■ APPROACH
Our work spans a wide range of scales and contexts, from intimate architectural spaces to broader urban and territorial questions. Instead of defining our practice through a specific typology, the studio organizes its work around social themes and human conditions that require spatial investigation.
Across these projects, the format and scale may vary, but the underlying intention remains consistent. The studio’s work asks how architecture can move beyond purely functional problem-solving and instead contribute to a deeper understanding of social realities and human life.
■ ABOUS US
■ Partner
California Licensed Architect, AIA
M.Arch 18’, Cornell University
B.S. Arch 16’, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yilin Zhang
■ Partner
Designer & Researcher
M.Arch 20’, University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Arch 16’, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yixuan Liu
■ POSITION
01Research before form
Each project starts as a question about a human condition — how people grieve, gather, or belong — and lets the inquiry, not the brief, set the terms.
02Architecture as a social act
We design for dignity, belonging, and the relationships a space makes possible, treating the built environment as a cultural rather than purely technical artifact.
03Attention to the nearby
We work at the scale of everyday life, where proximity, care, and coexistence are actually felt — and where small spatial decisions carry moral weight.