Danyan Liu is a Landscape Architect, Writer, and Artist, based in Amsterdam.

She holds a Master of Science in Landscape Architecture from Delft University of Technology and a Honors Programme Master in Infrastructures and Environment. Danyan believes that landscapes have the power to inspire and transform, it is a dialogue, an evolving conversation between nature, people, and place. Everything is connected so as the landscape.

Danyan is active in both academia and practice. Currently, she teaches at Wageningen University and conducts PhD about Artistic Research through Design.

She has extensive experience working at design and real estate sectors in China and the Netherland on climate adaptation, healthcare, energy transition, and sustainable development projects. Her expertise lies in designing resilient, future-proof landscapes that respect natural processes while addressing contemporary challenges.

Her life doesn’t consist 100% of landscape architecture. She also has a strong colorful personality. She is a woman, daughter, Chinese, Asian. She grew up in Fuzhou. She is first in family at University. She stands for Feminism and Equality. Besides designing, Danyan voices herself through writing and painting. Her articles have been published on newspapers and magazines. She enjoys art, yoga and all sorts of movements, adventure, travelling, the unknown. She follows her passion, her curiosity and is not afraid of failure. She believes that no matter try again, fail again, fail better. C’est la vie.