Xinyu Chen is an architectural designer, artist, amateur writer and photographer. She currently teaches architecture at Syracuse University. She holds a Post-Professional M.Arch II degree with a graduate certificate in Media + Modernity from Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree with a minor in environmental studies from Rice University.
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Before Syracuse, Xinyu was an editor of Rumor and of PLAT. She worked as an Assistant Instructor at Princeton University, where she helped teach design studios and history/theory courses. Her academic research and works are published in Paprika!, Rumor, and presented at “Psychoanalysis and its Discontents,” a symposium co-sponsored by Princeton University Department of German, Department of Art and Archaeology, Program in Media and Modernity, and the School of Architecture. A Chinese translation of her essay “Surfaces of Reflections: Mirror, Display Window, and Screen” is forthcoming in 2023.
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Xinyu is a recipient of the AIA Henry Adams Medal,
The Robert and Evelyn Geddes Award, Fay H. Spencer Memorial Scholarship in Architecture, and multiple other awards and fellowships issued by Princeton University, Rice University, and the Texas Architectural Foundation.
Xinyu is a recipient of the AIA Henry Adams Medal,
The Robert and Evelyn Geddes Award, Fay H. Spencer Memorial Scholarship in Architecture, and multiple other awards and fellowships issued by Princeton University, Rice University, and the Texas Architectural Foundation.
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Aside from academia, Xinyu has practiced at renowned architectural firms including Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Stan Allen Architect, and Isozaki + HuQian Partners (Arata Isozaki & Associates). She worked on both conceptual design and construction details. Her architectural works investigate human experience of the built environment at diverse scales, and critically reflect on the architectural medium’s situatedness within a greater media landscape.
Aside from academia, Xinyu has practiced at renowned architectural firms including Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Stan Allen Architect, and Isozaki + HuQian Partners (Arata Isozaki & Associates). She worked on both conceptual design and construction details. Her architectural works investigate human experience of the built environment at diverse scales, and critically reflect on the architectural medium’s situatedness within a greater media landscape.
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Additionally, Xinyu has experience working with exhibitions and museums. She used to be a curator for the Architecture Society at Rice, and a communications intern for the Moody Center for the Arts. Recently, her work is featured in F(r)iction (a83 gallery, New York, NY) and Camera Work: Landscape and Architecture (Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR).
Additionally, Xinyu has experience working with exhibitions and museums. She used to be a curator for the Architecture Society at Rice, and a communications intern for the Moody Center for the Arts. Recently, her work is featured in F(r)iction (a83 gallery, New York, NY) and Camera Work: Landscape and Architecture (Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR).
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Xinyu’s interests lie in the intersections of architecture, media arts, and psychoanalysis. She reads design magazines as well as philosophies, film reviews as well as cinematographic theories. She sees architecture’s history of interaction with other mediums as essential for the discipline’s advancement. She probes the media's role in guiding architectural design and research, while broadcasting and advocating for voices of minority groups.
Xinyu’s interests lie in the intersections of architecture, media arts, and psychoanalysis. She reads design magazines as well as philosophies, film reviews as well as cinematographic theories. She sees architecture’s history of interaction with other mediums as essential for the discipline’s advancement. She probes the media's role in guiding architectural design and research, while broadcasting and advocating for voices of minority groups.
Contact: xinyu.cecilia.chen@outlook.com
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