Yuchen Qiu

Yuchen Qiu is a licensed architect based in New York City whose work focuses on the integration of building performance into architectural design across scales — from envelope systems and façade engineering to early-phase massing and program organization. He researches and develops methods that connect quantitative performance metrics — energy, daylighting, thermal comfort, and occupant wellness — with spatial and programmatic decisions typically made at the conceptual stage of design. His professional practice spans residential, institutional, healthcare, and senior living building types, with particular attention to how high-performance envelope strategies shape interior environmental quality and user experience. He holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University GSAPP and has received international recognition for design work that advances the relationship between material systems, structural expression, and building performance.