Yiqing WANG

 

Yiqing Wang is a researcher and an interdisciplinary designer. She holds a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Architecture from Tongji University.

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Her graduate thesis investigates municipal waste as a primary building material, proposing an architectural prototype that bridges human habitation and discarded matter through its distinct materiality. Her architectural work is rooted in context, structural storytelling, material expression, and tectonic clarity. Her design projects have been recognized by platforms such as the iF Design Award, DesignBoom, A’ Design Award, and have been exhibited internationally.

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As a researcher and educator, her interests lie at the intersection of sustainability, digital fabrication, automation, and robotics in architecture and design. Her academic work has been published in SimBuild, CAADRIA, and TAD (Technology | Architecture + Design). She taught digitalization and material-informed design at MIT in IAP workshop, and has led workshops for Digital Futures focusing on emerging design technologies.

She also curated works from her 3D printing startup at TCT Asia 2023 and CIIDE 2024. In Cambridge, she founded and leads a social enterprise recognized by MIT IDEAS, MIT Sandbox, and supported by the MIT IAP MAD MiniGrant and the MIT Chancellor’s Innovation Fund.