RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Urban Design
Architecture Criticism
EDUCATION
Ph.D in Urban Planning and Design, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 2001
Master in Urban Planning & Design, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 1997
Bachelor in Urban Planning, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, 1994
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (03/2001-present)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Theory and Method of Low-Carbon Urban Planning, 2009
Participant, National Science Foundation project
2. Nanjing Urban Development Strategy, 2007
Preside sub-theme
3. Beijing Old City Preservation Planning, 2007
Participant
4. Preservation and Renewal Planning and Design for Huazhi Area in Old City Beijing, 2006
Preside
5. Waterfront Feature Study in Baoshan District Shanghai, 2005
Preside
6. Planning and Design of the New Campus of Hebei Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, 2005
Co-preside
7. Historic Preservation Planning in Revising of Beijing Master Plan, 2004
Participate
8. Urban Development and Design Strategies of Weihai City, Shandong, 2003
Preside
9. Zoning for Shouchang District in Jiande Development Zone, Zhejiang, 2003
Co-preside
10. Changing Planning Modalities of Beijing's Master Plan, 2001
Cooperation with HKBU
11. Conceptual Urban Design Planning in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, 2002
Participate, won second prize of Excellent Planning and Design, by Ministry of Construction of PRC, 2003
12. Neighborhood Planning and Design of Renheng Residential Area, Yanjiao Development Zone, Hebei, 2002
Co-preside
COURSES TAUGHT
Bndergraduate
Urban Planning and Design (12 students in autumn)
Neighborhood Planning and housing design (10 students in autumn)
Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape Design (20 students in spring)
Graduate
Introduction on Urban Planning Theories
Architectural Criticism (90 students in spring (20 students in autumn)
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 08/08-01/09
Tutor, Tsinghua -MIT Joint Studio, 07/08-08/08
Tutor and coordinator, Danish-Chinese Joint Project: Sustainable Urban Development in China, 01/06-12/06
Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 07/01-09/01
HONORS AND AWARDS
Tutored work of Student won Excellent Work Award by China Urban Planning Education Committee (2008)
Danish-Chinese Project “Sustainable Urban Development in China” won Golden Lion Award in Venice Biennial (2006)
Funded by National Foundation for Academic Publication on Science and Technology, for publication of my book titled as Urban Design in a Social Approach (China Architecture and Building Press) (2006)
Second prize of Excellent Planning and Design, by Ministry of Construction of PRC, for Conceptual Urban Design Planning in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province (participate) (2003)
Third prize of excellent paper, by Urban Planning Society of China, for the paper Design Control System: Toward Comprehensive Urban Design (2002)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Conference
Coordinator for Sino-German Conference on Urban Sustainability: Green City Development Mechanisms, Tsinghua University-TU Berlin, Beijing, 2005-2006
Coordinator for IFOU 2006 Beijing International Conference: Modernization & Regionalism, Tsinghua University-TU Delft, Beijing, 2005-2006
Social organization
Director of Editorial Department, Journal of Urban and Regional Planning
Member of Expert Committee in National Urban Planner Register Center
Member of Urban Design Academic Committee, Urban Planning Society of China
National registered Urban Planner
PUBILICATIONS
Journal papers
1. Gu, Chaolin, Zongbo Tan, Wan Liu, et., Low-Carbon City Planning: Developmental direction of low carbon, Construction Science and Technology, no.15, 2009
2. Liu, Wan, Chinese villa, Journal of Urban and Regional Planning no.2, 2009
3. LIU, Wan, Methods of Urban Design Comprehensive Impact Evaluation, the Architect, no.114, 2005, pp.9-19.
4. LIU, Wan, The Fountain of Urban Design Theories and Thoughts V: Urban Design as a Sustainer of Ecological Environment & a Materialization of Futurological Vision, Urban Planning Overseas, no.4, 2005, pp.52-58
5. LIU, Wan, The Fountain of Urban Design Theories and Thoughts IV: Urban Design as An Experiment of Modern Technology, Urban Planning Overseas, no.2, 2005, pp.75-79
6. IU, Wan, The Fountain of Urban Design Theories and Thoughts III: Urban Design as An Inheritor of Urban Culture, Urban Planning Overseas, no.1, 2005, pp.43-48.
