Projects
NUS Cities
An Integrated Multi-Source Monitoring and Testing Framework for Neighbourhood Retail Sustainability
Cities Foresight Lab (CFL)
Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities (CSAC)
Timber Active Envelopes: Modular Facades for Resilient Built Environments
Eugenia Gasparri, Heng Chye Kiang, Aysu Kuru, Arianna Brambilla, Chen Tianyi, Carlos Clement, Ng Ming Shen
Developing a Decision-Support Tool for the Conservation of Significant Post-Independence Buildings in Singapore
Johannes Widodo, Malone-Lee Lai Choo, Ho Weng Hin, Fu Yuming
PLAB: A Research and Design Investigation of the Redevelopment of the Paya Lebar Airbase
Heng Chye Kiang, Fung John Chye, Ho Puay Peng, Hwang Yun Hye, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi Lum, Ho Kong Chong, Tan Beng Kiang, Yuan Chao, Ong Ghim Ping Raymond
Typology Study for Public Housing in Dover
Heng Chye Kiang, Fung John Chye, Malone-Lee Lai Choo, Cho Im Sik
Urban Space Planning for Sustainable High Density Environments
Cho Im Sik, Heng Chye Kiang
Research on High‐Rise Mixed‐Use Developments: Case Studies on Mixed Use Function, Space and Vertical Transportation
Kim Hyeong Ill
To Develop Landscape Guidelines for Application of Green Plot Ratio in Singapore
David Ho Kim Hin
Publications
NUS Cities
Urban volumetrics: From vertical to volumetric urbanisation and its extensions to empirical morphological analysis
Gerhard Bruyns, Christopher Higgins, Darren Nel
Bruyns, G., Higgins, C. & Nel, D. (2020). Urban volumetrics: From vertical to volumetric urbanisation and its extensions to empirical morphological analysis. Urban Studies, 58(5), 922-940. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020936970.
Lateral-privatisation of the publics: Hong Kong’s spatial struggles
Gerhard Bruyns, Darren Nel
Bruyns, G. & Nel, D. (2020). Lateral-privatisation of the publics: Hong Kong’s spatial struggles. URBAN DESIGN International, 25, 266-279, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41289-020-00127-5.
Tackling the soft non-technical challenges of the adoption of complexity science in policymaking
Darren Nel, Araz Taeihagh
Nel, D. & Taeihagh, A. (2025). Tackling the soft non-technical challenges of the adoption of complexity science in policymaking. Policy Sciences, 58, 643-678. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-025-09594-5.
Planning for dynamic cities: introducing a framework to understand urban change from a complex adaptive systems approach
Darren Nel, Chrisna du Plessis, Karina Landman
Nel, D., du Plessis, C., & Landman, K. (2018). Planning for dynamic cities: introducing a framework to understand urban change from a complex adaptive systems approach. International Planning Studies, 23(3), 250–263. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2018.1439370
The soft underbelly of complexity science adoption in policymaking: towards addressing frequently overlooked non-technical challenges
Darren Nel, Araz Taeihagh
Nel, D. & Taeihagh, A. (2024). The soft underbelly of complexity science adoption in policymaking: towards addressing frequently overlooked non-technical challenges. Policy Science, 57, 403–436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-024-09531-y.
Policy instruments for sustainable urban transport in Singapore
Dai Fangzhou, Liu Xueli, Mi Diao
Fangzhou, D., Xueli, L. & Mi, D. (2025). Policy instruments for sustainable urban transport in Singapore. In Sylvia Y. He (Ed.), Handbook on Transport in Asia (pp. 205-223). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Urban Analytics Lab (UAL)
Crime-associated inequality in geographical access to education: Insights from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro
Steffen Knoblauch, Ram Kumar Muthusamy, Maya Moritz, Kang Yuhao, Li Hao, Sven Lautenbach, Rafael H.M. Pereira, Filip Biljecki, Marta C. Gonzalez, Rogerio Barbosa, Daniel Veloso Hirata, Christina Ludwig, Maciej Adamiak, Antônio A. De A. Rocha, Alexander Zipf
Knoblauch, S., Muthusamy, R.K., Moritz, M., Kang, Y., Li, H. and Lautenbach, S., Pereira, R.H.M., Biljecki, F., Gonzalez, M.C., Barbosa, R., Hirata, D.V., Ludwig, C., Adamiak, M., de A. Rocha, A.A. and Zipf, A. (2026). Crime-associated inequality in geographical access to education: Insights from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. Cities, 160: 105818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.105818.
Global urban visual perception varies across demographics and personalities
Matias Quintana, Gu Youlong, Liang Xiucheng, Hou Yujun, Koichi Ito, Zhu Yihan, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Filip Biljecki
Quintana, M. and Gu, Y. and Liang, X. and Hou, Y. and Ito, K. and Zhu, Y. and Abdelrahman, M. and Biljecki, F. (2025). Global urban visual perception varies across demographics and personalities. Nature Cities, 2(11): 1092-1106. https://doi.org/10.1016/s44284-025-00330-x.
Designing effective image-based surveys for urban visual perception
Gu Youlong, Matias Quintana, Liang Xiucheng, Koichi Ito, Winston Yap, Filip Biljecki
Gu, Y. and Quintana, M. and Liang, X. and Ito, K. and Yap, W. and Biljecki, F. (2025). Designing effective image-based surveys for urban visual perception. Landscape and Urban Planning, 260: 105368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105368.
Physical urban change and its socio-environmental impact: Insights from street view imagery
Liu Yingjie, Wang Zeyu, Ren Siyi, Chen Runying, Shen Yixiang, Filip Biljecki
Liu, Y. and Wang, Z. and Ren, S. and Chen, R. and Shen, Y. and Biljecki, F. (2025). Physical urban change and its socio-environmental impact: Insights from street view imagery. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 119: 102284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2025.102284.