Hello, I'm Kate Lyn and a recent grad from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. My interest in architecture stemmed from an interest in form, image and world-building, which was heavily influenced by my background in painting and sculpture.

However, as I progressed through my architecture education I began to engage with ideas on the phenomenology of architecture and how the experience of architecture can be designed. My thesis, In Place of Passage, challenges the predictability of circulation and proposes alternative experiences where places like hallways, stairs, elevators and ramps become places of encounter. This is achieved by developing design strategies that renegotiate circulation's relationship to privacy, efficiency and productivity.

I'm drawn to architecture that offers more than being a mere container of space. I strive to keep questioning architectural norms in search of new possibilities, ones that balance experience, design elegance and the complex systems that make buildings successful.