Architecture
Exhibition + Displays
Iconographics
Columbia University GSAPP, 2024
Slip-cast porcelain, ink




DATABLIND
Columbia University GSAPP, 2025
Projections, vinyl flooring









The Forest
 University of Southern California, 2023
Custom clay





Iconographics

 Columbia University GSAPP, 2024
Slip-cast porcelain, ink








The Forest
University of Southern California, 2023
Custom clay and glaze, moss




Coastal Acupuncture Columbia University, 2024
Wood, thread, print on foamcore, projection



Architecture + Advocacy Design Build
 Greene Garden, Brooklyn, 2024
Wood





About
Lauren Jian
 Lauren is a LEED AP BD+C designer. Lauren co-founded Architecture + Advocacy,  a 501(c) non-profit, where she is the Director of Workshops. Within A+A, she engages with high school students to explore design justice and  collaborates with local community partners on design builds. In her spare time, Lauren plays tennis, wheelthrows, and creates ceramic sculptures.








Education
University of Southern California
Bachelor of Architecture
Minor in Ceramics

Columbia University
Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design


Exhibitions
Where Pixels Wash Ashore
e-flux
New York
2025

GSAPP EOYS
Columbia University
New York
2025

GSAPP AAD EOSS
Columbia University
New York
2024

Whispers from the Corner of My Eye
Venice Biennale
Italy
2024

USC XPO
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
2024





AwardsUSC Thomas Byerts Social and Community
Design Award
2024 

SOM Foundation Robert L. Wesley Award
2023 

Anthony Marnell II Scholarship
2023

Corgan Diversity Scholarship
2022

Sauer Scholarship
2021


Press
‘Architecture students work to change their neighborhoods — and the world’, Daily Trojan,
by Christina Chkarboul And Jenna Peterson
2022

‘Lauren Jian Wins SOM Foundation 2023 Robert L. Welsey Award’, USC Architecture News.
2024
           








Last Updated 24.10.31


© Lauren Jian 2027