Independent Project
Mixed Media
A room breathes like a bus. Still walls remember motion. Four gestures hold the memory of a commute: a body leans, a seat waits, a projection flickers like passing trees.
There is no engine, only breath. No schedule, only pause.The floor carries the weight of shared silence. The corners hold the quiet choreography of strangers navigating space. This is not a bus, but it becomes one through repetition, suggestion, and the memory of movement.
Space is not given. It is shaped, felt, and performed.
Brown University Alumnae Hall
A floor becomes a score. Steps land in silence and echo. Light shifts, then halts. This is not a backdrop, but a collaborator. Space listens, responds, and disappears. Built for a performance where music breathes and bodies move, the design carries the rhythm of transition. Shapes hold mood. Angles catch voices. The stage is not static. It is waiting, pulsing, revealing in fragments.
It frames, but it does not contain. It gives the performance its air
Collaborative project
The set design centers on Jon, the protagonist, and his escalating anxiety about achieving success as a musical composer in 1990s New York City. Departing from the original production, the design incorporates boxes as a symbolic element, representing the characters' perpetual readiness and fragility in their pursuit of success. These boxes, continuously packed and unpacked, reflect the transient nature of their aspirations, dynamically interacting with the characters' movements. Positioned against Times Square-inspired cityscape, the design captures ambition's relentless drive and tension within an ever-changing urban environment.
WON HWANG
Master of Architecture (M.Arch)
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP)
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Furniture Design
Concentration in Theory and History of Art and Design
CV and resume available upon request.