PROFESSION

2004 - present Principal, ‘NJ DESIGN STUDIO’, computation, visualization based on data in Built-Environment design studio (www.njstudio.co.kr), Seoul, South Korea

2016 - 2016 Application engineer, ‘Flux’, 3D and Data visualization and Computational design engineer (flux.io), San Francisco, CA, USA

2012 - 2014 Research Fellow, MIT SENSEable City Lab, Department of Urban Studies Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

2011 Senior design researcher, UrbanAID Research Lab, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

2007 - 2010 Senior researcher, DK Architectural Design Lab, School of architecture, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea

RESEARCH PROJECT EXPERIENCE

2016 Prof. Kent Larson, Changing Places ,MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA

2016 Graduate Student Researcher, Prof. Martin Bechthold, Material Processes and Systems (MaPS) Group, Harvard Graduate School of Design, MA, USA

2016 Graduate Student Researcher, Prof. Panagiotis Michalatos, Harvard Graduate School of Design, MA, USA

2014 - 2015 Graduate Student Researcher, Prof. Kyle Steinfeld, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, CA, USA

2013 - 2014 Research Fellow, ‘SELF-DRIVING CAR PROJECT’, SENSEable City Lab, Prof. Carlo Ratti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

2012 - present Research Fellow, ‘CITY EYE SANTANDER’, SENSEable City Lab, Prof. Carlo Ratti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

2012 Research Fellow, ‘PARCUPINE’, mobile technology parking, SENSEable City Lab, Prof. Carlo Ratti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

2012 Research assistant, thesis ‘SYNTHETIC TUTOR’, PhD Juhong Park, Design and Computation, School of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

2011 Senior researcher, UTS Digital Media Pavilion, UrbanAID Research Lab, Prof. Tom Baker, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

2011 Senior researcher, Polymedia Pixel, Media Architecture, UrbanAID Research Lab, Dr, Hank Haeusler, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: SELECTED DESIGN PROJECTS

2015 Street in office & office on street - SF, CA, USA
Project at UC, Berkeley, Prof. Kyle Steinfeld

2014 Helsinki guggenheim museum competition - Finland
Collaboration : Taekyung Kim, Patricia Correa Velasquez, Daekwon Park, Hnsol Kang, Ale Romo

2013 Flat Lot, Architectural competition - MI 48502, USA
Collaboration with Daekwon Park, Jaegeun Lim, Dongsei Kim

2013 Public art, Architectural competition - The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Collaboration with Aurgho Jyoti, Matan Mayer, Daekwon Park

2012 Baragan’s dream, Architectural competition with Prof. Takehiko Nagakura, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Role: design and visualization

2012 Daegu Gosan Public Library, Architectural competition, Daegu , South Korea
Collaboration with meta-territory_studio

2012 Badel Block Redevelopment, Architectural competition, Ether Ship, Architect Sung-Goo Yang, Zagreb, Croatia
Role: design and visualization

2011 A sculpture at Seoul City Hall, for Moon, Kyung Won, one of Korea’s major artists, Seoul, South Korea
Role: Technical director

2010 Atlantic Memorial Space Competition with Prof. Dong-Hyun Kim at DK Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Role: Researcher for design and presentation

2009 AquaScraper (Reverse Evolution) for eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2010, New York, NY 10034, USA
Role: Independent architectural design work

2009 Bruce Lee Museum Idea Competition, NJ studio, Hong Kong
Role: Independent architectural design work

2007 Dongdaemon Housing Competition, with Prof. Dong-Hyun Kim at DK Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Role: Researcher for design and visualization

2006 JuGong Residence Competition, NJ Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Role: Architectural design work

2005 Nan Jing district in China urban redevelopment project, A joint venture between Seoul Technology University and Dong Nam University in China
Role: Design researcher for planning and simulation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: SELECTED VISUALIZATION PROJECTS

2013 - Present Confidential works as a supporter in different visualization firms
Role: Director for 3D Visualization

2015 Architectural animation for GRB convention center comptition, Houston,with Prof. Ju-Hong Park, USA

2012 Architectural animation for Potential applications of SMPS, Thesis by Daekwon Park, Harvard University GSD, Cambridge, MA, USA
Role: Director for animation

2011 Architectural animation for Master plan of University of Sydney and Holme Building with the Monument Company, Sydney
Role: Director for animation

2011 Architectural animation for contruction simulation, Mi-Rae Gawan at Samyuk University, HYUNDAI Engineering & Construction, Seoul
Role: Director for animation

2011 Architectural animation for the Building of Kepco Plant Sevice & Engineering, Korea Electric Power Corporation, South Korea
Role: Director for animation

2009 Invisible Dream (short film work), JoungA Park Ph.D, DongGuk University, Seoul, South Korea
Role: Environment-background director for virtual city

2009 Architectural animation for Seoul Performing Arts Center Competition, SPACE GROUP, Seoul, South Korea.
Role: Director for animation

2009 Data Visualization & Visual Imagination Series, NJ Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Role: Director of motion graphic works based on parametric algorithms

2008 2008 AUTODESK Launching Day, opening animation work, NJ Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Role: Director of animation

