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Dr Hanakata is also the Co-Founder of HANAKATA, a research and planning practice based in Singapore.
Prior to joining NUS, Dr Hanakata worked as Senior Researcher and Project Coordinator of the Grand Project: Towards Adaptable and Liveable Urban Megaprojects, Thinking Urban Futures, and Waterfront Tanjong Pagar Multidisciplinary Research Project at the Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability. She obtained her doctorate from ETH Zurich in 2016.
Dr Hanakata’s research interests are in adaptive and strategic planning for high-density urban energy landscapes, planetary urbanization processes, platform urbanization, and in fostering the role of planning in a sustainable urban development practice: how visions, schemes, mechanisms of implementation and management can respond to specific situations, while following a sustainable urban development paradigm particularly in light of climate change and in an inevitable global context.
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Tiantong is a PhD candidate in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore, researching planting as a key mode of urbanization shaped by both human and more-than-human actors. With a background in plants and urban studies, her work aims to expand the reading of urbanization process from a more-than-human perspective.
Tiantong currently works as a studio lead for Liveable City Studio at NUS Cities and tutors at the Fifth Nature Landscape Studio in the NUS Department of Landscape.
Interests
Planetary Urbanization
More-than-Human
Urban Theory
Nature
Singapore
Education
Bachelor of Science in Plant Science at California State University, Fresno
Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Master of Urban Design at the University of California, Berkeley
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Wenjie is a PhD student in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore under the supervision of Prof. Naomi Hanakata. Her research centers on the governance, planning, and implementation of urban redevelopment in China, with a particular focus on how sustainable development principles are integrated into redevelopment practices. By examining policy transitions, planning discourses, and representative case studies, her research project aims to identify the key stages and characteristics of sustainable urban redevelopment in China. She seeks to contribute to broader discussions on global-local interactions in sustainability and urban transformation.
Interests
Urban Redevelopment
Sustainable Development
Education
Bachelor of Science in Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning at the Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an
Master of Regional Planning at the Cornell University, New York
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Hankang is a PhD student in Architecture at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore. His research interests center on urban informality in Singapore. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates history, politics, and urban planning, he examines the informal practices persisting within Singapore — a highly formalized city striving to eliminate randomness. Hankang's research seeks to advance the understanding of informal urbanism within highly formalized urban settings and to extract bottom-up insights into economics, policy, and urban planning that support more sustainable urban development.
Interests
Urban Informality
Informal Urbanism
Education
Bachelor of Architecture at Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing
Master of Architecture at the National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Jiamin is a PhD student in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore, with an interest in examining Singapore’s food system through the lens of Extended Urbanisation from a regional perspective. With a background in landscape urbanism, her work tends to reveal how Singapore’s reliance on transnational food supply chains reconfigures regional agrarian landscapes. By integrating geo-spatial data and political and social analysis, her research aims to explore agrarian transitions within a planetary urban age to support a more resilient food system.
Interests
Extended Urbanisation
Urban Food System
Regional Study
Agro-spatial justice
Education
Bachelor of Agriculture in Landscape Gardening at Beijing Forestry University, Beijing
Master of Science in Landscape Urbanism at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London
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Xuelu is a PhD student in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore, where she researches adaptive urban planning strategies for coastal resilience. With a background in urban planning and architecture, her work integrates geospatial and environmental data, stakeholder perspectives, and innovative planning tools to address climate uncertainties. She is passionate about shaping sustainable urban futures through cross-disciplinary collaboration and systems thinking. Xuelu’s research aims to support decision-making processes that balance environmental, social, and economic needs.
Interests
Adaptive Planning
Coastal Areas
Urban Health
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Master of Urban Planning at the National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Reetu is a PhD student in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore, focusing on spatial, social, and environmental implications of energy transition in Southeast Asia. With a background in architecture and urban planning, she effectively integrates the built environment and landscape systems to examine how energy infrastructures reshape vulnerable communities and ecologies. She has four years of professional experience in research and physical land use planning, which provides a strong foundation for understanding the intersections of development, displacement, and environmental change. Her passion for sustainable and inclusive planning remains at the heart of her academic work.
Interests
Energy Transition
Education
Bachelor of Architecture at Nagpur University, Nagpur
Master of Urban Planning at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, CEPT (Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology) University, Ahmedabad
Graduate Certificate in Applied Geographic Information Systems at the National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Alumni
Dr. Hiromi Inagaki-Wagne, Postdoc Research Fellow
Leon GAW Yan Feng, Research Associate
Dunya Gurses, Research Assistent
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