Manaka Hataoka is a Japanese landscape designer. She holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a bachelor’s degree in urban planning from the University of Tokyo. Through her practice, research, and daily observation, she explores spatial and material patterns that are shaped by ecological and cultural forces in the urban landscape. She previously interned at MVVA in New York, Studiovulkan in Zurich and SLA in Copenhagen.
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