Ray Wang

Ray is a Researcher and Architect based at MIT. He is a SMArchS Urbanism Candidate (‘25) and works at the intersection of urban studies, architectural design, and building technology. Ray holds a B.Arch from National Cheng Kung University and received the Thesis Award with Distinction in 2019. His research work at MIT, which focuses on sustainable architecture design, is currently supported by the Taiwanese Government.

Before joining MIT, he was a registered architect and interior designer with four years of work experience — first at Design 1st (Kyoto, Japan) and then at JJP Architects and Planners (Taipei, Taiwan), primarily working on adaptive reuse projects with a wide range from designing public museums+library complexes to relocating hundred-years old wooden dwellings from Japan to the US.

Since 2019, Ray has established WZR, which focuses on experimental circular design and retrofit for architecture. He has been actively involved in a number of international exhibitions, including the Taiwanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2021 and the Parthenon Pavilion at the Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab 2023.