ABOUT
Elina Chen (she/her) is a designer and writer from Wuxi, China. This page brings together her work in architecture, film, writing, drawing, publishing, and exhibition design. She is interested in how ideas move across disciplines, media, and scales—and hopes that these explorations may one day evolve into a design practice or pedagogy of their own. Her work investigates questions of ritual, memory, craft, labor, and cultural translation between premodern China and contemporary global culture.
Elina holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rice University and a post-professional Master of Architecture from Princeton University.
For inquiry and collaboration:
elinayiyingchen@gmail.com
@elina_chenyiying
Elina holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rice University and a post-professional Master of Architecture from Princeton University.
For inquiry and collaboration:
elinayiyingchen@gmail.com
@elina_chenyiying
Currently in New York / New Jersey
© Elina Chen 2026