The Attention System
The Stitch
The Learning Farm
Coldsprings Cidery
Train of Thought
Tool &/ Weapon?
Metacity
Village Lounge of Shangcun
Theory
Image Space
Residual Spaces
Vision & Void
Elements
Beam
Lamp
Wall
Object
Experiential
Boucheron: From Paris to New York
Tory Burch: NYFW FA2024
The Art of Life: Mawangdui Han Tombs
Rippling
Mindscape
Refusing Refuse
Macbeth: Dagger In The Mind
Rule of Thirds
Ricardo Bofill
Japanese Macaque
Expressions
Born: Beijing, China
Raised: Toronto, Canada
Educated: Providence, R.I. / Ithaca, N.Y.
Currently in: New York City
Her Contact:
yl3349@cornell.edu
Lily is an artist, spatial experience designer, and architect based in New York City. Her work spans architecture, exhibition design, scenography, and event, luxury, and runway design, with professional experience working with clients including Boucheron, Tory Burch, Carolina Herrera, Rippling, and Hyundai.
She holds a B.F.A. in Interior Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Architecture from the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University.
Her creative endeavors revolve around exploring the interplay of space, experience, and perception, examining how architecture choreographs visual, visceral, and psychological engagement across scales.
Dawn Eleven Contemporary Art Foundation| Exhibit Designer, NYC Reverse Chinatown | Exhibition at Tenri Cultural Center, 12.11-18/2025
Robert A.M. Stern Architects | Architectural Intern, NYC Studio S | University Residential Colleges DD + CD
Bureau Betak | Scenic + Spatial Design Intern, NYC
Boucheron | Event + Exhibition, NYC, 2024
Tory Burch | Runway, NYFW 2024
Carolina Herrera | Runway, Mexico City, 2024
Harvard CAMLab | Spatial Design Research Assistant
The Art of Life: Mawangdui Han Tombs | Exhibition, Hunan Museum, China, 2024
Mindscape | Immersive Exhibition, 2021
Cave Dance | Immersive Exhibition, 2021
HUSH | Architectural Design Intern, NYC
Devco Helix NJ | Experiential Renovation
Rippling | Trade Show Event
- | CES Convention 2024 Trade Show Pitch
Blackbow Creative Design Institution Co., Ltd. | Stage Design Intern, Beijing Huashan | Dance Performance
Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning & Design | Design Intern, Beijing Shijia Hutong Museum | Graphic Design & Exhibit Planning
Her Academic Experience
Cornell AAP | Graduate Teaching AssistantTimur Dogan | Environmental Systems II
Andrew Lucia | Prethesis Design Workshop
Cornell AAP Building Construction Lab | Graduate Research AssistantDavid Costanza | Website Design
RISD Experimental and Foundation Studies | Teaching AssistantDavid Scanavino | Design Foundations
Yavgeniya Baras | Design Foundations