Tonia Sing Chi

Tonia Sing Chi, AIA, NOMA is a transdisciplinary designer, builder, organizer, and architect based in Oakland, Calif. on Ohlone land, where she is from. She is the founder of Peripheral Office, a design studio that works at the intersection of built environment storytelling, place-based building practices, and reciprocal, cross-cultural approaches to public art, architecture, and preservation. Tonia is also a core organizer with Dark Matter U, a design-build instructor with Girls Garage, and a founding member of Nááts’íilid Initiative.