Faculty of Design
Environmental Design - Interior Design Specialization
Meet the Designer
Nancy
Chen
Environmental Design: Interior Specialized
“Meaningful design begins with understanding what people actually need and shaping spaces and systems that make everyday life work better.”

I am an Environmental Design student at OCAD University, specializing in Interior Design, with a focus on adaptive reuse, infrastructure, and urban systems. My work explores how underutilized spaces can be transformed into productive networks that respond to real urban challenges, particularly food insecurity and access.My perspective is shaped by international study experiences, including an exchange in Environmental Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where I engaged with dense, high-efficiency urban environments, and a summer program in urban landscaping at Seoul National University, which expanded my understanding of landscape as an integral component of urban infrastructure.Through a combination of research, systems thinking, and spatial design, my work operates across building and city scales integrating architecture, landscape, and logistics to create practical and connected design solutions.
OCAD U - Faculty of Design
Environmental Design - Interior Design Specialization
Major Completed, 2026

Environmental Design
Scarborough Lifeline: Food Precarity and Civic Infrastructure
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