Namju Lee
Software Engineer at NJSTUDIO, NJS Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolNamju Lee is a software engineer and founder who blends architectural and urban design expertise with 11+ years of hands-on work in computation, data, AI, and visualization. As director of NJSTUDIO/NJSLab since 2004 and a former product engineer at Esri, he has built real-time graphics libraries and immersive data-visualization tools for web and VR while collaborating with global firms like Hyundai, Samsung, and KPF. He teaches and lectures widely (Harvard GSD, MIT, KAIST, DigitalFUTURES), translating design research into practical tooling and coursework that treat data as a primary design material. His academic background spans Seoul National University of Science and Technology, UC Berkeley (MArch) and Harvard GSD (MDes), where he won multiple distinctions for digital design. Namju is notable for bridging studio practice, research and production software—shipping visualization apps and animation pipelines that inform urban decision-making. Based in Cambridge, MA, he continues to drive integrative projects where computation and AI shape the built environment.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Architecture (MArch), Architectural Design, Master of Architecture (MArch), Architectural Design at University of California, BerkeleyIndependent research and thesis, Independent research and thesis at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Architectural Design, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Architectural Design at Seoul National University of TechnologyMaster in Design Studies (MDes), Master in Design Studies (MDes) at Harvard University
English, Korean
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Github Skills (5)
eslint2
boilerplate2
npm2
typescript1
starter-kit1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
NamjuLee/mapping-and-visualization
Sep 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:44 commits, 23 PRs, 46 pushes in 4 years 2 months
NamjuLee/Introduction-to-computational-design-python-notebook
May 2019 - Nov 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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