2007 Architectural animation for Campus Renovation, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Role: Director for animation

2007 Architectural animation for Songdo New City, design by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Incheon, South Korea
Role: Director of animation and presentation

2006 Architectural animation for King’s Cross 400 project with M3 Architects, London, United Kingdom
Role: Visualization expert

2006 Architectural animation for PRUGIO Apartment, DAEWOO Engineering & Construction, South Korea
Role: Director for animation

2006 Sam-Song urban planning project, Research institute for City & Humanities, Go-Hyang, South Korea
Role: Design researcher for planning and presentation

2005 Commercial Visualization (Animation, Simulation) for Sky HDTV, HYUNDAI Engineering & Construction etc.
Role: Director at NJ Studio, South Korea

BOOK & ARTICLE & AWARDS EXPERIENCE

2017 Awards, Digital Design Prize, class of 2017, Harvard Graduate School of Design

2017 Publication, Beach, exhibition, 140P, Platform 10, Harvard GSD

2013 Book, Lee, Namju: ‘Tooling in Design Computation’, Seoul, South Korea
Content: Tooling in 3d modelling, material, lighting, rendering and Effects, 230 pp.

2012 Article, Lee, Namju: ‘Digital Pavilion’, Sydney, in: Haeusler, M.; Tomitsch, M.; Tscherteu, G.:Media Facades
- A global survey, Avedition, Ludwigsburg, Germany 2012.

2011 Article, Lee, Namju: ‘AquaScraper’, ‘eVolo Limited Edition Book’, eVolo magazine publication, New York, 10034, USA
Content: AquaScraper (Reverse Evolution), 562 ~ 565 pages

2010 Book, Lee, Namju: ‘Digital Design Studio I, II’, three books, Sejong University Publication, Seoul, South Korea
Content: Architectural design using rhino3d, 3ds max, Photoshop, After Effects, Indesign, 189 pp.

2010 Article, Lee, Namju: ‘Korea Traditional House [Architectural Collage Exhibition]’, Magazine ‘Architecture Culture’, December 2010
Architecture Culture Publication, Seoul, South Korea

2009 Book, Lee, Namju: ‘SIMULATION & VISUALIZATION OF ARCHITECTURE’, Digitalbooks, Seoul, South Korea, 2009
Content: From basic concepts of animation to professional visualization using 3d programs, 512 pp.

2006 Article, Lee, Namju: ‘Architectural animation for presentation’, Magazine ‘3D Artisan’, August 2006, Artisan Publication, Seoul, South Korea

2005 Article, Lee, Namju: ‘Architectural Animation and Simulation’, ‘D.A.A.C II (Design of Architecture-Aided Computation), Seoul, South Korea
Written By Prof, Jung Chul Oh, Kookmin University Publication, 2 chapters

2005 First Prize, Polygon Culture Centre, Independent architectural design, DA2005 National Architects Competition, NJ Studio, Seoul, South Korea

2004 Second Prize Winner, Independent animation work ‘CG Land Competition’ Visual Work, NJ studio, Seoul, South Korea

2000 Second Prize Winner, A Break dancer, Dancer’s Summit 2000, DMC (Dance Mania Crew) , Seoul, South Korea

LECTURE & SEMINAR & CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE

2018 Lectuer, Smart City in Design Studio with Prof. Dongsei Kim, NYIT, NY, USA

Content: Mapping and Computational design process

2018 Lectuer, Sense-map, with Prof. Kris Mun, newschool of architecture and design, San Diego, USA

2018 Lectuer in Critical Making: Computational Design and Material Protocol, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea

2017 Instructor, Introduction to Design Visualization, Independent Activities Period (IAP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), MA, USA

Content: 3D and Data visualization, animation and post-production in architectural representation

2017 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Data Science in Building Simulation, JTerm, Harvard Graduate School of Design, MA, USA

Content: Building simulation and data science, Data processing of collected real data and simulated data, Parametric studies in building simulation, Data visualization in building simulation

2017 Instructor, Introduction to Design Visualization, JTerm, Harvard Graduate School of Design, MA, USA

Content: 3D and Data visualization, animation and post-production in architectural representation

2016 -2017 Instructor, Design Visualization Workshop for Fall and Spring, Harvard Graduate School of Design, MA, USA

Content: 3D and Data visualization, animation and post-production in architectural representation

2016 Teaching Assistant, 3D Visualization and Computation, 4th Semester Arch Core Studio, workshop, Harvard Graduate School of Design, MA, USA

Content: 3D and Data visualization, animation and post-production in architectural representation

2015 Lecturer, Seoul National University of Science and technology, South Korea

Content: Data and design computation, “Data-driven design methodology”,

2014 Lecturer, Seoul National University of Science and technology, and Hongik University(Master and PhD students), South Korea
Content: “Design and computation”,

2013 Conference ‘ENGAGING DATA’, SENSEable City Lab, Department of Urban Studies Planning, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Role: Research Fellow & 3D Visualization Specialist

2013 Lecturer, Tooling for Visualization, Workshop for Master and PhD students, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
Content: Modelling and Representation including rendering

