B.Arch., M.Arch., MCP, DDes
Jianxiang Huang is an associate professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong. His primary interest is sustainable design, and he emphasizes the shaping of cities to meet the challenges in the contemporary era, i.e., density, climate change, resource constraints, health and the quality of life. His research focuses on the impact of dense cities on microclimate and thermal comfort, and he is the author of CityComfort+, a computer simulation tool that is uniquely equipped to assess annualhourly human comfort at micro-scale. Huang holds a Doctor of Design from Harvard University, a Master in City Planning from MIT, a Master and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Tsinghua University.

Email: jxhuang@hku.hk