f366bc6376633/Barcelona2.jpg" data-mid="252703243" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/681/i/255fb0cc78dc5d27c07715a142cd0568a702c74c532745ac1d2f366bc6376633/Barcelona2.jpg" /> <img width="763" height="510" width_o="763" height_o="510" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83d58902dbd84a5d51bd30d15cec0beabc11552738c913e1ce52f62be4acdc89/gracefarm1.jpg" data-mid="252703228" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/763/i/83d58902dbd84a5d51bd30d15cec0beabc11552738c913e1ce52f62be4acdc89/gracefarm1.jpg" /> <img width="635" height="424" width_o="635" height_o="424" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1757dbe6072a976e5666eafd0789e4667514adc06aed252b1784383c0360d041/gracefarm2.jpg" data-mid="252703294" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/635/i/1757dbe6072a976e5666eafd0789e4667514adc06aed252b1784383c0360d041/gracefarm2.jpg" /> [Essay] 03.2024 for Competing Visions of Modern Japantaught by Seng Kuan, Harvard GSD Depot [+] Living <img width="2467" height="983" width_o="2467" height_o="983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5438e2b39308d57ed82f430ba00a109ad5c5b1bf84981b5a5bca4cb8e9daabd6/section-line-composite.jpg" data-mid="252703112" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5438e2b39308d57ed82f430ba00a109ad5c5b1bf84981b5a5bca4cb8e9daabd6/section-line-composite.jpg" /> <img width="1313" height="985" width_o="1313" height_o="985" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa3788e2143f5009ba0ebe4dbe55761d02218e72b6b44024a2dc857615944c96/thumb.png" data-mid="252703108" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa3788e2143f5009ba0ebe4dbe55761d02218e72b6b44024a2dc857615944c96/thumb.png" /> [Design] 09.2023 - 12.2023Honorable Mention / Buildner Los Angeles Housing Challenge Japanese Mass Housing and its Multiple Natures <img width="503" height="313" width_o="503" height_o="313" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15c3b6b6c6be0fd9b8fc536f0c1d79c7a5ebe8dad9cd17c18a110b249475d453/08.jpg" data-mid="252703191" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/503/i/15c3b6b6c6be0fd9b8fc536f0c1d79c7a5ebe8dad9cd17c18a110b249475d453/08.jpg" /> <img width="664" height="531" width_o="664" height_o="531" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fa409082e68efd667bc6509510c3b1b2252d20b96e3377de1608c0a35aac9db/09.png" data-mid="252703189" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/664/i/9fa409082e68efd667bc6509510c3b1b2252d20b96e3377de1608c0a35aac9db/09.png" /> <img width="431" height="605" width_o="431" height_o="605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a5f7855dcab8d7ebb77d20f6e9baa5510dd52b04565f6fe19fd6d2c6fa296c9/02.jpg" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09a6bebf1b869b64c85e4f4ff75a01ddb3f9001bc473e3ca540a55c62454eb6b/Untitled-15.png" /> <img width="4000" height="4000" width_o="4000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c032e38c377c0ec085f6f9aa61ebbede6fba83b0f8dc19cb076739af4156217/Untitled-16.png" data-mid="252703260" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c032e38c377c0ec085f6f9aa61ebbede6fba83b0f8dc19cb076739af4156217/Untitled-16.png" /> [Essay] 12.2023for Proseminar in Narratives taught by Ed Eigen, Harvard GSD Fieldnotes on Reflexivity: Learning from Kabukicho <img width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/441499e9d875b8a4e4dd6d4da98216f406f5531f88d0511f4658dfe24943b663/15.jpg" data-mid="252703203" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/441499e9d875b8a4e4dd6d4da98216f406f5531f88d0511f4658dfe24943b663/15.jpg" /> <img width="651" height="434" width_o="651" height_o="434" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2308faf23fdd436f4bc559ad164e8d9bd3de47ea2c75a5d9163e161c02f1aed0/10.2.jpg" data-mid="252703204" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/651/i/2308faf23fdd436f4bc559ad164e8d9bd3de47ea2c75a5d9163e161c02f1aed0/10.2.jpg" /> <img