Minsoo Lee

MINSOO LEE

Born in Seoul, Korea, Minsoo Lee is an interdisciplinary spatial and computational designer who is interested in combining Computational media and Physical computing into the architectural environment. He is a Co-Founder of AnLstudio and Tangibledots research Lab that developing a architectural design and interactive technologies.
Minsoo received a Bachelor of interior / spatial design from Kookmin University in Korea. and Master of Interactive Telecommunications degree from New York University. He recognized with several prestigious design awards and through many exhibition career in many countries. In the past, Minsoo worked at several other cutting edge architectural firms including Asymptote Architecture(New York), Leeser Architecture(New York) and Howeler +Yoon architecture (Boston).

EDUCATIONS

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

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

*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 - present | AnL Studio <Co-Founder / Principal>

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

Project managing : - LightWave, Public interactive pavilion, Brisbane, Australia (Completed 2010, Oct)

Project participationed in other companys :

- Rental housing+Theatre, DumboSpace project, Dumbo, NY // MESH architecture

- Entasis, Kinetic Installation for the architecture Exhibition at Artist Space Gallery (SOHO), NY //Howeler +Yoon architecture

- Luxury Residential Tower in United Arab Emirates // Asymptote Architecture

- The millennium Tower World Business Center in Busan, Korea // Asymptote Architecture

- World Mammoth Museum Competition, Yakutsk, Russian Federation (Win-1st Place) // Leeser Architecture

- Museum of the Moving Image, New York, USA (Completion in 2010// Leeser Architecture

AWARDS

2010 | "Competition Winning(on construction)" Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific, South Bank Parklands, Brisbane, Australia - <LightWave>

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>

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010 | <LightWave> - Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific, South Bank Parklands, Brisbane, Australia

2010 | <LightWave> - Pechakucha Night, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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

SELECTED PUBLICATION

The Courier Mail newspaper article by Suzanna Clarke,Australia,<Lightwave>, Oct, 2010

AnC architecture & Art Magazine Views & Wide, Space, Korea, <Oceanscope>, March, May, June 2010
Bazaar & Esquire Fashion Magazine, Korea, <Young Architect>, June, August 2010
Chosun, Jungang, Donga, Hangyeorae Daily Newpaper <Oceanscope>, Korea , 2010
Red dot Design Year book<Best of Best winner>, Asiana air magazine, April 2010

Featured by CNN News (article by Nicolai Hartvig),USA,<Data formation> Nov 2009
Archistorm Magazine, France & Architectural Digest,Russia & RUM magazine, Sweden, <Oceanscope>, March, 2010
ARQA magazine, Spain & Interni, Italy, <Oceanscope>, <Lightwave>, 2010
The BUND Magazine, China & City Magazine & MING Magazine, Hongkong, <Oceanscope>, March, 2010
Dezeen(England), Archidaily(USA), architecture and Design Webzine , <Oceanscope>, <Lightwave>, 2010