Seungju Lee


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Seungju Lee is a South Korean architectural designer whose work is shaped by questions of infrastructure, memory, and change. Working across drawing, film, mapping, and real-time simulation, he explores how architecture can make visible 
the unseen ecological, technological, and social forces that define everyday life. 
His practice seeks to position architecture not as a static object, but as a dynamic framework that mediates relationships between people, environment, and technology.

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Education
AA Dipl. M.Arch ARB/RIBA Part II
Architectural Association School of Architecture
2024-2026

BA (Hons) Architecture ARB/RIBA Part I
Architectural Association School of Architecture
2020-2023

Diploma in Interior Architecture and Design
Temasek Polytechnic School of Design
2015-2018




Employment  Architectural Association School of Architecture
Student Assistant Graphic Designer
Nov 2024 - June 2026

BIG Bjarke Ingels Group
Part 1 Architectural Assistant
Jan 2024 - Sept 2024

Cream Projects
Real-time Artist
July 2022 - Dec 2023

Multiply Architects
Architectural Intern
July 2017 - Oct 2017




Awards Sheffield DocFest Alternate Realities
British Arts Council & 
Sheffield Hallam University
2026

Architectural Professional Practice High Pass

Architectural Association School of Architecture
2026

Environmental and Technical Studies High Pass
Architectural Association School of Architecture
2025

Communication and Media Studies High Pass
Architectural Association School of Architecture
2022

Environmental and Technical Studies High Pass
Architectural Association School of Architecture
2022

History and Theory Studies High Pass
Architectural Association School of Architecture
2021

Environmental and Technical Studies High Pass
Architectural Association School of Architecture
2021

Communication and Media Studies High Pass

Architectural Association School of Architecture
2020





Works





1.    Echoes of AbsenceThe Vessel
The Living Wake
2026

Echoes of Absence investigates the gradual disappearance of South Korea's ageing island communities as population decline reshapes everyday life. Inspired by the manmulsang—a travelling merchant who historically connected isolated communities—the project proposes a mobile floating architecture that delivers healthcare, education, and social infrastructure while evolving into an archive of disappearing places. Through architecture and film, the project asks how care and memory can persist when permanence is no longer possible.





2.    Continuity of Infra-space
Airshaft
Continuity of Infra-space 
2025

A speculative investigation into the hidden infrastructures of Paris, exploring how ecological, digital, and civic systems overlap within the contemporary city. Through mapping, film, and spatial analysis, the project reveals infrastructure as an active architectural condition rather than invisible background, proposing new hybrid spaces that make urban systems visible, legible, and spatially integrated.





3.     CUBE Corp.
CUBE Complex
2023

CUBE Corp. explores the architecture of self-sustaining enclosed ecosystems in response to environmental collapse. The project imagines a research organisation developing closed-loop habitats that support both human survival and ecological regeneration, examining how architecture can balance technological autonomy with psychological wellbeing while allowing natural landscapes beyond the enclosure to recover.





4.    World’s Largest Rubbish Dump
Space Elevator
2022

An investigation into the growing crisis of orbital debris and its environmental consequences on Earth. The project proposes a speculative landscape in Boca Chica, Texas, where decommissioned space debris is returned and transformed into a monumental land-art complex. Through architecture, infrastructure, and satellite imagery, the project makes the invisible accumulation of orbital waste spatially visible, questioning humanity's relationship with technological progress and environmental responsibility.



5.    Morning of the Storm







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