Wataru Shinji

Wataru Shinji and his partner Lily Zhang design architecture, landscape and environment projects to expand the potential of design. They aim to discover a new idea of comfort and living space for not only humans but also a multitude of other life in our shared world.

Their recent projects and achievements include Earth Garden in Shenzhen Bay Park, Forest for All in Hong Kong, Life Forest at Art Basel Hong Kong, first place in the Shinkenchiku Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition in Tokyo, and Sand, Stone, Mountain at the Hong Kong/Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture. They teach architecture and landscape at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) as the School of Architecture's inaugural Practitioners-in-Residence.

Wataru earned his B.A. in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Princeton University School of Architecture, Rice University School of Architecture, Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, and Chulalongkorn University.