Heeje Yang | 2017 Fellow

Heeje Yang is currently a student at University of Southern California pursuing his BARCH. He joined Madworkshop after attending USC’s 4th year Advanced Topic Studio regarding to the problem with homelessness in Los Angeles directed by Sofia Borges and Scott Mitchell in USC School of Arhcitecture. He has work experiences in multiple designer firms such as Michael Maltzan Architecture.

As a fellow, he will be woking on Chair Six to be more easily operable through a study of origami folding and kinetic motion. He will also be preparing his 5th year thesis with an emphasis in kinetic motion through folding and unfolding algorithms. With a significant interest in design and fabrication, he will also explore the intelligence of interactive design through multiple moving objects from a pencil to a building.