Megan Weyland

Megan Weyland

School of Architecture
Instructional Assistant Professor
AH 1009

Biography

Megan Weyland is a registered architect and a LEED accredited professional. She joins the University of Florida School of Architecture as an Instructional Assistant Professor. Prior to joining the Florida School of Architecture, Weyland practiced in both Chicago and New Orleans where she managed projects of varied scales and typologiesranging from small scale residential, high-rise mixed-use, Institutional and commercial developments. During her tenure in New Orleans, Weyland also served as Director of Career Development for the Tulane School of Architecture Built Environment and taught courses in Professional Practice where she focused on bridging the gap between the architectural practice and architectural academia through her practice and positions in local organizations.

Weyland takes an interdisciplinary approach to design, research, and pedagogy grounded in both professional engagement and academic advancement. Professionally her work has focused on understanding how buildings perform in a way that allows them to be sustainable both from a operational standpoint as well as by the user. She focuses on how collaboration between all phases and team members work to advance these building technologies. In her academic work, she takes a hybrid approach to providing understanding and transparency about the profession while maintaining the importance of the academic studio culture and the freedom of design-led learning.

Weyland holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Mississippi State University and a Master of Architecture from Tulane University. She has served on the Louisiana AIA board at both the state and local level.

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