/// Architecture  /// Urban Design  /// Exhibition  /// Interior ///

Yi-Jou
Zoe
Lin

Architectural designer and licensed architect in Taiwan with 3+ years of experience in architectural design, BIM-based documentation, building code and zoning review, and project management across public, institutional, cultural, and mixed-use projects.

CollaborativeAdaptableFast LearnerDetail-OrientedSelf-Motivated
Profile & Skills
Education
  • Columbia GSAPP — M.S. Architecture & Urban Design2025–2026
  • NYCU — Master of Architecture (M.Arch II)2021–2023
  • NCKU — Bachelor of Architecture2014–2020
Software
RhinoRevitSketchUpAutoCADPhotoshopInDesignIllustratorAfter EffectsQGISLumionEnscapeV-RayTwinmotionUnreal EngineGrasshopper
Design & Documentation
BIM CoordinationConstruction DocsTeam CollaborationHand DrawingGIS MappingSpatial Analysis
///Selected Projects
2019–2026
01Professional
Venice, Italy
NON-BELIEF
Taiwan Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale
Exhibition ArchitectureDesign CoordinationDetail IntegrationRegulatory Compliance
"How can a self-standing exhibition transform curatorial research within a historic building?"
Period2024.07 – 2025.05
FirmH2O Studio / Dept. of Architecture, NCKU
RoleProject Architect & Exhibition Coordinator
Team4 Members
Overview

This project translates curatorial research into a built spatial environment through exhibition planning, architectural detailing, fabrication coordination, and onsite installation management within an international public platform at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Key Challenge

Installing within the historic Palazzo delle Prigioni without damaging the heritage structure. The self-standing framework required careful coordination of structural logic, material assembly, site constraints, and local Venice regulations.

  • CNC-Cut Honeycomb Paper Core
  • 18mm Structural Plywood Panel
  • 6mm × 40mm Steel Flat Bar
  • Matte PVC Corrugated Panel + E-Paper Module
Role
Project Architect & Exhibition Coordinator

Coordinating spatial design, installation development, fabrication, on-site construction, and communication across curators, designers, public agencies, and international collaborators.

  • Curator: Cheng-Luen Hsueh
  • H2O Studio · Team: 4 Members
02Professional
Tainan, Taiwan
Da Hsin Yuan
NCKU Art Garden
Educational ArchitectureRegulatory CoordinationSD–DD CoordinationProject Management
"How can campus architecture balance public use, regulatory requirements, and design development?"
Period2020.08 – 2021.02
FirmMAYU Architects
ArchitectYu-Lin Chen
ToolsRevit / BIM / AutoCAD / Twinmotion
Overview

Da Hsin Yuan transforms a campus open space into a public learning garden connecting architecture, landscape, and everyday student life — a flexible gathering space using a light roof structure and transparent façade.

Campus Interface Strategy
  • Courtyard / Boundary — existing building relationships
  • Old–New Exchange — cultural history, scale, atmosphere
  • Green Belt — ecological, green network
  • Flexible Use — adaptable campus spaces

Structure
  • CLT structural slab TH=120mm
  • GLT beam 120×500mm / HSS column 150×150×6mm
Role
Architectural Designer

Schematic design, urban design review, regulatory compliance, project coordination, and communication with clients and consultants.

03Professional
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Hsinchu Xiangshan Sport Complex
Civil Sports Center
Public Sports FacilityBIM DocumentationBuilding Systems Coordination
"How can BIM translate past project experience into a consistent architectural standard for design development?"
Period2020.04 – 2021.02
FirmMAYU Architects
ArchitectYu-Lin Chen
ToolsRevit / BIM / AutoCAD / Adobe Suite
Overview

A public civic recreation center with one underground level and two above-ground levels, providing year-round indoor sports spaces including swimming pool, spa, steam room, fitness center, aerobics studio, and table tennis room.

Program
  • Swimming Pool (Depth 125–135cm)
  • Spa & Steam Room · Fitness Center
  • Aerobics Studio · Table Tennis Room
  • Parking: 41 spaces (incl. 2 accessible)

Facade
  • Painted Steel Wind Column 200×200mm
  • Corrugated Steel Exterior Wall Panel
  • Aluminum Composite Metal Panel
Role
Architectural Designer

Revit-based BIM workflows to review and coordinate architectural design with MEP and structural systems from schematic design through design development.

04Professional
Tainan, Taiwan
Smart Green Living
Joint Development Housing Project
Multifamily HousingUnit PlanningResidential Layout OptimizationDetail IntegrationZoning Analysis
"How can multifamily housing foster a more sustainable, connected, and technology-enabled way of living?"
Period05.2024 – 07.2024
ClientTai Jia Development / RED I Partners
AwardSecured Bid — Contract Awardee
Team4 Members
Overview

The Green Smart Living project envisions a sustainable, innovative residential community — three high-rise towers with one allocated to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and two developer-owned. The joint venture between TaiSugar and developer ensures unified architectural quality, integrating green living, smart technology, and community well-being into a cohesive eco-friendly urban environment.

