ABOUT

Elina Chen (she/her) is a designer and writer from Wuxi, China. This page brings together her work across architecture, film, writing, drawing, painting, publication, exhibition design, and etc. She is interested in how ideas move between different mediums and scales—and perhaps one day, these interests will become a business of their own.

Elina holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rice University and a post-professional Master of Architecture from Princeton University. Her work explores questions of ritual, memory, craft, labor, and cultural translation between premodern China and contemporary global culture.

A few facts about her:
- She thinks of herself as an extroverted introvert.
- She likes to teach one day.
- She is very good with time management, but thinks her strong sense of responsibility restrains her more spontaneous side.
- She currently lives and works in New York, but misses Paris on a daily basis.
- She is a BTS fan.

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Updated 2026 June