HWANG Yun Hye
Associate Professor (Practice Track)
Department of Architecture, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566.
- TEL:
- 6516 3521
- EMAIL:
- akiyhh@nus.edu.sg
Yun Hye Hwang is an accredited landscape architect and Associate Professor in the Landscape Architecture Programme. She was the founding Programme Director of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) and currently serves as Co-Leader of the Landscape Studies Cluster. Her research focuses on multispecies urbanism, exploring the relationships between ecological processes, human activities, and urban landscapes in high-density tropical cities. Through her Tropical Urban Wild initiative, she advances nature-based landscape management, ecological design strategies, and circular resource practices, bridging scientific inquiry, socio-cultural engagement, and translational design.
Hwang holds a post-professional Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA II) from Harvard University and an MLA with distinction from Seoul National University. Before entering academia, she served as a design director for public housing landscape projects in South Korea, where she was recognised as a Next Generation Designer by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) and received multiple design awards. Her research and built works have received recognition from the Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects (SILA), the Landscape Institute (LI), and the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Asia-Pacific. She collaborates with public agencies, including the National Parks Board (NParks) and Housing & Development Board (HDB), as well as organisations such as Nature Society Singapore (NSS), contributing to research-informed landscape planning and management practices.
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.