RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Urban design and urban conservation
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 09/1982-07/1987
Master in Engineering, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 09/1987-12/1989
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Assistant (12/1989-09/1993)
Lecturer (10/1993-09/1997)
Associate Professor (10/1997-present)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Beijing Shichahai Historical and Cultural Conservation Area Protecting Plan (2000)
Beijing Urban Spatial Development Strategy Study(2003)
Tianjin Urban Spatial Development Strategy Study(2005)
Beijing Old City Conservation Plan (2004-2005)
Shichahai Yan-dai-xie-jie, Preservation and Restoration Area Pilot Program (2003-2006)
Dashilan Historical and Cultural Conservation Areas Conservation, Renovation and Rehabilitation Plan (2004-2006)
Shichahai Historical and Cultural Conservation Areas Public Space Planning and Design (2005-2008)
The Responsible Architects’ System Study of the Historical and Cultural Conservation Areas in Beijing (2005)
Beijing 2049’ - Urban planning, Construction and Management Science Group Project (2004-2009)
Design works
The Urban Design Competition of the Centre District of Haikou(1992)
The Master Plan of the Yalong Bay National Resort District in Sanya (1992-1994)
Lujiang Road Urban Design Program in Xiamen(1994)
The Urban Design of the Sub-centre District of Chengdu (1996)
The Protection Plan of Historical and Cultural City of Guilin (1998)
The Conservation Plan of Shichahai Historical and Cultural Conservation Area in Beijing (2000)
Shichahai Yan-dai-xie-jie, Preservation and Restoration Area Pilot Program (2003-2006)
Dashilan Historical and Cultural Conservation Areas Conservation, Renovation and Rehabilitation Plan (2004-2006)
Shichahai " Humanities Olympics" Public Open Space Renovation and Rehabilitation Plan (2005-2008)
Nanluoguxiang Historical and Cultural Conservation Areas Streetcape Renovation and Planning (2008-2009)
Beijing Fujing Historic District Conservation Plan (2009-2010)
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate
Urban design
Comprehensive Training of thesis
HONORS AND AWARDS
Awards of Teaching
First Prize, Achievement of Education, Tsinghua University in 2009
Awards of Design Works
The Conservation and Restoration planning Program of Shichahai Yan-dai-xie-jie, First Prize of Beijing (2005)
The Conservation and Restoration planning Program of Dashilan Historical and Cultural Conservation Area, Third Prize of Beijing (2005)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Social organization
Member of the Urban Design Academic Committee of Urban Planning Society of China
Deputy Director the Urban Design and Urban Conservation Academic Committee of Beijing City Planning Institute
PUBILICATIONS
Journal papers
1. Zheng Guangzhong. Bian Lanchun, Yuan Mu. From the Perspective of Urban Design the Overall Environment Beijing Third Ring Road. City Planning Review, 1998.02:28
2. Bian Lanchun. Looking Back on Barcelona - City Public Art and Urban Creation of Beauty. Foreign Urban Planning Review, 2001.04:25
3. Fan Sibin, Bian Lanchun. Shichahai Yan-dai-xie-jie Courtyard Area’s Renovation and Renewal. Beijing Planning and Construction Review, 2002.02: 28
4. Bian Lanchun, Jing Zhongjie. Beijing Shichahai Yan-dai-xie-jie Protecting Practices. World Architecture Review, 2005.5
5. Bian Lanchun, Jing Zhongjie. The Exploration and Thinking of the Historic District of Shichahai Yan-dai-xie-jie Area. City Planning Review, 2005.09: 9
Selected conference proceedings
1. ZHU Zi-Xuan, Bian Lanchun. The Study of Beijing Old City Historic District’s Conservation---Take Shichahai case study. In the New Century - China-EU Seminar on the Development of Metropolitan. 2001.09:18
2. Zhao Xing, Bian Lanchun. Study on Renovation Models of Existing Residential Areas in Mega-city - the Case Study of Beijing. International Symposium of Spatial Expansion and Housing Sustainability in Asia Mega-cities 2009.11:23
Books
1. Bian Lanchun, Zhang Jiwen editor. Vanke's Advocate. Nanjing: Southeast University Press, 2004
2. Zhu Changlian editor, written by Bian Lanchun. Housing Design Principles --- the Outdoor Environment Design. Beijing: China Building Industry Press, 2008
3. Tsinghua University & Tsukuba University Cooperative Research. Beijing Si-He-Yuan Courtyard’s Research--- the Past, Present and the Future. 2007
