Ziyi Dang

Designer

Architecture is beautiful because it can help people live better lives and leads to more diverse experiences. An architect’s tools are perception, empathy, and imagination, which we use to create dreams. As humans, we all share in this search for a dream. There is nothing better to me than helping people find them.

Taken in a narrow alley of a Hutong in Beijing. I have vivid childhood memories of seeing people living, talking, and laughing in places like this one. They are where my dreams started.
education

The University of Queensland, Bachelor of Architectural Design, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

started at els

2022

favorite cities

Kyoto, Singapore, New York

favorite meal

Mom’s homemade fennel dumplings

favorite movies

Anything by Christopher Nolan.

influential books

The Foundation series and the Robot series by Isaac Asimov; The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu.

best vacation

Diving with whale sharks & friends in Cebu, Philippines; seeing the stunning sunset with my family in Nice, France; watching penguins jumping into water with my hubby in Antarctica; and the next one

design inspiration

Kengo Kuma, Wang Shu, Steven Holl

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