Simon believes invisible but invaluable leader with a creative optimistic mind who will change our world to a better place.
Dream big and Act Small.
With more than 20 years of experience, Simon is an industry-recognized structural engineer with a wide spectrum of experience including high-rise, mixed-use and commercial projects that range from the super tall to small interior fit-outs. Simon is expanding his horizons beyond engineering to being an entrepreneur who attempts to address current problems in the built environment and provide value driven solutions using emerging technologies to respond with WHY, HOW and WHAT. He is also on the co-panel of Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat’s outrigger design for high-rise buildings. He holds a Master of Civil Engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Sung Kyun Kwan University in South Korea.
Principal, Active Design Group, Newark, NJ,
Provides sustainable structural engineering services for commercial, residential and mixed-use developments with core
values of commitment, integrity and value-driven solutions.
Principal, WITHWORKS, Korea.
Provides cost-effective digital engineering and manufacturing solutions to complex, highly geometric building envelopes and structures
by using innovative technologies such as 3D printing, steel casting and robotics.
Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology,
Teaches structural engineering workflow through a high-rise building design, starting
with design goals and performance criteria setting, structural planning, floor framing systems, lateral load resistance systems, foundation systems, analysis, detailing and material takeoff for cost analysis.
CEO / Founder, Da Vinci 1618
Da Vinci Golden Ratio was reborn into our design philosophy by promoting a collaborative spirit. DV1618 is a creative branding and
innovative commercialization hub for artists and designers. They are enabled to empower their creative ways to develop an innovative edge. Combining art, architecture and engineering, DV1618 experiments in the public realm, delving
into public-friendly creations and transforming joyful products to be used by all.
HEALING IN THE CITY LOOKS BACK ON OUR COLLECTIVE “GROANING” IN THE LONG DARK TUNNEL OF 2020. WE CONVEY IDEAS THAT CREATE A NEW AND BETTER DAILY LIFE IN THE CITY BY REFLECTING ON OUR PAST HISTORY AND OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS DARKNESS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. NOW WE ARE COMING OUT OF THAT LONG TUNNEL. STRETCHING OURSELVES FOR BETTER, NORMAL DAYS.
IT IS TIME TO HEAL OUR BODY AND SOUL.
SIMON SHIM
LIVE IN PEACE LILY, 12” x 12”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
THE STATE OF IMPRISONMENT IN THE CITY IS THROWN DUE TO COVID, BUT THE LILY OF HOPE FLIES AND WARMS THE CITY SKY, AND THE STATE OF IMPRISONMENT IS GRADUALLY RELEASED.
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LIVE IN PEACE WINGS, 12” x 12”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
WINGS IN THE SKY.
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CHRYSLER, 16” x 16”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
BUILDINGS IN CITY WANT TO FLY FREELY WITH THEIR WINGS OF FREEDOM.
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FLYING FLOWER IN THE CITY, 16” x 16”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
VOID IN THE CITY.
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CIRCLE OF LIFE, 16” x 16”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
REINCARNATION OF LIFE ON EARTH AND THE REASON TO LIVE.
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CITY IN A BUBBLE, 9” x 12”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
CITY LIFE CONFINED IN BUBBLES.
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CITY IN BUBBLES, 38” x 13”, Mixed Media on Recycled Wooden Board, 2021
THE FOUR SEASONS IN THE CITY ARE CAPTURED. IT'S DIFFICULT TO GO OUTSIDE.
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CITY IN A JAR SPRING, 9” x 12”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
CITY IN A JAR SUMMER, 9” x 12”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
CITY IN A JAR FALL, 9” x 12”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
CITY IN A JAR WINTER, 9” x 12”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, AND WINTER IN NEW YORK 2020 CENTRAL PARK ARE BOTTLED IN OUR HEARTS.
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SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, AND WINTER IN NEW YORK 2020 CENTRAL PARK ARE BOTTLED IN OUR HEARTS.
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SNOWY CENTRAL PARK, 20” x 20”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
IMAGINARY SHELTER IN CENTRAL PARK.
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CITY IN NATURE, 20” x 20”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
CITY BEHIND THE FENCE CLOSED BY COVID.
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BETHESDA FOUNTAIN IN CENTRAL PARK, 11” x 14”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
LONGING FOR THE HEALING WATER.
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LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD, 14” x 11”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
SPARKLING MANHATTAN, 14”x 14”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
SEE YOU SOMEDAY IN DOWNTOWN OF MANHATTAN.
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RHYTHM OF CITY, 11” x 14”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
WINGS LIFT UP OUR SOUL.
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CITY IMAGERY, 30” x 20”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
THE INNER VAINNESS OF THE CITY.
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BROOKLYN EYE, 14” x 11”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
STUCK IN THE CITY, LOOKING AT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, EXPRESSING A SAD FEELING.
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CITY ECOLOGY, 36” x 12”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
A CITY IS AN INVISIBLE ORGANISM, CONNECTING BUILDING TO BUILDING AND PEOPLE TO PEOPLE IN THE BUILDINGS. BUT CITY IS.
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IMAGINARY CITY, 12” x 12”, Mixed Media on Mulberry paper, 2021
CAGE IN IMAGINARY CITY.
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OUTSIDE WITH THE EARTH, 20” x 10”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
SPRING ON EARTH
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MEMENTO MORI, 24” x 24”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
PRAY FOR A HAND OF SALVATION IN A TRAPPED CITY.
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NEW YORK 2020, 20” x 20”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
LONGING FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IN THE DARK LONG TUNNEL OF RACISM, IN THE HUMAN HISTORY OF REPETITION.
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CITY IMAGERY FREEDOM, 20” x 20”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
FREEDOM IN THE CITY LAUNCHES OUR SOUL.
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GOLDEN RATIO OF PEOPLE AND CITY, 14” x 11”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
RATIO OF PEOPLE AND CITY IS EQUAL TO THAT OF EARTH AND SUN.
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REVELATION, 14”X14”, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2021
DIVE INTO A CHARITABLE BLESSING.
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