Dooee Kim

About
  • Architect
  • Product Owner
  • Based in Korea
  • 10+ Years Experience
  • Open to Work

Architect and Product Owner, turning ideas into spaces and services.

Proficiencies

Skills
  • Architectural Design
  • Interior Design
  • Spatial Design
  • Product Management
  • Product Strategy
Design Tools
  • Autodesk Software
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Rhino
  • SketchUp
Collaboration Tools
  • Google Workspace
  • Slack
  • Notion
  • Figma (basic)
AI Tools
  • Chat GPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Obsidian

Work

Product Owner / Architect
2020 - Now HOWBUILD Korea

Bridging architecture and technology by leading digital product development for the built environment.

Led the planning and launch of IT products for the architecture and construction industry, serving clients, architects, and contractors.

  • Collaboration project with Korean Institute of Registered Architects (KIRA), Seoul Chapter
    • Serving as TF committee member and Product Owner of the Architect Platform initiative
  • Developed digital services:
    • Howbuild Sketch (pre-design feasibility insights)
    • Howbuild PM Service (project planning documentation)
    • ArchiHere Design & Bidding Platform
    • Howbuild Website Redesign
    • Howbuild Navigation (construction site data service)
  • Participated in government-funded R&D (MOLIT):
    • Digital energy diagnostics and automated design systems for green remodeling
  • Software registration and patent completed
Architectural Designer
2015 - 2020 Boundless, ZMJ Seoul

Managed architectural design and approvals across various building types.

  • Residential (single-family, multi-family)
  • Commercial, retail, and office facilities
  • Full process: permitting to occupancy approval
  • Planned and executed solar-powered parking structures
Interior Designer
2015 - 2020 Boundless, Freelancer Seoul

Planned and delivered interior projects with a focus on branding and user experience.

  • Premium study café development
    • (with branding collaboration)
  • Restaurant and café projects (freelance)
  • From concept to completion, including approvals
Internship
2012 hANd Seoul

Participated in the design planning of a tourism complex project.

  • Supported concept development and master planning
  • Assisted in early-stage design and research

Recognition

DAF 2014, ART Furniture
2014 Seoul Arts Center Seoul

Art furniture exhibition

CHAIRTECTURE
2012 Songeun ArtCube Seoul

Chair design exhibition

Gwangju Design Biennale: Sweet Parliament Home
2011 圖可圖非常圖 (Design is design is not design) Gwangju

Design biennale — team installation

Green Furry Thing Called Moss
2015 Field Constructs Design Competition Austin, TX

Landscape installation competition — team entry

The Works of Rookie 2015
2015 Magazine of Architecture and Culture

The Memorial Architecture in an Urban Context: Designing the Presence of Something Absent

Design Studio Critic / Reviewer
2014 – 2022 Konkuk Univ. Graduate School of Architecture Seoul

Studio led by Prof. Brian Grieb

Projects

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