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| Position | Lecturer |
|---|---|
| Phone | 805.756.1381 |
| Fax | 805.756.1500 |
| myin@calpoly.edu | |
| Office | 34-246 |
| Office Hours | TR 4:00 - 5:30 pm (or by Appointment) |
| Web Page | |
| Fall Courses | ARCH 105 Architectural Practice 1.0 ARCH 351 Architectural Design 3.1 ARCH 341 Architectural Practice 3.1 |
| Winter Courses | ARCH 352 Architectural Design 3.2 ARCH 242 Architectural Practice 2.2 ARCH 307 Environmental Control Systems 2 |
| Spring Courses | ARCH 207 Environmental Control Systems 1 ARCH 353 Architectural Design 3.3 ARCH 342 Architectural Practice 3.2 |
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Profile
Margarida Yin has a BA from University of Mackenzie and a MA from University of California, Berkeley. She is a registered architect in Brazil, California and Hawaii. She has worked internationally in Taiwan, Brazil, Hong Kong, and United States with diverse projects of different scales and types. Her practice experience includes planning, design, and technical document production for a variety of building types, including single and multi-family housing, educational, industrial, commercial, recreational, hotel, retail, dining and museum projects.
She has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and at California Polytechnic State University, Cuesta College and Allan Hancock College. Her teaching has included the subject areas of architectural design, graphics and architectural history. Her teaching philosophy is to encourage and motivate students to explore their own talents, develop their critical thinking skills and guide and evaluate their design process and achievement.
Margarida’s diverse cultural background has been a strong asset professionally and in teaching. She speaks, reads and writes 3 different languages, Chinese, Portuguese, and English. Most importantly, she has been bringing the richness of a diverse cultural experience, East and West, to her teaching. This is becoming ever more important in a globalized world.