In-Depth-Space, founded by Di Fang, serves as an experimental platform fostering transdisciplinary collaboration in researching and discussing ecological challenges.

Di Fang is a practicing architectural and urban designer, an independent researcher, and an advanced open-water & free diver.

As a researcher, my passion lies in delving into the intricate relationship between humanity and waterbodies, such as rivers and seas, across diverse social landscapes. Through my work, I employ design and artistic mediums not only as tools in the research process but also as powerful conduits for translating my findings into tangible expressions. I firmly believe that they help unveil obscured narratives and present fresh perspectives on entrenched societal paradigms.

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  • Upcoming exhibition ‘Drifting Horizons: Between Land, Sea, and Other Species’, Maritime Museum Rotterdam | 2026 (NL)

    Multimedia exhibition ‘Invisible Arrivals‘ at Bio Art Laboratories, Dutch Design Week 2025 (NL)

    Premiere of short film ‘Invisible Arrivals’, commissioned by Water School, Bauhaus of the Seas | After Summer School 2025 (NL)

    Group exhibition  ‘Their Singing Shifts the Soil’ Au Brana Centre | 2025 (FR)

    ‘New Utopia: The Babel Village’ BI-CITY Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, Shenzhen Hongkong Biennal 2015 (CH)

    ‘Aamchi Mumbai: Fundamentals’ 2nd Prize, Vertical Cities Asia International Competition‘ 2014 (SG)

  • OCEAN / UNI Activations:  On Filmmaking: co-creating narratives with Joel Kaudife Haikali!, TBA21 Academy | 2025

    Listening & Mapping workshop “The Sound Between Us”, After Summer School 2025, Nieuwe Instituut (NL)

    Designing for Extremes: heritage strategies to sea level rise, Den Haag Municipality, The Ministry of Education, Culture & Science, Port City Futures, 2024 (NL)

    Seafloor Futures: Science and Fictions in Deep Dimensions, Ocean-Archive.org, TBA21 Academy | 2024

    Research – Reach out – Resist, ‘Exposing the Invisible’, OCEAN/UNI — Pacific Resistance, TBA21 Academy | 2024

    Posthuman Symbioses Masterclass: A Thinking-With Donna Haraway and Rosi Braidotti, Delft University of Technology | 2023

  • ‘Fluid Ontologies Colonial Legacies and Indigenous Oceanic Worldview in Sulu Archipelago’, <Blue Papers> | 2024

    ‘Mapping the Human-Ocean Nexus: Cartography in land reclamation’, <North Sea Rising: Navigating the Floodscapes> | 2024

    ‘Whose Utopia? Whose Atopia‘ <#34.1 Atlantis>, Polis, Delft University of Technology | 2023

  • Researcher of PortCityFutures | 2024 - present

    Practising architectural & urban designer | 2016 - present, The Netherlands

    Curator assistant @ Organhaus Art Space | 2011-2013, China

  • Master of Science (MSc) in Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture & Built Environment, Delft Unversity of Technology | 2013 - 2015

    Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University | 2008 - 2013