Chia-Lung Chang

Biography: Chia is an industry leader in the planning and urban design practice. With more than 20 years of planning, design, and management experience, he has the strong ability to successfully combine vision with technical requirements. His particular expertise is in the management and design of complex, high-profile assignments that require big-picture, resource-driven solutions that can move beyond ideas into built environments. His planning portfolio encompasses work across the globe, including a new model of a resource-efficient desert city in Saudi Arabia, a financial district in Malaysia that balances high-density mixed-use with natural open space, and a self-sufficient community in Nigeria that blends local traditions with twenty-first-century innovation. These projects showcase his user-centric approach in creating places that are responsible, memorable, and viable. An award winning planner and architect. Chia is widely recognized for the forward-looking leadership he brings to his work and regularly speaks and lectures on smart environments, quality of life, and long-term sustainability as they relate to the built world,