Emily’s projects are driven by an intuitive desire to investigate and storytell. Her paper architecture explores the fictive potential of tectonic forms and embeds philosophies of dwelling inspired by film, literature and dreams. Her complex research projects are genre-bending pursuits, intriggued by the capacity of humanism and sociological space. Her narrative style emulsifies fiction and nonfiction, poeticism and facts, creative writing and reportage. She is dedicated to a multi-disciplinary practice where architecture, arts, and letters reaffirm our human presence in the world.
She was born in Singapore, raised in China, grew up in the UK and educated in the US.