About
Christina is co-founder of Atelier Cho Thompson. She received a BS & MS in civil & structural engineering and construction management at Stanford University and received a masters in architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She was a structural engineer at the international engineering company Arup, where she was the Structural Sustainability Champion for the Americas & worked on projects such as the LEED-Double Platinum California Academy of Sciences, UC-Davis Veterinary Medicine facilities, UCSC Engineering Building, Kaiser hospitals, Schroder Overcrossing, and various other projects. She went onto work at architecture firms worldwide including Kao Design Group on Richard Branson's Eco-Island, SHoP Architects on the Google HQ, Neri & Hu in Shanghai, Mass Studies in Seoul, and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson on Apple stores, the Apple iAd office, and the Square HQ.
Her work has spanned typologies from single-family to multifamily residences, hospitals, labs, museums, innovative workplaces, hospitality and food service, to retail, exhibits, furniture, and graphics for various organizations. Her inspiration comes from exploring the particularities of a place, client, material, or technology. She thrives in the rich in-between spaces of disciplines -- structures & architecture, landscape & furniture, graphics & interiors, etc. Her work explores design's ability to catalyze new types of interactions between people & communities. She has lectured on Green R&D at Harvard and served as a critic at Parsons, Stanford, Harvard, & the California College of the Arts. She has been a Senior Lecturer at the CCA, teaching Integrated Building Systems.
Christina took courses at the California Culinary Academy & worked as a stagiaire at Tartine Bakery. She enjoys running, cooking, gardening, playing the piano, and working on furniture projects with her husband. She serves as Design & Innovation Chair of the Stanford Club of SF.