Jack Li — New York

Make the pain public. Not the person.

Architect by training. I build objects that carry what people can’t say out loud — computational geometry into physical fabrication, where the artifact does the speaking. Currently VDC Assistant Engineer at Turner Construction.

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Selected Work

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Screaming Chambers

Cymatics as a design method: a scream measured, turned into geometry, printed as a chamber, and translated into a façade that shows the pain without showing the person.

2023 · Thesis · Cymatics + 3D printing

Spinning spider machine

A rotating habitat that put live spiders to work as fabricators — testing whether a web can be curated into a building-integrated shading element.

2021 · Studio · Living material

Breathe — a screen that filters air

Design-build for a plant-based indoor air filtration study: CNC benches, 3D-printed growing modules, and sewn textile pods on a welded steel screen.

2022 · Design-build · CNC + textiles

Wayfeel

An emotional diary built on the thesis model — private by construction, so the record can be honest.

2025 · Software · In development