Bo Liu is an NY state licensed architect and an Associate at Diller
Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R).
Her work focuses on public realm projects, spanning museums,
schools, and community centers, through the lens of addressing
uncertain futures with climate change and shifting urban needs. She
joined DS+R in 2013 and has designed for several large scale
institutional projects such as the Centre for Civilizations, Cultures, and
Cities at the University of Toronto, the V&A Storehouse in London,
and 15 Hudson Yards in New York, for which she developed
parametric tools to design and optimize a cold warped facade. She is
currently leading a new Performance Hall and Community center in
the heart of East Harlem. Prior to joining DS+R, Bo worked at
Asymptote and KPF.
She founded the Diversity Task Force within DS+R to tackle systemic
inequities in the profession. In addition, she previously served as the
Recruitment director at DS+R and currently manages mentorship
liaisons with local and national level university partners such as FAMU,
City College, City tech Brooklyn, and NJIT.
She previously taught the MSRED design studio from 2013-2017 at
Columbia GSAPP and has been a returning GSAPP critic and guest
critic at UC Berkeley, Pratt, and the University of Toronto. Bo holds a
Bachelor of Science in Architecture from McGill University before
receiving her M.Arch from Columbia GSAPP - where she received the
Avery 6 Award and the AIA Architects Medal Award.