Research
Regional Architecture
Regeneration of Old Building and Built Environment
First-Class Registered Architect of China
Chief-Architect of Wang Yi’s Studio
Assistant Dean
Director of International Office
Tsinghua School of Architecture
PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
B.Arch., M.Arch., Tsinghua University, China
SPURS Fellow, MIT, USA, 2000-2001
Visiting Professor, Rome University, Italy, 1998
Awards
Excellent Design Award (the 3rd Prize), State Ministry of Education, 2013
Grand Architectural Creation Award for the 60th Anniversary of China, Architectural Society of China, 2009
Excellent Design Award (the 3rd Prize), State Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, 2004
Excellent Design Award (the 2nd Prize), State Ministry of Education, 2003
Fellowship Award of Chinese Young Architects, Asian Cultural Council (USA), 2000
Excellent Design Award (the 3rd Prize), Capital Urban Planning Committee, 2000
The Best-Ten Design Award, Capital Urban Planning Committee, 1999
Excellent Design Award, in the National Appraise of Architectural Works by Young and Middle-aged Architects, Architect Magazine, 1994
First Prize, in the National Design Competition of Chinese Art Palace, Architectural Society of China, 1991
Books
A Century of Change: Beijing’s Urban Structure in 20th Century (in English), Pace Publishing Limited, Hong Kong, 2013
Local Creations: Selected Works of Wang Yi (in both Chinese and English), China Architecture & Building Press, Beijing, 2013
Theses
From Passive to Active Regional Architecture, Architecture Journal, vol. 5, 2013
Thinking and Practicing in Architectural Design Education in an Age of Transition: also on the Basic Design Courses in Tsinghua University, World Architecture, Vol. 3, 2013
A Primary Study on the Architectural Education of International Architectural Schools: on the Cases of Cambridge, Harvard, MIT and Rome University, World Architecture, Vol. 1, 2012
Strategies for Improving the Housing Security System in China, China City Planning Review, Vol. 3, 2010 (in English)
City as Artificial Nature, World Architecture, Vol. 9, 2010
Ecological Urbanism, World Architecture, Vol. 1, 2010
A Test in a New Form of Community, World Architecture, Vol. 1, 2010
Analysis on Beijing’s Housing Affordability and the Limitations of its Affordable Housing Scheme, China City Planning Review, Vol. 1, 2009 (in English)
The Variation of Chinese Urban Housing in the Past Two Decades, Architecture Journal, vol. 4, 2008; Preface for Urban Housing of Mainland and Taiwan, Architectural Report Magazine Company, Taiwan, 2007
A Design with Regional Characteristics, Architecture Journal, vol. 6, 2004
College Architecture in Cambridge University, World Architecture, Vol. 10, 2003
Planning and Design of Indian Modern Campuses, Architecture Journal, vol. 6, 2002
Between White and Black, Architecture Journal, vol. 10, 2000
Designs
Planning of Qinlong Mountain Eco-Park, Yixing, 2012
Beijing Eastern Bote Hotel (5-star), 2011- (under construction)
Planning of Daxiao Mazhan Historic District, Guanzhou, 2011
Conceptual Design of Urban Planning Exhibition Hall of Mentougou District, Beijing, 2011
Huanglong Seercuo International Hotel (5-star), Sichuan, 2004-2011(built)
Conceptual Design of Hulunbuir Minorities Culture Park, 2010
Urban Design of the Starting Area of Caofeidian Eco-city, 2009
Hengdan Primary School, Wen County, Gansu (relief project for Wenchuan earthquake), 2009 (built)
Planning and Design of Yaobu Historic Town, Liuzhou, 2009
Planning and Design of China College of Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Beijing, 2008
Yuquanwan Club House, Huangshan, 2007 (built)
Jiuzhaiguo Sheraton International Hotel (5-star), Sichuan, 2002 (built)
Yifu Movie and Television Art Centre of Beijing Film Academy, 2000 (built)
Contact
E-mail：wangyi (at) tsinghua.edu.cn
Tel: 86-10-62784519
