Soohee Lee RA, LEED AP
Principal
Soohee Lee is a licensed architect and urbanist with over 20 years of experience in sustainable, ecological, and regenerative design. Early in her career at Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), she contributed to supertall buildings and complex mixed-use developments, gaining expertise in structural integration, advanced engineering, façade systems, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
After founding SAN, Lee applied this technical foundation to high-compliance, high-precision projects for the World Trade Center, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and the NYC School Construction Authority—while simultaneously advancing restorative urban landscape projects in the U.S. and Europe.
Soohee's commitment to sustainable urbanism extends to her roles as a guest researcher at TU Delft in the Netherlands, where she developed Micro Green Corridors: Transforming Underutilized Micro Lots into Urban Green Infrastructure. By combining deep knowledge of NYC zoning, codes, and variance pathways with regenerative design principles, she helps property owners and municipalities unlock the ecological potential of constrained urban sites.
She serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the New York Institute of Technology and is the founder of the SAN Institute of Design and Technology, which advances research in urban greening, urban agriculture, and scalable nature-based solutions into dense urban environments.
Soohee holds master's degrees in Architectural Design from Columbia University and in Urban Design and Landscape Architecture from Seoul National University. She is a registered architect in New York State with professional certifications in Urban Agriculture, Landscape Ecology, and Sustainable Corporate Financing & ESG.
