Xiao Yang is a doctoral researcher in Design at Tsinghua University’s Academy of Arts & Design. With a background in architecture, her research and creative practice explore traditional Chinese gardens, spatial representation, diagrammatic methods, and the translation of historical and cultural spaces into contemporary digital media. Through the interplay of historical texts, images, spatial practices, and digital techniques, her work investigates new ways of interpreting and reconstructing cultural space. She is supervised by Professor Wen Liang at Tsinghua University’s Academy of Arts & Design.