“Yaodong”: Moriyama RAIC Student Scholarship-Winning Essay
Shuyin Wu is a winner of the inaugural Moriyama RAIC student scholarship for her essay in response to the question “Why Do I Want to be an Architect?” Wu writes about her desire to transform the Chinese cave dwellings known as yaodong through movement and light. “I want to be an architect to reconceive Yaodong as a new shelter – a spiritual as well as a physical shelter.”