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

An Architect’s Booklet
Editorial design for essay “The Ascension of Peter Zumthor“
Rhode Island School of Design
Individual Project
2019

Graphic design for a 46-page book including the essay “The Ascension of Peter Zumthor“ by Michael Kimmelman, and a photography catalog of projects referenced in the essay. All photographs are sourced online. The final book is printed and bound using Domtar Gray Vellum Bristol 67lb and other bookmaking materials. Type used: Steinbeck, Roquefort, Akzidenz Grotesk.