Saul Kim's Architecture Anomaly Series Turns Small Formal Misbehaviors into Worlds

Seoul-based architectural designer Saul Kim Min Kyu, founder of Saul Kim Studio and Saul Kim Lab, treats architecture as a space where small formal anomalies can expand into entire speculative worlds. His long-running Architecture Anomaly series reimagines everyday objects, walls, roofs, and ground conditions through subtle misbehaviors—a fold, a pitch, a hovering wall, a forty-five-degree rotation. These pieces occupy a territory between research, sculpture, and speculative architecture, prioritizing narrative and latent potential over function. Kim's background includes Singapore Polytechnic, SCI-Arc, and Harvard GSD. Alongside his conceptual work, he pursues real commissions such as the Howard Waterfall Retreat and stage design for The Cherry Orchard, grounding his experiments in inhabited spaces.