Hana leads HAT Projects' work on brief-setting, urban design, and research. She trained in architecture before her interests led her to work in strategic planning and regeneration. Prior to forming HAT Projects she was deputy director of the regeneration consultancy General Public Agency and has worked as a freelance consultant for clients across the public, private and community sectors.
Hana is experienced in articulating the needs of clients, stakeholders and communities, and responding to the political and social context of a project. She has recently been appointed as an Enabler at The Glass-House Community Led Design. She understands how to navigate the processes of planning and consultation successfully and with integrity. Hana's expertise in sustainability includes behavioural and social factors as well as environmental and energy concerns.
Hana focuses in particular on brief development, cultural planning, and rural issues. She lectures, teaches and writes, and was recently runner-up in the inaugural Architects Journal Writing Prize. Hana studied at Cambridge, London Met and the Rural Studio, Alabama. She is a Fellow of the RSA and a trustee of DanceEast.
