Gareth Gerard DOHERTY (Dr)

Gareth Doherty is a landscape architect, educator, and researcher whose work explores the intersection of environmental sustainability, social equity, and design. He adopts a human-centred approach to landscape architecture, integrating ethnographic fieldwork and participatory design methods to better understand and shape the relationships between people and their environments. His research challenges conventional design practices by foregrounding issues of identity, cultural space, and the human dimensions of climate change.

Before joining the National University of Singapore, Professor Doherty spent over two decades at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, where he held several leadership roles, including Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture Programme. His interdisciplinary teaching brings landscape architecture into dialogue with fields such as anthropology, urban planning, and area studies. He is also the founder of the Critical Landscapes Design Lab.

Professor Doherty is the author of several influential publications, including Landscape Fieldwork: How Engaging the World Can Change Design (2025) and Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-State (2017). His work continues to expand the scope of landscape architecture by engaging diverse narratives and advancing more inclusive and socially engaged design practices.