DC(DBA)
Projects
Pooling TogetherIntermediary Softness
Under The Table
Drawdown: Play to Enter
Hybridizing Drawdown
Recommissioning Danskammer
Municipal C.H.U.W.
Research
Pool PilgrimageGeothermal Culture
Publications
Volume 47Pidgin 23
Info / CV
Debbie Chen is Assistant Professor in Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design. Her work explores how infrastructural typologies warrant design attention by shaping cultural practices. Interested in installation-scale work and digital simulation, her projects prompt questions regarding climate representation and atmospheric desires. In pursuit of infrastructural intimacy, Debbie is currently designing a series of alternative water and energy infrastructures that foreground ritual-making and recreation.
As a licensed architect, Debbie previously served as Project Architect at Morphosis Architects and as Project Lead at LTL Architects. Prior to joining RISD, she taught at Syracuse University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she was the 2021-2022 Architectural Activism Fellow. She received a Master of Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Southern California.
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