Silan Yip Levelle

Biography

Silan is an architect and educator with over 15 years of international experience spanning New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong, and London. Silan is currently a Lecturer in Architecture at Northeastern’s London Campus where she teaches Architectonic Systems. Her teaching practice centers on studio-based design pedagogy, construction technology, and sustainable building practices.

Silan has worked at leading architectural practices across three continents, delivering projects throughout the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Her portfolio spans scales from bespoke furniture and art installations to high-end residential design, multi-family housing, large-scale mixed-use developments, and master planning.

Silan holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University and is a registered architect in New York and Florida, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Qualifications

M.Arch. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

B.Design in Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Licensed Architect in the State of Florida

Licensed Architect in the State of New York

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Selected Projects/ Exhibitions/ Research

Tamayouz Excellence Award for International Graduation Projects – Member of the Grand Jury since 2020

“Silent Typologies: Live/ Work/ Care” – Finalist for the Center for Architecture Lab Residency, 2023

“Public Luxury: Domestic Workers and the Reclamation of Public Space in Hong Kong,” lecture delivered in Muscat, Oman, as part of the “Stories of Cities” Lecture series at the 2023 Tamayouz Awards

“Seeds of a Future Past” – Proposal for a Pavilion, Garden, and Installation design, funded by Coventry University’s City of Culture Staff Grants with Matching Funds by the Historic Coventry Trust

“Observations on Being” – Designed bespoke furniture installed at the multi-sensory experience by Marshmallow Laser Feast for Coventry’ City of Culture Festival in 2021.

“Vertical Farm Center” with 10Design at the AIA Annual Emerging Professionals Exhibition, Washington, D.C., 2015

“Reclamation” pavilion with 10Design exhibition at the Hong Kong/ Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/ Architecture in 2014

“The New Original” Installation at Hi Space Zhen Jia Shopping Mall in 2012