Yi-Chun Lin is the Director of Integrated Practice at Board & Vellum, an architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture firm in Seattle, Washington.

Yi-Chun Lin, NCARB, NOMA

Director, Architecture, Landscape & Site Design

Yi-Chun is passionate about placemaking through design connection, motivated by curiosity, and dedicated to the inclusion of people and community in the design process. She leads commercial and community-based work at Board & Vellum where she listens to understand and prioritizes respect in relationships to inspire transformative design.

An advocate for multidisciplinary collaboration across all experience levels, Yi-Chun encourages dialogue, teamwork, and design leadership. Her diverse background in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and marketing inspires Yi-Chun’s interest in integrated design. With decades of experience on both public and private projects that range from campus master planning to adaptive reuse and housing developments, she is adept at managing the goals and interests of multiple stakeholders, including navigating local and federal agencies and processes. In all she does, Yi-Chun seeks to support clarity of purpose, human experience, and beauty in both form and function.

Yi-Chun is energized by helping a variety of businesses, homeowners, and community organizations to strategize and execute design, planning and budget solutions that bring their projects to reality. A seasoned leader with a strong history of board and civic involvement, she advocates for equitable dialogues and initiatives that support the social identities of community members in her home city and beyond.

Yi-Chun was the recipient of the 2024 ONEder Grant, which focuses on the ever-evolving landscape of placemaking and its profound impact on work dynamics, healing environments, and learning spaces. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies and a Bachelor of Architecture from Washington State University, with an emphasis on Urbanism through the Architectural Association in London.

Outside of the studio, you can find Yi-Chun squeezing in a round of golf, practicing backsets in volleyball, cooking for many, and chipping away at her never-ending reading list.

Yi-Chun Lin is a member of the Board & Vellum ownership group.

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A sample collection of Yi-Chun’s project contributions.

An advocate for integrated design, Yi-Chun has extensive experience designing and managing projects of varying scopes and typologies across varied disciplines and sectors.

Matthias Academy – Board & Vellum
On the Boards
Feasibility & Conceptual Design for a Campus

Matthias Academy

A multipurpose campus providing housing, education, employment, and community to adults with special needs.

A ground-level artistic, architectural rendering of the proposed headquarters. Figures gather outside a main building to prepare for their day, while others walk along the paths to the building. — Outdoor Training & Education Center – Board & Vellum
Community-Building

A primary goal for the master plan is to provide relaxing and restful communal spaces where individuals from different member groups can gather for support and community. Outdoor Training & Education Center | Project Rendering by Board & Vellum

On the Boards
Master Planning for a Multi-Agency Campus

Outdoor Training & Education Center

An extensive master plan highlighting community-building and cross-organizational trust.

Darmer Hay & Feed Adaptive Reuse – Board & Vellum – Design process images for the adaptive reuse of a historic structure.
On the Boards
Adaptive Reuse of a Historic Structure

Darmer Hay & Feed Adaptive Reuse

Reimagining a historic, unreinforced masonry building in downtown Tacoma to ready it for its new chapter as a mixed-use building.

Scott Street Mixed-Use – Board & Vellum
On the Boards
New Mixed-Use in Missoula, Montana

Scott Street Development

A multi-acre site with affordable community land trust homes, mixed-use retail buildings, and market-rate apartments.

An aerial view of Pasado’s Safe Haven’s new cow barn. The barn has a green roof, a long driveway, and is surrounded by pasture for the cows.
New
New Construction for an Animal Sanctuary

Pasado’s Safe Haven

New facilities for a beloved animal sanctuary will help ensure this non-profit can continue doing their best work.

Magnolia View Home – Remodeled Home in Seattle’s Magnolia Neighborhood – Board & Vellum
New
Whole-House Remodel in Soft-Modern Style

Magnolia View Home

Integrated architecture and interior design celebrating light and texture in a remodeled home with a beautiful view.

New deck and outdoor kitchen for Capitol Hill home in Seattle, by Board & Vellum.
New
Outdoor Cooking & Gathering Areas

Urban Deck & Outdoor Kitchen

A refreshed deck, yard, and outdoor kitchen complete with hidden storage makes this backyard a delight for entertaining.

Cooper Apartments Amenity Refresh – Multifamily Remodel & Refresh – Board & Vellum
Reinvention of Indoor & Outdoor Amenities

Cooper Apartments Amenity Refresh

Transforming an apartment complex’s indoor and outdoor amenity spaces for the competitive Seattle market.

New Townhomes on Greenwood Avenue near Bitter Lake in Seattle – Board & Vellum
New Townhomes Along Greenwood Avenue

Bitter Lake Townhouses

Nestled on a site with mature trees, this townhouse development forms a pedestrian-centric community along a busy arterial.

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