width="751" height="501" width_o="751" height_o="501" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3adc37f97a31ac94b4c2ccea84b04dd659558daa85db5b690fb900fe6db1e888/2.jpg" data-mid="252703205" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/751/i/3adc37f97a31ac94b4c2ccea84b04dd659558daa85db5b690fb900fe6db1e888/2.jpg" /> [Essay] 12.2023for The Project and the Territory: Japan Story taught by Mohsen Mostafavi, Harvard GSD Shinjuku Flaneuring: Between Muji and the Erotic Godzilla <img width="5100" height="3300" width_o="5100" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa44c67d91342f9b83d84f253576830fdf09b7f22829ef3742af6b7bb164df9b/grand-jury-images6.jpg" data-mid="252703310" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa44c67d91342f9b83d84f253576830fdf09b7f22829ef3742af6b7bb164df9b/grand-jury-images6.jpg" /> <img width="5100" height="3300" width_o="5100" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d90b748dd8df67fdcaae9c5d3584152008f9edadb9b6364a68a6052288b008df/grand-jury-images.jpg" data-mid="252703306" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d90b748dd8df67fdcaae9c5d3584152008f9edadb9b6364a68a6052288b008df/grand-jury-images.jpg" /> <img width="5100" height="3300" width_o="5100" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ee5b5cffe992aa1b91a1a8e9b30266ad3146cbbfb4f2d6a4d48889fdee6484a/grand-jury-images4.jpg" data-mid="252703300" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ee5b5cffe992aa1b91a1a8e9b30266ad3146cbbfb4f2d6a4d48889fdee6484a/grand-jury-images4.jpg" /> <img width="5100" height="3300" width_o="5100" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22dbaf7ce7469591feaa54106899e7e8ad4662d782569320acc27e3c6b01b5b4/grand-jury-images2.jpg" data-mid="252703307" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22dbaf7ce7469591feaa54106899e7e8ad4662d782569320acc27e3c6b01b5b4/grand-jury-images2.jpg" /> [Research and Exhibition] 08.2022 - 05.2023[Essay] 12.2022 undergraduate thesis advised by Joseph Godlewski, Syracuse Architecture Tetravoltaics <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12f03eb9378ab29be1c3a4a5536c67c93015fd4ad0ac5371201a76624bf8b83a/tetra-plan.jpg" data-mid="252703388" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12f03eb9378ab29be1c3a4a5536c67c93015fd4ad0ac5371201a76624bf8b83a/tetra-plan.jpg" /> <img width="5625" height="4500" width_o="5625" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59c1562ad377fcff3b0e7b5e1fcaa964612bb9d801125f262442fe31d54612ec/LAGI_TETRAVOLTAIC_4.jpg" data-mid="252703339" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59c1562ad377fcff3b0e7b5e1fcaa964612bb9d801125f262442fe31d54612ec/LAGI_TETRAVOLTAIC_4.jpg" /> [Design Research] 05.2022 - 09.2022for MATR Lab advised by Daekwon Park, Syracuse ArchitectureShortlist / LAGI 2022&nbsp; Connective Corridor <img width="2513" height="2673" width_o="2513" height_o="2673" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efe7d8b02c0e452219fe5cf7d1da0ad7162ee6fdf529970bd169999dbe4560a4/map.jpg" data-mid="252703396" border="0" data-scale="74" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efe7d8b02c0e452219fe5cf7d1da0ad7162ee6fdf529970bd169999dbe4560a4/map.jpg" /> <img width="820" height="656" width_o="820" height_o="656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b63981162a1e23d90d5dc7f1fcb42a4914fc16897cd0f9487841a4213f1365d/01.jpg" data-mid="252703395" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/820/i/4b63981162a1e23d90d5dc7f1fcb42a4914fc16897cd0f9487841a4213f1365d/01.jpg" /> [Design] 06.2022 - 08.2022for Busan Architecture Festival 2022Grand Prize / 2022 Busan International Architecture Design Workshop Grabhub <img