- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Office: Rodman Hall, Rm 201
- Email: hongbing.tang@uri.edu
Biography
Hongbing Tang, ASLA, PLA, is an artist, landscape architect, and environmental planner with over 20 years of professional experience. She previously taught at the University of Massachusetts and Boston Architectural College (BAC) before joining the University of Rhode Island. She is a PhD candidate in regional planning at the University of Massachusetts. Hongbing is a licensed landscape architect in Massachusetts and co-founder of LANDD International LLC, an award-winning landscape design practice based in the Greater Boston area. Her work has won recognitions including a U.N. Global Human Settlement Award, multiple Boston Society of Landscape Architects Awards, and the 2024 Frederick Law Olmsted Award from Preservation Massachusetts. A native of Beijing who is deeply influenced by both Eastern and Western cultures, Hongbing brings a unique cross-cultural perspective to her teaching, research, and practice.
Research
Current and recently completed research projects include:
Doctoral study on China’s “Sponge City” – A new urban planning model for stormwater management
Landscape Performance Research
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Landscape Performance – Landscape Architecture Foundation CSI research fellow;
- Sustainable Landscape Performance: Boston Case Studies – Supervising the research by graduate students as part of a new course taught at the BAC in Spring 2024;
Supportive Environments for Effectiveness in Community Participation – Research Assistant of Prof. Robert Ryan, FASLA at University of Massachusetts
Education
Ph.D. Candidate in Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 2021 – present
Master of Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1998
Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1997
Bachelor of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Selected Publications
Tang, H., Bellalta, M., Chen, L. & Kozikowski, J. (2023). Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Methods. Landscape Performance Series. Landscape Architecture Foundation. https://doi.org/10.31353/cs2001
Tang, H. (2023). China Trail Garden at the Acton Arboretum. The BSLA Landscape Architecture Coloring Book. 1st Edition. Cover & 21. https://www.bslanow.org/k12-outreach/bsla-coloring-book.
Tang, H. (2021). The ‘Sponge City’ Initiative – Opportunities and Challenges to Tackle Sea-Level Rise. The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2021 Conference Abstract Proceedings. 247.
Tang, H. & Lukenda, J. (2019). Rising Seas: Adaptable Planning Strategies for Coastal Urban Greenways – Case Studies in the US and China. Proceedings of 6th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning – Adapting to Expanding and Contracting Cities. Article 17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/a811-1q32
Tang, H. (2018). Lushan Botanical and Arnold Arboretum. BSLA Fieldbook, Issue 9. Boston Society of Landscape Architects. 52.
Tang, H. (2017). Reconnecting the Lushan Botanical Garden & Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University – A Botanical Bridge between China and the U.S. Landscape Research Record, Vol. 6. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. 293-303. ISSN 2471-8335.