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Soohee Lee
Founder/President
Architecture, Landscape Design, Urban Design
Soohee Lee, founder and president of San Institute of Design and Technology (SIDT), has comprehensive academic and work experience across a full array of design and technology. Lee serves as an adjunct assistant professor in School of Architecture and Design of New York Institute Technology (NYIT) since 2019, a guest researcher invited by the landscape architecture division of the Department Urbanism at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) since 2024, and currently running her own practice, SAN, based in New York. since 2010.
As an educator and architect, Lee’s persisting interest and passion has been focused on excavating innate talent and creating job opportunities. With over 20 years of career, Lee has expertise in community development and urban revitalization projects in private and public sectors. It includes serving as an urban design advisor for Nonprofits and NGOs at the UN on several projects that empower people by creating job and educational opportunities.
Lee’s entrepreneurial spirit has led her to expand beyond her professional background, and she has become an expert in building opportunities from the ground up by sharing visions and achieving goals with her counterparts.
Lee received a master’s degree in Architecture from Columbia University in New York and a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design from Seoul National University. Her bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Sung Kyun Kwan University in South Korea.
Lee is a registered architect in the State of New York and Connecticut, a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP), and a member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD). Lee is currently pursuing a certificate in Horticulture at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Courses at SIDT
Credentials
Educator Credentials: Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York Institute of Technology
Industry Credentials: RA (Registered Architect) in the State of New York and Connecticut, LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional)
Education: Master’s degree in Architecture from Columbia University, Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture & Urban Design from Seoul National University, South Korea, Bachelor’s degree in Architecture at Sung Kyun Kwan University, South Korea
Certificates: Food and Nutrition Security in Urbanizing Landscapes, WageningenX, Wageningen University and Research online course, Site Planning, MITx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology online course, Sustainable Corporate Financing - Foundations, ZHAWx, Zurich University online course, Landscape Ecology, ETH Zurich online course
Awards & Publications
Abstract, GSAPP Columbia University Publication, 2003, 2004
Prize Winner, The 16th National Exhibition of Korean Architecture, Korea
Grand Prize, New Ideas of Sub-urban House; Breaking the Conventional Concept, Korea
Author, “A planning for underdeveloped areas connected with downtown, case studies on district of Korean traditional housing in Jongro-gu, Seoul”, Seoul National University, Korea
Contributing Author, “Feasibility Study for a new High-Tech Center in Geui-Dong, Seoul”, Seoul Environmental Planning Research Center, Seoul National University, Korea
Recent Projects & Research
World Trade Center Tower 2 (New York City, USA)
Westfield World Trade Center Market (New York City, USA)
W 36th Street Hotel & Residences (New York City, USA)
P&B Bio-Medicine Labs (California, USA)
Shangri La Hotel Bangalore (Bangalore, India)
Franklin Buddhist Temple and Meditation Garden (New Jersey, USA)
Native Plants Garden in Bernardsville (New Jersey, USA)
High Tech Park City Masterplan (Pirallahi, Azerbaijan)
The Tibet Fund Headquarters Renovation (New York City)
Low-cost prefab housing (multiple places)
TYFT Hotel & Convention Center (Korea)