Tzen-Ying Jenny Ling

President, AIA Taipei

AIA International Regional Representative - Taipei

Co-founder, Origo Workshop

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Tzen-Ying Jenny is a licensed architect and co-founder of Origo Workshop., a modular system service start-up company  based in Singapore.  She combines her position as the leader of the CReS Lab and Associate Professor in Resilience Thinking at Tamkang University. Tzen-Ying had practiced in New York after graduating from Columbia University; upon moving to Taiwan in the late 1990s, Tzen-Ying took a post with the central government and held position as the client rep in various large-scale development projects. She founded her inter-disciplinary practice concentrating in combining small to large scale projects, coordinating within the various discipline.  

Aside from professional practice, she has been invited as a jury critic, lecturer and tutor in numerous institutions. 

Tzen-Ying is currently based in Taipei where her practice and research received several design awards and accolades. Her work is focused on the resilience integration in the design process while showcasing how modularity is integrated early in the design phase.  She is best known for the “Green Elf” vertical green system design. 

Tzen-Ying  is currently serving as member on the board of GSAPP Columbia and on the board for Columbia Alumni Association in Taiwan. As the Regional Representative for Taipei, Jenny is working toward the formation of the AIA Taipei section in late 2023.