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Wang Ruo
Wang Ruo is the founder and principal architect of SoBA Soft Camp Design. He is a design member of the American Institute of Architects and holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a visiting lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He formerly worked at BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) Architects in New York. He formerly worked at Richard Meier (Meier Partners) Architects in New York and is a former teaching assistant at the Department of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania.
Tang Haiyin
Tang Haiyin is the founder of SoBA Soft Camp Design. He holds a LEED Green Building Certification and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He pursued a Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has worked at HOK Architects in New York.
Practice Ideology
SoBA (Soft Build Architects) was established in 2020 and currently operates offices in Suzhou and Seattle.
The term Soft represents agility, delicacy, sensitivity, and inclusiveness, standing in contrast to rigidity. Build reflects an exploration of the harmonious, vibrant, and beautiful ways that spaces can exist within diverse environments, functions, and cultural contexts. It also conveys the idea of a “camp”—a project serving as a platform that attracts like-minded individuals to collaborate on design practices, creating a workshop for innovative exploration. SoBA (Soft Build Architects) is dedicated to innovative construction that fosters harmonious coexistence between architectural design and the surrounding environment.
Our scope of design encompasses architecture, landscape design, interior design, urban infrastructure, and high-end custom residential projects in the United States. Representative works include Sky City Kindergarten, Orchestra Park, and the Beacon of the Sail.
SoBA’s projects have received numerous accolades, including the Architecture MasterPrize, the Jury Prize at the BLT Built Design Awards, the Platinum Award at the London Design Awards, and Winner at the DNA Paris Design Awards.
