Yichen Mo is currently a PhD student at Southeast University advised by Prof. Biao Li. She started the Joint Doctoral Program at the chair of Digital Architectonics as a visiting student in 2022. Her research focuses on architectural representation learning and geometry processing. She creates a web-based 3D editor ArchiWeb and corresponding protocol ArchiJSON for designing algorithms and data structures for computational architecture. Yichen studied architecture and computer science at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University and graduated with double degrees. Her work has been recognized with the DigitalFUTURES Young Star in 2019 and the CAADRIA Young Award in 2025. She received Google Girl Hackathon Season V Battle Winner in Shanghai.
Projects
Neuron - Robotic Timber Construction more >
Linpan Landscape Installation more >
Art and Media more >
SIMForms more >
NEXUSpace more >
Publications
2025
Topological Encoding for Street Network Generation: Adapting to tensor field and optimization for urban design
Yichen Mo, Biao Li, Baizhou Zhang, Qiyan Zhang
CAADRIA 2025, Tokyo, Japan
28 March 2025 | Conference Paper
2024
SIMForms: A Web-based Application Fusing Forms, Metrics, and Visuals for Early-stage Design
Baizhou Zhang, Yichen Mo, Biao Li, Yanyu Wang, Chao Zhang, Ji Shi
CAADRIA 2024, Singapore, Singapore
23 April 2024 | Conference Paper
ArchIndex: 基于多源数据的城市街区检索引擎
ArchIndex: A Web-based and Data-driven Retrieval System for City Blocks
Yichen Mo, Ludger Hovestadt, Biao Li, Peng Tang
新建筑 New Architecture
01 February 2024 | Journal Article
2023
城市形态生成设计的案例推理策略研究——以街区尺度为例
Case-Based Reasoning Strategy for Urban Morphological Generative Design: A Case Study of Block Scale
Baizhou Zhang, Yichen Mo, Biao Li
南方建筑 South Architecture
31 January 2023 | Journal Article
2022
基于 JSON 的建筑数据交换格式轻量化研究
Yichen Mo, Biao Li
CDAC 2022, Wuxi, China
26 November 2022 | Conference Paper
建筑工业化视角下的高层住宅立面自动生成
Automatic Generation of High-rise Residential Facades from a Perspective of Building Industrialization
Jiaqian Wu, Biao Li, Yichen Mo
南方建筑 South Architecture
30 April 2022 | Journal Article
2021
基于B/S架构的生成设计系统框架—— “艺术与媒介”参数形式生成为例
Yichen Mo, Biao Li, Daqing Gu
CDAC 2021, Beijing
11 December 2021 | Conference Paper
ArchIndex: A Web Data-driven Retrieval System for City Blocks
Yichen Mo, Baizhou Zhang, Biao Li
CUPUM 2021, Helsinki, Finland
18 June 2021 | Conference Paper
Archibase: A City-Scale Spatial Database for Architectural Research
Yichen Mo, Biao Li, Jiaqian Wu, Peng Tang
CAADRIA 2021, Hong Kong, China
01 April 2021 | Conference Paper
2020
数据驱动的城市主观地图分析方法–以街景图像感知分析为例
Jiaqian Wu, Biao Li, Yichen Mo
CDAC 2020, Harbin, Heilongjiang
20 December 2020 | Conference Paper
众源数据背景下城市公共空间评价及更新策略研究——以意大利普拉托市为例
Wenrui Zhao, Biao Li, Jiaqian Wu, Yichen Mo
DADA 2020, Changsha, Hunan
16 September 2020 | Conference Paper
基于多数据源的城市空间数据库设计研究——以意大利普拉托为例
Yichen Mo, Biao Li
DADA 2020, Changsha, Hunan
16 September 2020 | Conference Paper