Joy Wei is an Associate and Project Director at Tipping. A desire to work on objects with permanence led Joy into thinking about the built environment and eventually into structural engineering. After graduate school, Joy spent two years building houses as a construction crew leader at Habitat for Humanity East Bay, and also volunteered at Engineers without Borders. This hands-on experience impressed on her the need for design to be practical and responsive, communicated clearly, and constructable, which underpins much of her design approach to this day. Since joining Tipping in 2013, she has worked on a wide variety of project types, ranging from affordable housing retrofits to architecturally intensive academic buildings to mixed use high-rises. Joy also explores ways to improve the office’s approach in project management and delivery, employee development, and equity with new ideas rooted in collective ideation, resourcing, and resiliency.