Hanzhang Lai (pronounced as hahn-jahng) is a multidisciplinary designer and photographer currently pursuing a Master of Design Studies (Ecologies) at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Previously, she was a Junior Architect of MAD Architects in Beijing, China. She holds a B.Arch degree in School of Architecture with a minor in Communication Photography in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications from Syracuse University, where she received the Faculty Prize for her joint thesis project, 'Dissolving Realities.'

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Her current research at Harvard GSD explores the intersection of sustainability, climate change, and social inequality. She is particularly interested in how climate migration and flood resilience strategies can be developed through a bottom-up architectural design approach to empower marginalized communities.

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