Program & Strategy
  • Advancing Housing Equity — Affordable & market-rate mix
  • Comfort & Smart Design — Natural lighting & ventilation
  • Pedestrian-Friendly — Walkable commercial boundary
  • Vertical Greening — Solar panels, park connections
  • Ground Floor: Laundry Lab, Social Hall, GYM, Pool, Library, Community Garden
  • 34 Units: Studio 19.5m² / 1BR 39m² / 2BR 55m² / 3BR 75.5m²
Role
Architectural Designer — Contract

Led design development of the multifamily residential project, coordinating unit planning, zoning compliance, consultant integration, and presentation materials throughout the tender process. Secured bid for Tai Jia Development CO., LTD. as Contract Awardee.

  • Yi-Jou Lin, Chang-Ching Lien, Yung-Hsiang Yang, Hung-Yu Chu
  • Photograph and intellectual property rights belong to the original architecture firm.
05Academic
Matsu, Taiwan
ORIENTEERING
Restoring the Earth with the Earth
Adaptive ReuseMilitary HeritageSensory NavigationTectonic Landscape
"How to renovate a forgotten site and history?"
Period02.2022 – 08.2022
StudioArchitecture Design Studio, NYCU
AdvisorsShu-Chang Kung, Ling-Li Tseng
Team5 Members
Concept

Located on Xiju Island — "an island within an island." Wartime military infrastructure is reinterpreted as landscape, allowing visitors to engage with memory through bodily experience, atmosphere, and time.

Spatial Program
  • Planting Courtyard & Water Courtyard
  • Open-Air Bath & Viewing Room
  • Scenic Hill & Viewing Pavilions
  • Steam Bath Room & Changing Room
  • Communal Dining & Lounge

Infrastructure
  • Landscape drainage as constructive layer
  • Semi-underground service space
  • Rooftop heat insulation system
Role
Spatial & Tectonic Design Lead

Led architectural coordination, landscape integration, visualization, and multi-scalar proposal strategies. Reinterpreted military construction systems as contemporary landscape infrastructure.

06Academic
Tainan, Taiwan
A BETTER SUNSET
New Tales of the City Canal
Canal InfrastructureArchitectural RenovationTectonic Landscape
"How will landscape be read in different eras?"
Period01.2019 – 06.2019
TypeGraduation Design, Thesis — Personal Work
AwardNCKU Thesis Design Award 2019
AdvisorChun-Kai Fang
Concept

This project explores how landscapes are read differently across time. The "check-in phenomenon" is reread as a cultural practice of spatial engagement — architecture existing within its contemporary condition while remaining open to reinterpretation.

Spatial Program
  • Sunken Waterfront Plaza
  • Sunset Viewing Corridor
  • Swimming Pool & Sunbathing Deck
  • Gallery & Landscape Corridor
  • Pedestrian Rest Area

Tools
  • Rhino, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, V-Ray
  • Hand-built physical models & material studies
Recognition
NCKU Thesis Design Award, 2019

The sunset henge weaves together historical layers and civic memory through light, time, and place. Plans, sections, and a handcrafted physical model choreograph encounters between urban fabric and framed views.

07Academic
Brooklyn, New York, US
THE FOOD WIRE
From Terminal to Table
Food Distribution SystemUrban LogisticsClimate ResilienceBlue Highway · IBX
"If Hunts Point fails during the next major storm, how does New York City feed itself?"
Period05.2025 – 08.2025
StudioNY Metro Region Studio, Columbia GSAPP
Team4 Members
ToolsQGIS / Rhino / Adobe Suite / Enscape
Overview

NYC's food system is highly centralized and vulnerable to climate disruption. This project proposes a decentralized food network, reinterpreting the IBX framework as a logistics spine — transforming transit infrastructure into food distribution resilience.

Three-Mile System
  • First Mile — Regional aggregation via blue highway & rail
  • Middle Mile — Decentralized nodes along IBX corridor
  • Last Mile — Localized delivery to underserved communities
  • Brooklyn Army Terminal as Middle-Mile Hub
  • Utica Ave Station as neighborhood prototype
Role
Urban Designer & Architectural Researcher

Translated climate risk, logistics data, and equity analysis into a strategic urban vision — repositioning the future IBX station through spatial modeling, architectural drawings, and storytelling.

  • Nans Voron, Sagi Golan, Grant McCracken
  • Daphne Lundi, Austin Sakong, Sean Gallagher
///Professional Experience
Department of Architecture, NCKU
Project Architect
Exhibition ArchitectureProject ManagementDetail Integration
Tainan, Taiwan
12/2023 – 05/2025
Tai-Jia Development + RED I Partners
Independent / Contract Architect
Sustainable ArchitectureHousingReal Estate
Tainan, Taiwan
05/2024 – 07/2024
Kaohsiung City Government + DOUBLE-GRASS
Independent / Contract Architect
Furniture DesignDetail DevelopmentDesign Coordination
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
09/2023 – 11/2023
Nan Ren Hu Entertainment + RED I Partners
Independent / Contract Architect
Mixed-Use DevelopmentWaterfront DesignReal Estate
Tainan, Taiwan
SD: 06–10/2023
MAYU Architects
Architectural Designer
Public & InstitutionalEducational ArchitectureBIM DocumentationIntegrated Building Systems
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
02/2020 – 03/2021