About
Mengcen Shen is an architect, artist, researcher, and founder of Studio Silence, working across architecture, moving image, drawing, sound, installation, and writing practice. Her current doctoral research examines how architectural and cinematic languages construct forms of narrative around family memory and social transformation. The project seeks to develop a methodological model of spatial-cinematic narrative through a recursive process of making, scoring, filming, and writing.
Mengcen has more than 10 years of experience in architectural practice and 4 years of teaching experience in architectural schools. She holds a Master of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design, a Master of Arts from Shanghai University, and a Bachelor of Arts from the China Academy of Art.