me
iconographoclast is an ongoing iterative documentation on and by Caleb Lee, that's me up above. I currently live and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I am a sophomore at the University of Michigan studying architecture and STS things I am undeterrably passionate about, and this is my monument. Philosophy - a typology I am not happy with but one of my passions nonetheless - cultivated me into appreciating the world as an inherently phenomenologically oriented simulacrum. I've always wanted to maximize my positive ethical impact; I will never be happy in a world in which my happiness is the direct result of the exploitation of others. The common response I usually get is why I'm not in social work or medicine. My equally common response was to accumulate a maximum amount of wealth to donate to the most efficient charities, however I became disillusioned in effective altruism once I understood the paradigm it substantiated. Nonetheless, architecture remains my number one vector to pursuing my passions and ambitions, for the built environment is the point of convergence of the totality of the metaphysical web of life: the definer of the tabula rasa.
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Awards & Exhibitions
William J. Branstrom Prize Recipient - Honors awarded to first-term freshmen who rank in the upper five percent of their class at the University of Michigan.
University of Michigan Honor Roll - Awarded to students who earned a 3.5 grade point average or higher during a term.
Pinakothek Der Moderne: ‘The Gift’ Exhibition - Showcased my research and presentation of Ann Arbor’s historical philanthrocapitalist architectural gifts from February 2024 to September 2024 in Pinakothek Der Moderne in Munich, Germany.
Work & Volunteering Experience:
Nanda Home (Rebranded from CLOCKY); January 2025 - Present
Designing & Rendering; Interning online while attending classes.
The implementation of modern technology into a historical site with preservation. Working on innovative concepts in residential home design, designing the interior space as part of new historical model home centered around self-care and Zen living. Exploring architectural design ideas and materials, iterating on the design with feedback from the architects, and finding opportunities for cost reduction.
University of Michigan Psychiatry Department ; May 2022 - Present
Managing community events for those who stutter and conduct research and testing.
The Seoul ; November 2022 - May 2023
Waiter, Cook, & Shift Manager.
Started off as a waiter and sub-in cook, went on to manage shifts and funds.
Blight Busters ; October 2019 - May 2023
Revitalized Detroit architecture and urban space through the repurposing of abandoned blighted regions.
Hope Clinic ; August 2019 - January 2025
Worked in food drives and organization focused on helping the local financially burdened community
Software & Skills
Rhino 3D, Revit, AutoCAD, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Ghost, Google Suite, Unreal Engine, Twinmotion.
User Experience/Interface, Media Marketing, Social Outreach, Merchandising, Optics Control, E-Commerce, Video Editing, Photography, Film, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Critical Media Analysis, Microeconomics, Ceramics, Wood Working, Concrete, Web Design, Surveying, Event Coordination.
Education:
University of Michigan ; August 2023 - May 2027
Cumulative GPA: 3.8
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; GPA: 4.0
College of Literature, Science, and Arts; GPA: 3.7
Greenhills Independent School ; August 2019 - May 2023
Cumulative GPA: 3.7
Ethics Bowl Co-Lead & Semi-Finalist ; August 2022 - May 2023
Journalism - The Greenhills Newspaper ; January 2022 - May 2023
Huron Club Rowing Novice Team Captain ; February 2021 - August 2022
Huron Club Rowing Varsity Team Captain ; August 2022 - December 2022
ArcStart Taubman Pre-College Program ; June 2022 - July 2022
A pre-college, architecture, residential program designed to introduce students to the built environment, architectural design principles, and Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.