Sang Pil Lee, PhD, MArch

Dr. Sang Pil Lee, a full-time Lecturer of Architecture at Kennesaw State University, is an architectural educator, designer, and researcher. He holds a PhD in Architectural History and Theory from the University of Pennsylvania. Sang Pil's research focuses on transnational postwar urban and architectural history with a focus on the interrelationship of media, post-industrialism, and the development of environmental conceptions. His areas of expertise include Japanese architecture, transnational architectural exchanges, architectural technology, and urban design and environments. Dr. Lee's research has been supported by prominent institutions including the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Mellon Humanities, Urbanism, and Design (H+U+D) Project at Penn, the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies, and the Japan Foundation. 

Sang Pil earned his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. His design work from the school has been exhibited in Barcelona and Philadelphia. Furthermore, he has diverse professional work experiences in Seoul as well as New York. A wide variety of his professional works encompass a media façade, high-rise office buildings, and experimental as well as affordable housing.

Prior to joining Kennesaw State, Dr. Lee pursued research in Vienna, Tokyo, Philadelphia, New York, and Seoul and taught design studio and architectural history and theory at the University of Pennsylvania and Chung-Ang University in Seoul. He was a visiting researcher at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, and Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. 

Research Interests
Global and Transnational Urban and Architectural History
Postwar and Contemporary Urban Design and Environments
Architectural Technology, Media, and Environment
Cybernetics and Marshall McLuhan’s Media Theory
Information Society and the Smart City
Japanese Architecture and Urbanism