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Phillip Park

Design
Associate Professor, Interior Design
Coordinator, Interior Design Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Art Building, Room 256C

Phillip is facing forward and smiling. He has short gray hair, wears glasses and a blue button-down shirt.

Coordinator, Interior Design Undergraduate & Graduate Programs
Associate Professor, Interior Design

About

Areas of Expertise: Healing environments for pediatric patients, evidence-based design in healthcare environments

Jin Gyu "Phillip" Park joined the College of Visual Arts & Design faculty in 2007. He received his Ph.D. and Master of Architecture degrees from the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

His academic focus is on evidence-based design, and his research interest relies on the relationship between built environments and human health and performance. His current research focuses on the value of color as a component in a healing environment for a pediatric-patient-room design. His teaching involves evidence-based design and research, technology in environmental design, and space planning for commercial environments.

Park previously worked for eight years as an architectural designer. He is a professional member of the Interior Design Educators Council, the Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture, the Korean Institute of Architects, and a regular Environmental Design Research Association member.