Jingru (Cyan) Cheng works across architecture, anthropology, and filmmaking. Her practice follows drifting bodies—from rural migrant workers to forms of water—to confront intensified social injustice and ecological crisis. Cyan was awarded the Harvard GSD’s 2023 Wheelwright Prize for TRACING SAND; received two commendations from the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) President’s Awards for Research in 2020 and 2018; and won the Architecture Short Film Award at the Milano Design Film Festival in 2024 and the Best Short Film at the Venice Architecture Film Festival in 2023, all as part of RIPPLE RIPPLE RIPPLING. Cyan is also Canadian Centre for Architecture’s CCA-Mellon Multidisciplinary Researcher (2024-25) on field research as a land-dependent practice.