width="7344" height="5875" width_o="7344" height_o="5875" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbdf8baa043fcfda365d3c713931b99cb38bcd6c21c17bb26226d8972a0d8194/220503-long-section.jpg" data-mid="252703433" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbdf8baa043fcfda365d3c713931b99cb38bcd6c21c17bb26226d8972a0d8194/220503-long-section.jpg" /> <img width="5470" height="3076" width_o="5470" height_o="3076" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45010d9406a220651eff0ec22c68684ec7f775eccf2ecf7a77f9cac0306000b2/food-with-hands.jpg" data-mid="252703434" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45010d9406a220651eff0ec22c68684ec7f775eccf2ecf7a77f9cac0306000b2/food-with-hands.jpg" /> <img width="5034" height="3224" width_o="5034" height_o="3224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9132c1e971266321f61da1ec4feefa6dbc1e926cf9771b2508866d7bd7f0976f/220213_core-diagram-01.jpg" data-mid="252703436" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9132c1e971266321f61da1ec4feefa6dbc1e926cf9771b2508866d7bd7f0976f/220213_core-diagram-01.jpg" /> [Design] 01.2022 - 05.2022for Integrated Design Studio taught by Daekwon Park, Syracuse ArchitectureSilver Prize / 2022 Asian Design AwardsHonorable Mention / 2022 ACSA Steel Competition Exhibition / 2022 Shenzhen + Hong Kong Urbanism/Architecture Bi-City Biennalé SoHo Commoning <img width="4385" height="3508" width_o="4385" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ffdf7223ace10a85f4cbe46e75d608bf093f8f2e564904edf547236beeb83e4/32421_Foreigners-No-More_Image-01.jpg" data-mid="252703453" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ffdf7223ace10a85f4cbe46e75d608bf093f8f2e564904edf547236beeb83e4/32421_Foreigners-No-More_Image-01.jpg" /> <img width="1258" height="1007" width_o="1258" height_o="1007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a984827a3c7b71a47e6ed1f2fef6c80e2e899bf4bd08c1db22f3d128be973c0a/soho.jpg" data-mid="252703451" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a984827a3c7b71a47e6ed1f2fef6c80e2e899bf4bd08c1db22f3d128be973c0a/soho.jpg" /> <img width="5100" height="3300" width_o="5100" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b14b86e37c6d153efcfbce7278c4a3c142563102c07e3042b8500d01f46b2b7/rttc72.jpg" data-mid="252703455" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b14b86e37c6d153efcfbce7278c4a3c142563102c07e3042b8500d01f46b2b7/rttc72.jpg" /> <img width="5100" height="3300" width_o="5100" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18eccd256a91246c286f07423605c71eaabe3d52931afdd85b19fce058f8c831/rttc37.jpg" data-mid="252703457" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18eccd256a91246c286f07423605c71eaabe3d52931afdd85b19fce058f8c831/rttc37.jpg" /> [Design] 01.2021 - 05.2021for Option Studio taught by Angela Co, Syracuse Architecture[Research] The Contested Street <img width="3395" height="2716" width_o="3395" height_o="2716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bbe231f1094f1375ff8382257211b10a9d85130097e71f6ee99893f026b8e23/CHUNG_The-Contested-Street_Page_03---Copy.jpg" data-mid="252703483" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bbe231f1094f1375ff8382257211b10a9d85130097e71f6ee99893f026b8e23/CHUNG_The-Contested-Street_Page_03---Copy.jpg" /> [Research] 01.2020 - 05.2020for Architecture Theory taught by Britt Eversole, Syracuse University The Barcelona Pavilion(s) of Infinite Imaginary <img width="1776" height="1184" width_o="1776" height_o="1184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f998ed7b5f9ba21853ff7d6b2d714dc83bf1e0fb6059328942f60acce2817b2/440D2B10-2522-40B3-A63A-C67C254E53EC-2853-000000C996839CB8-2.JPG" data-mid="252727384" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f998ed7b5f9ba21853ff7d6b2d714dc83bf1e0fb6059328942f60acce2817b2/440D2B10-2522-40B3-A63A-C67C254E53EC-2853-000000C996839CB8-2.JPG" /> [Essay]