REASEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Practice and Theory of Urbanism, Architecture Criticism
EDUCATION
Ph.D, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 2006
Master of Design Study, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 2000
Master in Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 1996
Bachelor in Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 1991
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Associate Professor, 2001-present
Lecturer, 2000-2001
Lecturer, 1996-1999
Assistant Professor, 1991-1996
RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Design of Zhengzhou Museum, 1997
2. Design of Natural Museum of Jilin Province, 2000-2001
3. Design of Civic Square in Qianxi city, 2001
4. Design of Bamboo Slip Museum in Changsha city, 2001
5. Integrate Research on the Development of Da Tong – Yun Cheng Highway Strip, 2001-2004
6. Preservation Planning of Central Area of Old Town of Shuo Zhou city, 2001-2005
7. Urban Design of New City Area of Shuo Zhou, 2004-2005
8. Housing Project in Kunming, Yunnan Province, 2006
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate
Architectural Design Studio
Graduate
Architecture Criticism
HONORS AND AWARDS
Integrate Research on the Development of Da Tong – Yun Cheng Highway Strip, awarded the second-class prize of Sci-Tech Progress Award of Shanxi Province
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Conference
Sino Swiss Architecture Colloquium, Keynote Speech, A Critical Perspective on the Re-urbanization Process in China, Beijing, 2009, Sept. 27
mAAN 6th International Conference, OUR MODERN - Re-appropriating Asia's Urban Heritage, Tokyo, 2006, Nov.1-5
China Contemporary: Architecture Symposium, Keynote Speech, Architectural Identity: from Group Narrative to Individual Narrative, Rotterdam, 2006, June 11
2006 Global Construction Summit, Keynote Speech, Upon the Ruins of Utopia, 2006, Apr. 25
Social organization
1. Head of Urban Real-estate Research Center in Urban Planning and Design Institute in Tsinghua University
2. General Secretary of Harvard-Tsinghua Advanced Training Program of International Real-estate leader
3. Editorial Board Member of “Urban Space Design” and “Sculpture”
PUBILICATIONS
Journal papers
1. Zhou, Rong (2003.105), Alternative Space, Architect
2. Zhou, Rong (2005.01), Two Types of Discourse from Architects: Decoding the Micro and Macro Architectural Discourse of Shi Zi Lin Club, Time + Architecture
3. Zhou, Rong (2006.03), An Easy Narrative in the Context of Anxiety: Ascertaining the Chinese Identity of Courtyards by the Canal, Time + Architecture
4. Dong Yugan, Zhou Rong (2006.04), A Dialogue on the Design of Clean Water Club, Domus (Chinese Version)
5. Zhou Rong, Zhu Pei (2006. 06), Confliction: Thinking about Contemporary Chinese City and Architecture, Domus (Chinese Version)
6. Zhou, Rong (2006, 02), Upon the Ruins of Utopia, Volume (Dutch)
7. Zhou, Rong (2007, 02), Stowaway from the Transcendent World to the Empirical World: a Critique on the Design of Hotel Kapok, Architect
8. Zhou, Rong (2008, 09), Leaving Utopian China, AD (Britain),Volume 78 Issue 5, Pages 36-39
9. Zhou, Rong (2008, 07), Poetic Programming: A Critique on the No.1 Research Center in Yongyou Software Park, Architectural Journal
10. Zhou, Rong (2008, 03), The Absence of the City from the Critical Architecture Movement, Domus (Chinese Version)
11. Zhou, Rong (2008, 10), A Chinese Prophecy on futuristic Architecture, Space (Korean)
12. Yong Ho Chang, Rong Zhou(2008, 04), A Dialogue on Chinese Contemporary Architecture and Art between Yong Ho Chang and Rong Zhou, Domus (Chinese Version)
13. Zhou, Rong (2009, 03), From the perspectives of survivors from time: A Retrospect of the 30 Years History of Chinese Architecture as viewed from the Songjiang Square Pagoda Garden, Time + Architecture
14. Zhou, Rong (2009, 05), A Critical Perspective on the Re-urbanization Process in China, Urban Space Design
15. Zhou, Rong (2010, 03), Ten Years and a Chinese Dream, Domus (Chinese Version)
16. Zhou, Rong (2010, 02), The Wind Chime of Arcosanti, Urban Space Design
