Joyce Lin

Joyce Lin is currently serving as a Graduate Assistant in the School of Architecture at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, working with Kimi Makaiau on research to enhance Hawaiʻi's Food & Product Innovation Network (FPIN). Her work involves GIS studies, community engagement, and facility planning to explore opportunities for strengthening local food production and supporting Hawaiʻi's agricultural industry.

Her current work focuses on researching and planning shared-use food production facilities that support local farmers, producers, and entrepreneurs. This includes studying existing food innovation facilities, developing GIS maps and visual materials, conducting site visits, and exploring spatial layouts and programming for commercial kitchens, food processing, storage, and manufacturing spaces. Through this work, she explores how thoughtful planning and design can help expand local production capacity and support the growth of Hawaiʻi's food and agriculture industry.

Born and raised in Hawaiʻi, Joyce's graduate studies reflect a broader interest in sustainability, adaptive reuse, and the future of Hawaiʻi's built environment. Her dissertation explores reimagining Downtown Honolulu as a 24-hour neighborhood through the adaptive reuse and reprogramming of underutilized buildings and spaces to create a more vibrant, connected, and sustainable urban community.