Ysabelle Empiso

Foreign Trained Architect + Project Manager, Registered Architect NZRAB (VS), MArch. (Prof.), BAS

Ysabelle is a New Zealand registered architect (VS) with 7 years of experience in masterplanning, residential, and urban design. Prior to moving to Vancouver, she worked on a range of private and public housing projects across Aotearoa New Zealand, leading them from pre-design to site. She believes that as designers it is part of our responsibility to create spaces that foster what we know in New Zealand as kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga and whanaungatanga – where the land, sea and sky are cared for, and where community and connection are encouraged to grow.