Hi, I’m Jen Chenyu Zhang, an interdisciplinary designer/architect/storyteller.
I design interactive experiences, using multi-medium platforms, from a user-centered and empathetic perspective.

Architectural

Giant RISD
Children’s House
A Tiny Library
The Distant Towers (Research)
The Distant Towers (Design)
Boris Lurie Art Foundation
Restructuring the Grid
Farigola as My Home
Soft Threshold
architectural, user-driven
architectural, humanitarian
architectural, tectonic
architectural, research
architectural, design
architectural, photomodel
research, analysis
urban design
fabrication

Multi-Media

Chinatown Everywhere All at Once
Rome: Extra Large
video storytelling
interactive wearable design35mm
An Architect’s Handbook
The Invisible Cities
Boats In A Floating World
film photography
editorial
editorial
graphic

All visualsare original

unless otherwise indicated

35mm
Film photography

Individual Project
On-going

My 35mm film camera is my tool to observe the world through a very intentional and personal lens. Taking film photography is an emotional ritual where I become a visual storyteller, observing people’s actions and emotions, and capturing the mesmerizing atmosphere of places. You can find me using Instagram as a medium to tell the stories I’ve captured, through compositioning, sequencing, and curating.