Andrew Chin

Andrew D Chin

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
EMAIL
PHONE
850-599-3244
OFFICE
Dean-School Of Architecture

Office Hours

Walter Smith Architecture Bldg Room #232

Monday •  9:00 a.m -11:00 a.m

Wednesday •  9:00 a.m -11:00 a.m

Friday •  9:00 a.m -11:00 a.m

About Me

Andrew Chin is the Dean of the School of Architecture + Engineering Technology (SAET) at Florida A&M University (FAMU) and has 30 years of administrative and architecture teaching experience. He earned his Bachelor of Design and Master of Architecture from the University of Florida and a Master of Science in Urban & Regional Planning at Florida State University. Since 1991, Chin has taught design studios, thesis research, and urban design classes at FAMU, the University of Florida, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

With more than $1 million in external funding from federal agencies (EDA, HUD, and the National Park Service), the Florida Department of Community Affairs, the Florida Division of Historical Resources, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, and local planning agencies, Chin’s research exposes the intersection of race and urban form in North Florida communities. Routledge and the University of Chicago Press have published his scholarship. His contribution to education was recognized by the National Organization of Minority Architects (2000) with the President’s Award, by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) with the Robert R. Taylor Faculty Research Award (2000), and again by the ACSA with a Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society (2021).

Areas of Interest

  • Urban Design
  • Design Justice
  • Design Education

Education

 
  • Master of Science in Planning • 2017
    Florida State Univ., Dept. of Urban + Regional Planning
  • Management Development Program • 2015
    Harvard University Graduate School of Education
  • Master of Architecture,  • 1988
    University of Florida. School of Architecture
  • Bachelor of Design • 1985
    University of Florida, School of Architecture

Work History

  • Associate Professor, Tenured • 2002 - Present
    Florida A&M University SAET
  • Assistant Professor, Tenure Earning • 1999 - 2002
    Florida A&M University, School of Architecture
  • Instructor • 1996 - 1998
    Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture
  • Assistant Professor, Tenure Earning • 1993 - 1995
    Florida A&M University, School of Architecture
  • Instructor • 1991 - 1993
    Florida A&M University, School of Architecture
  • Instructor • 1987 - 1988
    University of Florida. School of Architecture

research

Professor Chin has secured more than $1 million from the following agencies:

  • National Park Service (NPS) HBCU Preservation Grant Program, 2022
    FAMU Samuel H. Coleman Memorial Library Preservation Project. $500,000
  • Andrew Mellon Foundation, 2022
    Apalachicola Cultural Planning (ACP) Project. $500,000
  • US Dept of Commerce Economic Development Agency (EDA), 2020
    North Port St Joe Recovery Project, $385,953
  • Florida Dept of State Division of Historical Resources, 2020
    St. Augustine VR Project. $72,763
  • Florida Dept of State Division of Historical Resources, 2019
    Apalachicola Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines. $82,672
  • Jessie Ball duPont Fund, 2019
    North Port St Joe Neighborhood Survey. $14,820
  • Florida Dept of State Division of Historical Resources, 2018
    Apalachicola Hill Neighborhood Survey. $43,000
  • City of Daytona Beach Planning Office, 2010
    Midtown Redevelopment Project. $65,000
  • Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA), 2003, 2004, 2005
    Urban Design & Community Planning Assistance
  • The Kellogg Foundation, 1999
    African American Fellows Project. $25,000
  • Florida Department of Education (DOE) Governors Summer Program, 1994, 1996, 1998

    Connecting to Florida Architecture.

Publication

 

  • Chin, A. & Williams, D.O. Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Architectural Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Chapter included in J. Ockman and P. Laurence (Ed.), Historical Perspectives on the Formation of the Architect: Case Studies on Architecture Education in the United States. (2023). New York, NY: Routledge.

  • Mohsenin, M., Chin, A., Climate Justice, and Sea-Level Rise. Proceedings of Santiago, Chile's 36th Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) Conference. (2022). Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design PLEAS STGO 2022. Santiago, Chili: PLEA.

  • Chin, A., The ACP Project: Focus Groups, Interviews, + Ethnographic Research. Proceedings of ARCC-EAAE 2022 International Conference in Miami, FL. Jarrett, C., Sharag-Eldin, A., & Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC). (2022). RESILIENT CITY: Physical, Social, and Economic Perspectives. Miami, FL: Architectural Research Centers Consortium.

  • Chin, A., Lumpkin, R. & Williams, D.O. Race and Gender in Architecture Education: A Distance Learning Model. Chapter included in C. J. Bell (Ed.), Space unveiled: Invisible cultures in the design studio (196-205). (2015). New York, NY: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Space-Unveiled-Invisible-Cultures-in-the-Design-Studio/Bell/p/book/9781138229280#:~:text=Space%20Unveiled%20is%20a%20significant,of%20the%20culture%20remains%20hidden
  • Lescop, L., Chin, A., Ehtemami, A., Bernadin, S., Park, S., FAMU Digital Documentation, a VR narrative for architectural education. 15th Biennial International Conference of the European Architectural Envisioning Association EAEA15, Danilo Di Mascio, Sep 2021, Huddersfield, United Kingdom. pp.483-494. hal-03523016
  • Chin, A. and Gamez, J., The Need for Not-So-White Papers. Proceedings of the ACSA 2019 Fall Conference in Stanford, CA. Larimer, A., Bald, S., & Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. (2019). LESS TALK | MORE ACTION Conscious Shifts in Architectural Education. Washington, DC: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. https://www.acsa-arch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-Fall-Conference-Abstract-Book.pdf
  • Chin, A., Race + Campus Travel Behavior. Proceedings of the 105th ACSA Annual Meeting in Detroit, MI. Francisco Rico-Gutierrez, L., Thorne, M., & Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. (2017). Brooklyn says Move to Detroit: Health + Design Session. Washington, DC: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
  • Chin, A., Lumpkin, R. & Williams, D.O. Diversity Awareness Survey. Proceedings of the 102nd ACSA Annual Meeting in Miami, FL. Stuart, J. A., Wilson, M., & Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. (2014). Globalizing architecture: Flows and disruptions. Washington, DC: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. ISDN 978-0-935502-89-3. https://www.acsa-arch.org/chapter/diversity-awareness-survey/
  • Chin, A. (2004). Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, School of Architecture. Chapter in D.S. Wilson (Ed.), African American architects: a biographical dictionary, 1865-1945. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN: 978-041592959

Awards

  • Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). • 2021
  • Robert R. Taylor Faculty Research Award, American Collegiate Schools of Architecture. • 2000
  • President's Award, National Organization of Minority Architects • 2000
  • Faculty Development Fellowship, US Department of Education • 1995

Courses Taught At FAMU

  • ARC 1301 Design 1.1
  • ARC 1302 Design 1.2
  • ARC 2303 Architectural Design 2.1
  • ARC 2304 Architectural Design 2.2
  • ARC 2702 Architectural History II
  • ARC 5934 Urban Design Seminar
  • ARC 5936 Thesis Topic Seminar
  • ARC 6910 Intro Thesis Planning & Research

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