Soohee Lee, RA, LEED AP
Principal
Soohee Lee is a New York–licensed architect and urbanist with more than 20 years of experience in architecture, urban design, landscape, and sustainable design. Early in her career at Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), she contributed to supertall buildings and complex mixed-use developments, gaining experience in structural integration, engineering coordination, façade systems, and multidisciplinary project delivery.
After founding SAN, Lee applied this technical foundation to complex, highly regulated projects for the World Trade Center, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and New York City School Construction Authority, while continuing to develop landscape and ecological design projects in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Her work increasingly focuses on the relationship between the built environment and ecological systems. As a guest researcher at TU Delft, she developed Micro Green Corridors™ (MGCs™), an approach to transforming underutilized urban sites into multifunctional green infrastructure. She also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the New York Institute of Technology and founded the SAN Institute of Design and Technology to advance research and education in urban greening, urban agriculture, and nature-based solutions.
Lee 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 and holds professional certifications in sustainable design, urban agriculture, landscape ecology, and ESG.