2013 Conference ‘URBAN CODE’, SENSEable City Lab, Department of Urban Studies Planning, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Role: Research Fellow & 3D Visualization Specialist

2009 - 2010 Full-Time Lecturer, Architectural Digital Design I, II, three semesters, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
Program: Sketchup, 3ds max, Rhino3d, Grasshopper, Photoshop After Effects, Indesign, rendering, animation

2008 Lecturer, Design and 3D visualization process, Seoul Institute of the Arts (SIA), Seoul, South Korea
Content: 3ds max, Photoshop After Effects, rendering, animation

2007 Lecturer, Workshops for visualization in urban design and architecture, Ministry of Labor Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Content: rendering and animation

2006 Tutor, Architectural design studio with Prof. Dong-Hyun Kim, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
Role: (Parametric design using Rhino3d)

2006 lecturer, Seminars in visualization for Cityscape and Urban Working for the national company, ‘Autodesk Korea’, Seoul, South Korea
Content: 3ds max, rendering, animation

2006 Lecturer, Training sales department and potential buyers of the ‘Linetech’ 3ds max retailers, Seoul, South Korea
Content: 3ds max, rendering, animation

2006 Lecturer, Seminars in Seoul and Pusan Cites training work colleagues, South Korea
Content: 3ds max, rendering, animation

2005 Tutor, Visualization for architectural design, HanBet University, Daejeon, South Korea
Content: 3ds max, Photoshop

2005 Tutor, Visualization for architectural design, Seoul National University of Technology, Seoul, South Korea
Content: 3ds max, Photoshop

2004 Lecturer, Simulation and visualization of Architectural, Urban and Cityscape, AI Graphics School, Seoul, South Korea
Content: 3ds max, Photoshop After Effects, rendering, animation

PLUGINS DEVELOPMENTS & EXHIBITIONS

2017 NGraphics, real-graphic lib for web in ESRI

2016 Sep - present - Urban analytic model using sk-learn lib

2016 - present Development, Millipede for Unity, with Prof. Panagiotis Michalatos, Structural simulation in VR environment

2016 - present Development, Eabbit for Grasshopper, with Jung Min Han, Data processing and vis for Building Energy and Ventilation

2016 - Architectural Exhibition, Hanger Barn Campaign Video, designed by Folio, the winner of the sixth annual City of Dreams Pavilion Competition

2015 - present Development, NJSOpenGL.dll, NJS.dll, Visualization and geometry library

2015 - present Development, SktechHand, stand-alone for Window platform

2015 - present Development, LandBox for design for game, for AR(prototype), stand-alone for Window platform

2014 - present Development, Numerical Environment Utility, Geometry Utilities for Window platform and Grasshopper

2014 - present Development, Numerical Geometry Utility, Geometry Utilities for Window platform and Grasshopper

2014 - present Development, Architecture Compiler An add on for grasshopper for fabrication

2014 - present Development, Data-Driven Design Agency, Design Automation, Architecture Compiler for Fabrication add-ons for Rhino Grasshopper.

2014 - Visualization, Deconstructing the DMZ for the Imaginary by Dongsei Kim, The Korean Peninsula at 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy.

2012 - present Director and developer, Scripted plugin, Data Visualization Tool Set for 3D visualization, for 3ds max

2010 - present Director and developer, Scripted plugin, ANT for Building Animation, in for 3ds max

2012 Designer, application for iPhone and iPad, SnapShop(re-thinking grocery shopping), MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

2012 Visualizer, VR using iPad and prints, Homelessness, Design Research Institute RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

2011 Media and visualization artist, SAALAB [Visual Motion Group] 1st Group Exhibition, ‘Look at the sky’ for one week, Seoul, South Korea

2010 Media and visualization artist, Architectural Collage [AGENDA Group] for one week, Seoul, South Korea

2010 Media and visualization artist, First NJ Private Exhibition for 10 days at MW(Mini Wide & Mini Wall), www.miniwide.com, Seoul, South Korea

2009 Media and visualization artist, Digital Film Exhibition ‘Transition’, at BMH (Blindsound Media Hub) (http://www.saalab.com),

2009 Visualization technical director for artist Kyung Won Moon, the National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul, South Korea

2006 Architecture student, Graduation Design Exhibition, Seoul National University of Technology, Seoul, South Korea

EDUCATION

2015 Sep - 2017 May Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Advanced Studies Program(Technology, Computational Design), Master in Design Studies(MDes), Graduate School of Design 3 Distinctions and 3 High Passes, out of 14 classes Digital Design Prize, class of 2017

2015 Sep- 2017 May Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA
Cross Registration for independent research and thesis in Design and Computation Group, Department of Architecture, Cambridge, MA, USA

2014 Sep - 2015 May University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Master of Architecture(M.Arch), Department. College of Environmental Design, GPA 3.8 Thesis, Data-Driven Design, Office on street / Street in the office

1999 Mar - 2006 Aug Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Science in Engineering(BS), Department. Architectural Design Course Including 2-year sabbatical to complete mandatory military service, 2002-2004