Sungduck Lee

Assistant Professor, Graphic Design

Sungduck Lee is an urbanism scholar and educator whose research focuses on the built environment and social equity. Her forthcoming book, Urban Density Contextualized: Design Strategies for Building Density in Cities (co-authored with Emily Talen, Routledge), examines the relationship between urban density and social and physical context. It investigates how density can leverage this context to enhance livability and promote a more sustainable world. Sungduck is an Assistant Professor in the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, where she is also the director of the Geosocial Visualization Lab.
 

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Books & Chapters

  • Lee, S. & Talen, E. (2025). Urban Density Contextualized: Design Strategies for Building Density in Cities. New York & London: Routledge. 
  • Lee, S. (2025). Social Equity and Public Space Access, Marinic, G., & Meninato, P. (Eds.), About Streets: Theorizing and Envisioning the Contemporary City. New York: Springer. 
  • Talen, E. & Lee, S. (2018). Design for social diversity, Routledge Equity, Justice, and the Sustainable City series. Routledge: New York & London. 
  • Lee, S. (2019). Social goals. In A Research Agenda for New Urbanism. Edward Elgar publishing: Cheltenham, UK. 

Journal Publications

  • Lee, S. & Kim, J. (2022). Mixed-use contextualized: Understanding the spatial characteristics of mixed-use in Kansas City, MO. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability
  • Lee, S. (2021) “The Safety of Public Space: Urban Design Guidelines for Neighborhood Park Planning.” Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability.
  • Lee, S. (2019) “Understanding the Context of Neighborhood Parks: A Method for Public Space Classification.” Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2018.1531905.
  • Lee, S., Koschinsky, J. & Talen, E. (2018) “Planning Tools for Walkable Neighborhoods – Zoning, Land Use and Urban Form.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 35(1), 69-88.
  • Koschinsky, J., Talen, E., Alfonzo, M. & Lee, S. (2017) “How Walkable is Walker’s Paradise?” Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design: Urban Analytics and City Science, 44(2), 343–363.
  • Talen, E., Anselin, L., Lee, S. & Koschinsky, J. (2016) “Looking for Logic: The Zoning -- Land Use Mismatch.” Landscape and Urban Planning, 152, 27–38.
  • Lee, S. & Talen, E. (2014). “Measuring Walkability: A Note on Auditing Methods.” The Journal of Urban Design, 19(3), 368–388.

Education

PhD in Environmental Design and Planning, 2013
March with Urban Design Certificate, 2007
B.Eng. in Architecture, 2004

Sungduck Lee

Contact

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145 Rapson Hall
89 Church St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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