The Harry der Boghosian Fellowship at Syracuse School of Architecture was created in honor of architecture alumnus Harry der Boghosian ’54 during the Spring of 2015. Since then, the program continues to provide emerging designers and academics "with the opportunity to collaborate on projects while developing a unique design research project that both advances their work and career and contributes to the intellectual and design life of the school. Each of the fellowships includes teaching related to the candidate’s area of interest and resources for the development of research and creative work."

For the 2022–23 iteration, Syracuse Architecture has announced Lily Chishan Wong as its newest fellow.

Wong received a BFA in Architectural Design from Parsons and a BA in Philosophy from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School. She went on to receive her M.Arch from Columbia GSAPP, where she was the recipient of several accolades such as the Award for Excellence in Total Design, the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize, and the William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize from Columbia as well as the Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) Traveling Fellowship and Fred L. Liebmann Book Award from the New York Society of Architects.

As a practicing architect in New York who has received her license in 2019, Wong has worked at Weiss/Manfredi since 2015 and has also taught at both Columbia University and the University of Arizona. She is also the co-founder and co-editor of the publication and workshop : (pronounced “colon”), a collective that focuses on the "rhetoric and media that constitute the discipline of architecture."

Her research during her fellowship focuses on "the use of vegetation in architecture and its spatial, socio-political, and environmental dimensions." Titled Producing Nature, her work challenges "the idealized notion of nature and considers live plants as atmospheric design — grown, shipped, and stored globally to be used in architectural production. The goal of this research is to demonstrate how 'nature' is produced and speculate on new forms of ecosystem. The project will also foster cross-pollination between architecture and other fields."

"I am inspired by the School of Architecture’s innovative and rigorous curriculum and am delighted to collaborate with Syracuse University’s distinguished community of students, scholars, and scientists," Wong commented on the announcement.

As the program's seventh fellow, Wong joins the university's notable list of previous awardees such as Leen Katrib (2021–2022), Liang Wang (2020–21), Benjamin Vanmuysen (2019–20), James Leng (2018–19), Linda Zhang (2017–18), and Maya Alam (2016–17).

If you're looking to explore Archinect's ongoing coverage of architecture fellowships, check out Archinect's Fellow Fellows series.