"What does it mean to practice ecological responsibility beyond performance metrics or carbon calculations? How can fabrication become a design method rather than a final outcome? Founded in Seoul, Yong Ju Lee Architecture is a practice led by architect and researcher Yong Ju Lee. Across installations, research-driven proposals, and cultural projects, the studio positions architecture as an experimental discipline rooted in making: a process in which design emerges from material behavior, prototyping, and fabrication logic as much as from drawing or representation."
"Bridging professional practice and academia, his work consistently expands the architectural toolkit through computational design, experimental material research, and an evolving commitment to ecology as a responsibility and a design driver. In 2025, the studio was selected as a winner of the ArchDaily Next Practices Awards. Ecological responsibility, for Yong Ju Lee Architecture, is understood as an aesthetic and constructive logic in addition to its technical obligation."
Yong Ju Lee Architecture, founded in Seoul, operates at the intersection of practice and research under the leadership of architect and researcher Yong Ju Lee. The studio treats architecture as an experimental discipline centered on making, allowing design to emerge from material behavior, prototyping, and fabrication logic alongside drawing and representation. Projects span installations, research-driven proposals, and cultural works that expand the architectural toolkit through computational design and experimental material research. Ecology functions as both aesthetic and constructive logic, guiding material selection toward biodegradable or low-carbon alternatives and shaping assembly, optimization, formal decisions, structural systems, and fabrication strategies.
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