ABOUT US

Grown out of MIT and Harvard University, our team has extensive research experience from various urban technology and design projects between the two leading universities and other global industry actors. Based in Boston, we continue to build upon our connections with multiple MIT and Harvard labs as our back-end think tanks.

Helena Rong

Founder and Director

Helena H Rong is an urbanist and designer with interdisciplinary training.

Juncheng Yang

Co-Founder and Director

Juncheng Yang is an urban designer and consultant with interest in the potential links between design, technology, and economic and real estate development.

John Rong

Director of Hotel Design

John Rong is a National First-Class Certified Architect based in Shanghai and Canada, with
more than twenty years of practice experience.

Alain Fouraux

Senior Advisor

Alain Fouraux is a Dutch architect, inventor, entrepreneur who lives and works between Rotterdam and Shenzhen.

William Qian

Computational Designer

William Qian is an architecture designer interested in pursuing non traditional design, integration and fabrication methodologies.

Felicity Zhao

Designer

Felicity Zhao is an interior designer interested in immaterial design, narrative space and performance space.