Wenyi Zhang
Wenyi Zhang is a Master of Architecture candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, graduating in May 2025. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of Liverpool and a Bachelor of Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Her design philosophy is grounded in the belief that strong spatial ideas must be matched by careful, coherent, and materially intelligent execution.
Wenyi’s work is informed by interdisciplinary studies in Geographic Data Science, Environmental Law, and Structural Systems, bringing a research-driven perspective to both conceptual development and technical resolution. Her academic and professional experience spans a range of scales—from airport planning, affordable housing, and transit-oriented development to furniture design and construction detailing. She remains focused on the question of buildability: how a design can be translated from idea to reality with precision, integrity, and responsiveness to context.
She approaches architecture as both an intellectual and pragmatic discipline—integrating environmental, structural, and human considerations to produce thoughtful, constructible, and enduring design solutions. Particularly drawn to the relationship between architectural systems and human-scale elements, Wenyi is interested in how micro-environments and furniture can shape spatial experience. She believes that thoughtful design begins with empathy and ends with clarity.
Wenyi’s work is informed by interdisciplinary studies in Geographic Data Science, Environmental Law, and Structural Systems, bringing a research-driven perspective to both conceptual development and technical resolution. Her academic and professional experience spans a range of scales—from airport planning, affordable housing, and transit-oriented development to furniture design and construction detailing. She remains focused on the question of buildability: how a design can be translated from idea to reality with precision, integrity, and responsiveness to context.
She approaches architecture as both an intellectual and pragmatic discipline—integrating environmental, structural, and human considerations to produce thoughtful, constructible, and enduring design solutions. Particularly drawn to the relationship between architectural systems and human-scale elements, Wenyi is interested in how micro-environments and furniture can shape spatial experience. She believes that thoughtful design begins with empathy and ends with clarity.
