Aria is a practice-based design researcher with over 15 years of industrial experience in hospitality design, housing design, masterplanning, and social design research. Formerly educated in the UK, Italy, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, her interests are to design physical environments that support well-being in later life, which include ageing in place and age-friendly cities. She focuses on measuring the impact of architectural and urban design on older adults’ social networks and cognitive functioning. Her research methodology is supported by participatory design and data analytics. Aria conducts interdisciplinary research projects with diverse stakeholders to drive innovation and create social change in the community. Her most representative on-going project is the design and development of a Sensor-Enabled Urban Green Care Farm for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment (S-Farm), which is an integrated modular urban farming station for long-term care facilities. It was funded by the PolyU Research Institute for Smart Ageing.