PROFILE

URBARCHISM is a research studio founded in 2018 by Hee Jae Lee to develop activities of devising, testing, experimenting, and providing theoretical backgrounds to explain facts or phenomena of the observable urban and architectural environment.



HEE JAE LEE

Architect ∙ Planner ∙ Researcher

Registered Architect at Architektenkammer Berlin, Germany

DGNB Consultant at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen

Public Design Expert at Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea


EDUCATION

Doctoral Candidate at KIT Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Master in Territorial Development at Leibniz Universität Hannover

Master in Architecture at Hanyang University Graduate School, Seoul

Bachelor in Architecture (Cum Laude) at Hanyang University, Seoul


CURRENT POSITION

Founder at Research Studio URBARCHISM, Berlin

Principal at BAEK Architekten, Berlin

Director at KDAA Korea-Deutschland Architektur Assoziation


PREVIOUS POSITION

Foreign Correspondent at Seoul Institute, Seoul

Research Fellow at Korean Government Fellowship in Architecture

Team Manager at USUN Architects & Engineers, Seoul

Researcher at EBR&D Lab. in Hanyang University, Seoul

Project Architect at Surbana International Consultants, Singapore

Project Architect at DP Architects, Singapore


PARTNERSHIP

BAEK Architekten, Berlin

KDAA Korea-Deutschland Architektur Assoziation

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