Studio J. Jih operates in dialogue and in collaboration with others. We like things that are both and between. We are interested in cultures of form, both in the sense of architectural form and the material, constructive, identitarian, disciplinary, and regional cultures that choreograph, inflect, and inhabit it. We like things that do double duty; things that are pragmatic and efficient, yet ambitiously sculptural. Our work has been featured in CNN, The New York Times, Wallpaper, and has been exhibited by the National Building Museum. Studio J. Jih was selected as Architect Magazine’s Next Progressive in 2022, and Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard in 2023.
J. Roc Jih is principal of Studio J.Jih and Associate Professor of the Practice in architectural design at MIT. Their pedagogy and practice center on cultures of form; the discursive relations of the architectural figure with material systems, geometry, cultural practices, and identity. J. received the Rotch Traveling Fellowship in 2014, and is a co-recipient with Skylar Tibbits of MIT’s Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant, which supports original, ambitious research agendas for their work on mono-material basalt architectures. They received their Masters of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where they were awarded the Faculty Design Award for Design Excellence. They hold a B.A. in Architectural Studies and Sculpture from Brown University, Magna cum Laude, with Honors. J. has lectured at the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Harvard GSD, Yale School of Architecture, and is a member of the AIA.
Current Team
David Allen White
Past Team Members
Danny Griffin, Mara Jovanovic, Bohseung Kong, Florence Ma, Mackenzie Muhonen
Evan Ortiz, Inez Ow, Alice Jia Li Song, Susan Williams, Emma Pearl Willmire-Shiles