Kristina Yu
Education
- MARCH, Harvard University
- BARCH, Illinois Institute
Research
- Design Technical Synthesis of Building Materials
- Processes
- Construction
- Housing
- Technology
Associate Professor Yu's Visual Portfolio
Kristina H. Yu is Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico. She has been part of the SA+P faculty since 2007. At UNM, Yu pursues research and teaching opportunities in the areas of design, architecture and technology. She is principal with McCLAIN+YU Architecture & Design. Her work in the office and with academia centralizes the beauty of architecture technical details, construction, delivery mechanism as collaborative and innovative processes. She is committed to expanding the architectural discourse of technical design. Her research centralizes the technical implementation of renewable systems in complex building types for its most appropriate syntheses. She has practiced design and architecture widely in Chicago, Boston, New York, Berlin, Frankfurt, Austin.
ARCH 505 - Graduate Design Studio
ARCH 602 - Graduate Design Studio
ARCH 452/552 Architecture Practice and Theory
ARCH 462/662 - Architecture, Housing and Technology
Selected Research Grants: PI and coPI
DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Grant for Faculty Research in Germany, 2017
UNM Faculty Development Faculty Led Travel/Research/Study program, 2017
DBIA Faculty Educator Workshop Grant, 2017
UNM Faculty Development Faculty Led Travel/Research/Study program- Berlin, 2016
UNM Faculty Development Faculty Led Travel/Research/Study program- Montreal, 2016
2015 AIA Upjohn Research Grant for Application of Emerging Technologies, 2015
DBIA Academic Student Leadership Grant, 2015
UNM Faculty Development Faculty Led Travel/Research/Study program, 2015
Sandia National Labs LDRD Grant, 2014
NSF CCLI Grant Reviewer, 2014
UNM Faculty Development Faculty Led Travel/Research/Study program, 2014
NSF NM EPSCoR Faculty Development Grant, 2013
PNM: Community Resource Grant, 2013
Program Solicitation: DE‐FOA‐0000521: Solar Decathlon and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Showcase Event, 2013
UNM Schloss Dyck program, UNM International Studies Institute, 2012
Recent Building Projects
New Mexico Tech new Data Center
University of New Mexico Smith Plaza
University of New Mexico Coronado Dormitory Renovation
Santa Fe County new DPW facilities
Eastern New Mexico new Football Stadium
Mountain Residence
Eastern New Mexico Eddy Hall renovation
University of New Mexico School of Engineering new Experimental Wetlabs facilities
Santa Fe Brewery
Green Jeans Farmery
Eastern New Mexico Natatorium renovation
Eastern New Mexico Administration Building Renovation
Awards
UNM Faculty Senate, UNM Undergraduate Curriculum Committee,
ACSA, AIA, NM NAIOP, NM AGC, NM ULI, NM USGBC, SCUP, CEFPI
SNL LRDR Grant PI 2014, DOE Solar Decathlon co-PI 2011,
Nominated: New Faculty Teacher of the Year 2011 and 2010, Finalist in
Texas Grow Home competition 2008, German Fulbright Seminar Fellow
“Science and Society: The Impact of Science on Policy Formation.”
Licensed with NMBEA, TBAE, DORA, NJOAG, NCARB
National Academic Advisor Committee
ACSAAssociation of Collegiate School of Architecture, UNM Faculty Councilor, Nominations Committee
AIA
DBIA, UN Faculty Advisor
SCUP
