Yulin is a designer, architect, and curator. Aspired to create cultural meanings and touch people's life, she is most interested in shaping human experiences via art, design, technology and innovations.

Her current research centers on wellness design, environmental sensing and spatial care, also explored as part of a broader inquiry into how cultural and wellness innovations are created, valued and scaled in capital and innovation systems. With a certificate in Investment Management from NYU, she embraces quantitive analysis and economic frameworks as essential bridges among design research, markets and the creation of new categories of value.

She recently developed Airmo (a journaling app for emotional wellbeing), and is currently directing art and cultural curation at Galerie de Nuage. She has her Bachelor of Design from Washington University in St. Louis, Master in Architecture from Columbia University GSAPP, and work experience in design and management with complex stakeholders and cultural impacts across wellness, residential and institutional projects. She participated in Columbia GSAPP's Advanced VI final reviews as a guest crit in 2022 and 2023. 

Efforts conserving our planet and contributing to the communities is an important part of her work. She co-founded a platform for wildlife conservation in 2013, produced a documentary on Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in 2014, contributed to What is Missing? in 2018 and volunteers when available with Red Cross (China), Cat Survival Trust (UK), Women in Architecture + Design, Alberti Architecture for the Young People and International Humanity Foundation. She is always down for an intellectual sparring, and likely to be found at gallery openings / museums  / on the hills outside of work.

Selected Professional Projects
Smith College Nelson Library, Oculus
Tencent Beijing Headquarter, Outdoor Pavilion & Landscape
JPMC Sapphire Lounge Brand Identity & Architecture Guideline
Sapphire Lounge Airport Location Rollouts (LAX, LGA, BOS, DC Dulles)
Alice & Olivia Miami Design District Flagship Store
Baku Private Residence, Azerbaijan by the Caspian Sea
111 Murray, PH2
  
Books, Writing & Press
Exhibit & Awards
William Kinne Fellow Research Travel Grant
Association of Licensed Architects Student Merit Award
GSAPP End of Year Show Exhibit, 2020
GSAPP End of Year Show 'Spatial Infrastructure' Exhibit Design, 2018
WashU Steinberg Hall 'Hot Air' Ruth and Norman Moore Exhibit Design, 2017

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