Chia Chang

Senior Associate
Gensler

Chia Chang, a Senior Associate in the Washington, DC office of the global design firm Gensler, is a leader of the company’s planning and urban design practice. With more than 20 years of planning, design, and management experience, Chia 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 21st-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 received his Master of Architecture from The State University of New York at Buffalo, is a registered architect, and member of the American Institute of Architects.