This portfolio is submitted by ChaeYeong Cho for the 2027 Interior Architecture graduate program at SPACE Graduate School. It includes the applicant's education background, certificates, skills, and research interests in public spaces, community spaces, user-centered design, spatial regeneration, adaptive reuse, and placemaking.
This is a graduate school application portfolio for the Interior Architecture program at SPACE Graduate School, submitted by ChaeYeong Cho for the 2027 intake. It is intended for admissions committees reviewing the applicant's academic and design background.
The portfolio opens with the applicant's education history: a Bachelor's degree in Interior Architecture at Inje University (2023-2027) and high school graduation from Jeonggwang High School (2020-2023). It lists a certificate in Interior Architecture Skills and a driver's license. Research interests include public spaces, community spaces, user-centered spatial design, spatial regeneration, adaptive reuse, and placemaking.
The first major project is 'Gaya's Void' (가야의 공극), a 2026 graduation design project. It proposes a complex cultural space in Gimhae, South Korea, reinterpreting the firing process of Gaya pottery. The design focuses on the value of the making process over the finished product, using the concept of 'voids' formed during pottery firing to create exhibition, studio, and residency spaces.
The second project is 'From Transit to Hub' (2025), a capstone design for Kansas State University's Seaton Hall Upper Info Commons. It transforms a transit space into a community hub using modular furniture. The third project is 'RE:MEMBER' (2025), a fictional collaboration between the brand Gentle Monster and artist Kim Yeonhong, exploring brand-art spatial integration.
Additional projects include a 2024 youth library design with a 'Paper Garden' concept extending into the surrounding landscape, and a 2025 undergraduate research project on adaptive reuse of closed schools for elderly welfare, combining place memory and biophilic design. The portfolio also includes a team project on community design.
The document concludes with a section on research and design experience, listing the three main projects: Gaya's Void, From Transit to Hub, and RE:MEMBER. Each project is presented with prologues, background analysis, site analysis, design concepts, and floor plans.