SARAH KLYM


INFO   

Design Research Lead @ Human Studio Architecture + Urban Design
Adjunct Professor @ UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture

Interested in patterns, systems, traces.
 sarahklym@proton.me
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WORK

Small Scale Multi-Unit Housing Legislation Analysis + Strategy    
Research, Reporting, Strategy, Geospatial Analysis, Visualization 
01.25 - 
Comprehensive spatial strategy in response to changes in BC’s housing legislation. Policy analysis, infrastructure mapping, and population modeling to support planning for equitable, transit-oriented city building.



Design for Connection    
Research, Reporting, Strategy, Visualization, Publication Design
06.23 - 

A research-driven guide to designing supportive social housing with dignity. White paper sharing practical strategies to create spaces of care, not control. 




Social Connection, Health, Resilience, + Equity in Design    
Research, Reporting, Visualization, Publication Design
12.22 - 04.23

Comprehensive research on the links between spatial design and social wellbeing. Synthesizes evidence across disciplines to support design strategies that foster connection and resilience in housing.




FLUID Sociability    
Research, Simulation, Computational Design, Modelling, Validation
01.22 - 06.23

Simulation platform for modeling movement and connection patterns in built environments. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and developed in partnership with UBC Psychology. 




Food + Beverage Innovation Centre    
Architectural Design (SD, CD, DD)
08.21 - 04.22

Research facility for UBC bridging academic food science, commercial innovation, and Musqueam traditional knowledge. Designed for function, sustainability, and site responsiveness.




Teaching    
UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture
01.21 - present




Machine Ecologies    
Academic, Research, Computational Design, Geospatial Analysis
01.20 - 05.20

Design research on the interface between infrastructure and ecology in northern BC. Challenges extraction-based logics and reframes machine-altered rural landscapes as critical sites for regenerative cultivation and ecosystem resilience.




Computational Drawing    
Animation, Computational Design, Simulation
09.19 - present

Personal explorations in parametric, experimental drawing and animation in Grasshopper. 




Topographic Literacy    
Animation, Computational Design, Simulation
09.19 - 05.20

Parametric animations illustrating grading and drainage concepts, developed in Grasshopper as part of an interactive educational resource for design students.