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DENISE MC LEE
Senior Associate
Denise MC Lee is an architectural design associate at SITE. Through a ten-plus years of interdisciplinary design experience, her
collaborative range goes considerably beyond the normal practice of architects and building science engineers, for example, her
experience includes working with aerospace engineers and software programmers. Within the current climate of digital media in design
studio, she focuses on the interaction between the design/thought process [cognitive tool] and both digital/analog medium [physical tools]
as well as the application of architectural concepts to building science environments. Her research and design interests revolve around art,
social, cultural, sustainable and technological advances and the emerging digital discourses in architecture and design fields.
Denise Lee graduated with a Bachelor of Planning and Design and Bachelor of Building from University of Melbourne, Australia. She worked
extensively in the past ten-plus years in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Australia. Denise Lee has been with SITE on various levels of
project responsibility since 1992. Recently working as Project Designer and Coordinator on a variety of architecture, public space, urban
and master planning projects, including such recent projects as The new World Trade Center site proposal, New York, New York; The USA
Pavilion for EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany; The Museum of Islamic Arts, Doha, Qatar; The Saudi Arabian National Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
The T––l–nlahti Park, Helsinki, Finland; AQUATORIUM, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Inner Harbor Link, Baltimore, Maryland; Rossini Foundation
Sculpture Park, Briosco, Italy; Annmarie Garden Sculpture Park, Solomons, Maryland. She is also the designer-in-charge for the furniture
and products such as the Terra Series for Saporiti Italia and the Finger Print Series for Acme Studios.
In addition to her responsibilities at SITE, Denise Lee has been a guest critic at Chinese University in Hong Kong, Tulane University, Pratt
Institute, Fashion Institute of Technology, and Penn State University. Also, she has lectured and participated in symposia at various
professional conferences in Europe. Most recently she was the keynote speaker at the "Sensazioni e Bennessere" Bioarchitettura Conference
in Como, Italy. Her work in collaboration with SITE has been exhibited in National Building Museum, Denver Art Museum, Venice Architetura
Biennale, MusČe des Beaux-Arts D'OrlČans.
Denise Lee lives and works in New York City and frequently travels abroad for projects and lectures.
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