NJ Namju Lee founded NJSTUDIO in 2004 and has been active as an architectural design, visualization, and computational design specialist. He currently works as a software engineer at ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute). He graduated from Seoul National University of Science and Technology (BS), UC Berkeley (MArch), and Harvard GSD (MDes), where he was awarded the 1st Digital Design Prize. As a researcher, he has worked at the UrbanAid Lab at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the SENSEable City Lab and Media Lab (Changing Places Group) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley.
I have taught computational design, mapping, data processing, and visualization at Harvard GSD, MIT, NYIT, and various international conferences. I have also lectured at several universities in South Korea, including the Ministry of Employment and Labor and Autodesk Korea, where I taught Architectural Visualization and Digital Design Studio I and II. I authored 'Simulation & Visualization of Architecture' and have contributed to various architecture and graphics magazines. I have participated in interdisciplinary exhibitions, digital film projects, architectural design, and computational work across Seoul, the USA, Australia, and China. As a visualization expert, I have collaborated with KPF, HYUNDAI, SAMSUNG, SK, and POSCO E&C.
I have been leading projects across various fields, focusing on computational design, data processes, and visualization, while integrating the built environment and technology. My work primarily centers on researching, applying, and teaching integrated design processes utilizing data.