Atelier Qiu is a design research practice working between San Francisco and Shanghai. We create spaces, objects, and systems that materialize meaning, connection, and new ways of living.

places, objects, research

Can adobe become a responsive domestic system rather than only an enclosure?

Can affordable housing be an ongoing ecological process rather than a finished object?

Can concrete become a hammock in the forest rather than a grounded mass?

Can the slightest rotation unsettle the monotony of the office grid?

Nothing Permanent

Can furnishings turn a temporary city apartment into a quiet personal haven?

Can workplace become a continuous experience rather than a stack of separated floors?

To create beautiful things.