ISABELLE LEE
Multidisciplinary Designer & Strategist
→ Currently
At the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
A Design Researcher at the MIT AgeLab
Member of the 2025-26 Climate Leaders at Harvard University
→ Previously
Architectural Designer turned Creative Strategist.
Shaped by radical speculation at Cook Haffner (Peter Cook, Archigram), ecological rigor at Henning Larsen, social impact at TEN-Arquitectos, and experiential storytelling at Rockwell Group. I bring a multi-lens strategic lens to complex, human-centered design challenges.
Imaginative spirit cultivated at the Rhode Island School of Design
001 — The Calauit School Project
Designing community informed education as climate infrastructure
Collaborators: Henning Larsen Architects, Ramboll Group
Year: 2019-2020
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002 —
Un/Making: Material Afterlives
From monocultures to multi-livelihood smallholder systems, designing circular economies for post-extractive rural communities
Year: 2024 - ongoing
Awards: The Penny White Project Fund (2024)
The Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability Grant Recipient (2025)
Harvard University Asia Center - Southeast Asia Initiative Grant Recipient (2025)
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003 — Rooted Intelligence: Plant-Led Fabrication for Regenerative Structures
Bio-computational scaffolds designed in partnership with living systems
Collaborators: Hana Khurshid, Luke Fiorante
Year: 2024-2025
Awards:
The Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability Grant Recipient (2025)
Features: ACADIA: Computing for Resilience, Expanding Community Knowledge and Impact (2025)
Publication: Woven-Root Tiles: Towards Fully Biodegradable Vertical Wall Elements (peer-reviewed paper accepted)
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004 — Home Futures: Adaptive Systems for a Warming World
Design tools for imagining daily life in an era of climate change
Collaborators: The MIT AgeLab, Sheng-Hung Lee,PhD
Year: 2025
Awards: The MIT Morningside Academy for Design Event Awardee (2025)
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005 — Hemis Monastic School
What can indigenous practices teach us about designing for resilience
Collaborators: Packman Lucas, Hemis Monestary
Year: 2018
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