Minsoo Lee

MINSOO LEE

Minsoo Lee is an interdisciplinary interior architect and digital designer who is interested in combining Computational media and Physical computing

into the architectural environment. He is currently a pricipal of AnLstudio and Tangible Dots Lab.

EDUCATIONS

2009. 5 | New York University, New York, USA

M.P.S : Interactive Telecommunications Program in Tisch School of Art

*Thesis : Tangible Dots with Formscreen

2006. 7 | Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea

B.A : Interior Architecture in College of Design

*Scholarship for the highest GPA (2004), *A student representative (2004)

WORK EXPERIENCES

2009. 9 - present | AnL Studio, New York, USA

Co-Founder / Principal

Project managing : - OceanScope, Observatory building for Incheon new city(Song-do), Korea (Completed 2010,Jan)

2009. 5 - present | Tangible Dots project, New York, USA

2008. 5 - 2008. 8 | MESH Architecture, New York, USA

Work as a freelancer designer for DumboSpace project (Theatre renovation), Dumbo, NY

2008. 2 - 2008. 5 | HOWELER+YOON Architecture, Boston, USA

Intern Architect

Projects include: Entasis, Installation for the architecture Exhibition at Artist Space Gallery (SOHO), NY

Participation: Concept & Design develop, Digital Fabricating -- Using 3D Rhino, Adobe software

2007. 10 - 2008. 1 | ASYMPTOTE Architecture, New York, USA

Intern Architect

Projects include: - Luxury Residential Tower in United Arab Emirates (Completion 2010)

- The millennium Tower World Business Center in Busan, Korea

Participation: Schematic Design, CD Drawing, Physical Model Making -- Using 3D Rhino, Adobe software

2007. 5 - 2007. 9 | LEESER Architecture, New York, USA

Intern Architect

Projects include: - World Mammoth Museum Competition, Yakutsk, Russian Federation (Win-1st Place)

- Museum of the Moving Image, New York, USA (Completion 2009)

Participation: Competition Team, CD drawing -- Using 3D MAX, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite

AWARDS

2010 | "Best of the best" prize of Red Dot Award 2010, Category - Product : Architecture & Interior design, Germany - <Container Scope>

2009 | Shortlist of Inchoen International Design Awards, Category - City and Green Design, KOREA - <Data Formation>

2008 | 1st Place of IDA (International Design Awards, Category (Student) - Architecture), USA - <Interactive Shade>

2007 | 3rd Place of IESNY (Illuminating Engineering Society of NYC) Lighting Design Competition, USA - <@-series>

2006 | Winner of Visual Print Contest of New York University, USA - <I. Con>

2005 | Bronze prize of JAD(SAMSUNG Group) International Architecture Competition, KOREA - <A.I. Space>

2005 | Finalist of KOSID (Korean Society of Interior Design) Competition, KOREA - <Folding Skin Housing>

EXHIBITIONS

2009 | <Tangible Dots> - Media Lounge Exhibition, The Grace Gallery Space, New York, USA

2008 | <@-Series> - Evocative Luminance, Helen Mills Theater, New York, USA

2008 | <FormScreen> - ITP Show, New York, USA

2007 | <StoneGlow> - LEDs are Pretty, Greylock Arts Gallery, Massachusetts, USA

2007 | <Moving Wall> - ITP Show, New York, USA

2006 | <StoneGlow> - ITP Show, New York, USA

2005 | <Invisible Networking> - 5^th.KIND Graduate Exhibition, Seoul, KOREA

2005 | <Folding Skin Housing> - Seongnam Living Design Festival, Gyeongido, KOREA

2004 | <Mutual Chair+Partition> - Invitation Booth; committee of Architectural Biennial in Beijing, CHINA

2004 | <Mutual Chair+Partition> - Invitation furniture exhibition for Tokyo Designers Week, Tokyo, JAPAN

2004 | <No-Ja Chair> - ODCD Oriental Domestic Culture Design exhibition with Tsinghua University, Beijing, CHINA

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

- Physical Computing / Computational design

- Proficient in 3D Modeling, Rendering and Schematic Design

- Digital Fabrication skills with CNC machine

- Available software -- 3D Rhino, Maya3D, 3DMax, AutoCAD, JAVA(Processing, Eclipse), Arduino, Adobe Suite, Dreamweaver