“In the recognition of the existence of love lies the answer to despair. Work is that recognition given voice and name. ” (Audre Lorde, 1980)
Qianer is a feminist killjoy from Shanghai.
She has practiced at Lacaton & Vassal Architectes (Paris 2020), gen Architects (Shanghai 2018), and has been a research/teaching assistant for Prof. Anne Lacaton (2020), Prof. Milica Topalovic (2022-23), and Prof. An Fonteyne (2023) at ETH Zurich. She is now a research assistant for Prof. Teresa Gali-Izard (2022-).
She received Architecture B.Eng at Tsinghua University (Beijing 2018), Architecture BSc at ETH Zurich (2021), and is now pursuing Architecture MSc at ETH Zurich. She has spent one exchange semester at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Autumn 2016) and one exchange semester at Harvard Graduate School of Design (Autumn 2023). She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, English, German, and speaks French.
She loves to collaborate with others and join collective forces. Please write to zhu@arch.ethz.ch for any ideas of collaboration!