Manaka Hataoka is a Japanese landscape designer based in San Francisco, currently practicing at Surfacedesign, Inc. Through her practice, research, and observation, she explores cultural and ecological forces embedded in urban landscapes. 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.She previously interned at MVVA in New York, Studiovulkan in Zurich and SLA in Copenhagen.