解清扬 Qingyang Xie

Curriculum Vitae

Qingyang is currently a M.Arch candidate at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning. She is trained as an architect and also educated in art history. Prior to coming to MIT, she received her dual degrees in bachelor of science in architecture and bachelor of arts in art history at University of Michigan. Her work has been featured in publications such as Dimensions in 2024 and Portico in 2023.

Her academic pursuits are rooted in the thinking of architecture beyond the disciplinary practice but as an unknown field of knowledge with the capacity to critically respond to, critique, and alter the realities we inhabit. Her interest involves a rigorous interrogation of traditional and contemporary narratives to reveal and understand the underlying socio-political and environmental currents influencing our built environments.

EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.Arch

University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Dual Degree of B.A.Art History. B.S. Architecture Minor: Museum studies

SKILL
- Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffect, Premiere, Lightroom, Blender
- Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, V-ray, Sketchup, Grasshopper, LensStudio
- English (bilingual ability), Italian (conversational ability)

COMPETITION & PUBLICATION
EAM Young Curators Project
5th place
Curatorial project published

Dimension
Work Pink Commune featured

Portico
Work [Hydro]Commons featured

Taubman 2023 Student Show
Winner

Michigan XR Summit
artist
AR work “Now You See Me” was exhibited.

Volumezero, Santa residential design competition
Honorable nomination (10 groups worldwide)

2023.9 -present
Boston

2018.9 – 2023.5
Ann Arbor

2024

2024

2023

2023

2021.04

2020.03

WORK EXPERIENCE
MIT Future Heritage Lab
Fabrication Assistant

Assist with the installation “Spectacles of the Sacred” and “Flocking Mosque”

A8 Design Center
Intern

Responsible for the exhibition design and visual design of "Emotional Bubble House: Pixel Boundary"; exhibition design of "Born to the Water: Luxelakes International Community Public Culture and Art Complex Architectural Design Exhibition" Design visual-related materials for "Tianfu Park Lawn" and "Wuhan Animals Shelter Renovation"
Book Design and primary Editor of "Seeing and Not Seeing: Renewal Design of Linpan Architecture in Western Sichuan"
Assisting artists in deliberation with site-scale modeling

Jaques Ferrier Architects
ArchitecturalIntern

Hangzhou Cultural Center competition project: assisted in the design of the visitor center, and make representation drawings
Pinyu Office Center project: assisted in the design of the office tower by making mod-els in examining the facade circulation, produced detailed modifications, and analyti-cal diagrams
Xujiahui Footbridge Phase II project: designed preliminary canopy model

University of Michigan Art Museum
Educational Outreach & Archives Interns

Assist museum with university research and teaching, promote art museum resourc-es, and facilitate university art education goals Organize and create data archive of the museum’s collections, with a focus on architecture and modern art
Assist in the curation of related course visits, and prepared relative teaching materials

Drama "That's why I fight"
Stage designer

Participate in the production of the original play “That’s why I fight”. Initiated dis-cussion on how the dehumanization of institutions affects mental health crises and it probes the presumption of labels and the complex dynamics of power.
Collaborated with the producer in research and production, and was responsible from concept initiation to implementation of set and projection design`

2024.03 - present
Cambridge

2021.05 - 2021.08
Chengdu

2020.05 - 2020.08 Shanghai

2020.01 - 2020.08
Ann Arbor

2020.01 - 2021.03
Ann Arbor