HWANG Yun Hye

Yun Hye Hwang is an accredited landscape architect in Singapore, an Associate Professor in MLA. Her research speculates on emerging demands of landscapes in the Asian equatorial urban context by exploring sustainable landscape management, the multifunctional role of urban landscapes, and ecological design strategies for high-density Asian cities.

She obtained a post-professional MLA degree from the Graduate School of Design in Harvard University, USA and MLA degree from Seoul National University. Yun Hye previously worked as a design director for public housing landscape projects in Korea for many years where she received several landscape awards from government authorities.

Yun Hye has won several international design awards for her built works including Landscape Institute award 2017 and IFLA APR excellent awards 2017 and is widely published in book chapters, landscape magazines, and peer-reviewed journals and actively participated in framing landscape design and management guidelines with a collaboration with government authorities including NParks and HDB.

BLOG:https://blog.nus.edu.sg/urbanwildlab/

Research Works

Urban Wild Lab

The urban wild lab develops the actionable design and management strategies towards socio-ecological resilience for fast-growing asian cities where rapid urbanization is accompanied by many human-caused environmental issues.

Research Works

Landscape of Necessity

Three topics in the research area ‘multi-functional everyday landscapes’ using on-site measurement, longitudinal studies, spatial pattern analysis, and social studies are; microclimate responsive landscapes; landscape as a livelihood for the low-income community; and ecosystem services in high-dense neighborhood landscapes.