7. IU, Wan, The Fountain of Urban Design Theories and Thoughts II: Urban Design as An Expression of Commemorative Form, Urban Planning Overseas, no. 6, 2004, pp.40-46
8. IU, Wan, The Fountain of Urban Design Theories and Thoughts I: Urban Design as A Reflection of Social Order, Urban Planning Overseas, no.4, 2004, pp.40-45
9. LIU, Wan, Overall Strategic Program: A Comprehensive Guarantee for the Process of Urban Design Practice, Urban Planning Review, no.7, 2004, pp.59-63
10. LIU, Wan, Public participation in Urban Design, Architectural Journal, no.5, 2004, pp.10-13
11. LIU, Wan, Urban Design Theories and Thoughts: Past, Present And Future, World Architecture, no.3, 2004, pp.77-78
12. LIU, Wan, Design Control System: Toward Comprehensive Urban Design, Urban Planning Review, no.5, 2003, pp.19-25
13. LIU, Wan, Characters of Urban Design Practice, Architectural Journal, no.4, 2003, pp.16-20
14. LIU, Wan, The Relation Of Urban Design and Correlative Fields, Urban Planning Review no.3, 2003, pp.53-57
15. Liu, Wan, The Scopes and Factors of Urban Design, Urban Planning Forum no.1, 2001, pp.76-80
16. Liu, Wan, Integrative Impact Assessment: A New Approach to Improving Urban Design Practice, Architect no.100, 2002, pp.12-21
17. Liu, Wan, City Renewal through Urban Design Approach, World Architecture no.6, 2001, pp30-33
18. Liu, Wan, Roles and Objectives in Urban Design Practice, Urban Planning Overseas no.2, 2001, pp13-16
19. Liu, Wan, Evolution of Urban Design Concepts: A Critical Review, Urban Planning Review, no.12, 2000, pp16-22
20. Liu, Wan, Interview: Defects of Contemporary Construction in Chinese Cities, New Weekly, no.6, 2000, p21
21. Liu, Wan, A Method of Landscape Design in Community Planning: Environment Improvement in Changdao Housing Estate, Planners, no.2, 2000, pp49-53
22. 22．Liu, Wan, Inspiration and Architectural Originality, Journal of Northwest University of Architecture, no.4, 1999, pp29-34
23. Liu, Wan, Chinese Architectural Art and Traditional Culture, Chinese Culture, no.6, 1993, pp53-55
24. Liu, Wan, Architectural Culture of Historic City: Xi’an, Chinese Culture, no.6, 1993, pp62-64.
25. Translation
26. Liu, Wan, Translation of Bruno Stagno’s article: Architecture for A Latitude
27. Architectural Journal, no.1, 1999, pp10-12
28. Liu, Wan, Translation of Bruno Stagno’s article: Architecture of the 21st Century
29. UIA XX Congress proceedings, 1999, pp47-54
30. Republished in Architectural Journal, no.7, 1999, pp13-16
31. Liu, Wan, Translation of Kenneth Frampton’s article: Architectural Culture in the 21st Century: Prospects and Paradoxes, Keynote Speech in UIA XX Congress, 1999
32. Liu, Wan, Translation of Christine Auclair’s article: City Indicators: How Much Do Cities Earn and Spend?, Urban Age (Chinese Edition), Habitat: United Nations Centre for Human Settlement, Autumn, 1998, pp36-37
33. Liu, Wan, Translation of Cliff Hague’s article: The Road from Istanbul: The Challenge of Habitat II for Planners and Architects, Urban Planning Overseas, no.2, 1998, pp25-29.
34. Liu, Wan, Translation of Scott Campbell’s article: Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities? Urban Planning Overseas, no.4, 1997, pp17-27
Selected conference proceedings
1. ZHANG, Y., W. LIU, P. LIN, Thinking and Inspiration in Rural Planning Studio, CUPEC (China Urban Planning Education Committee) 2007 Conference, Aug. 2007
2. LIU, Wan, Urban Design Process: A Case Study of Wangfujing Pedestrian Precinct in Beijing, AESOP(The Association of European Schools of Planning) 2004 Congress Proceeding, Grenoble, France, July 2004
Books
1. Gu, Chaolin, et., Climate Change and Low0Carbon City Planning, Southeast University Press, 2009
2. LIU, Wan, Urban Development and Design Strategies: a case study of Weihai City,Beijing Science & Technology Press, 2007
3. LIU, Wan, Urban Design in a Social Approach: Theory, Practice and Evaluation, China Architecture and Building Press, 2006
4. LIU, Wan, Urban Design Principles in City Renewal, A part in “Housing for All: Old and Dilapidated Housing Renewal Of Chengdu”, edited by Chengdu Old and Dilapidated Housing Renewal Office & Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Sichuan People’s Publishing House, 2005, pp407-418
5. LIU, Wan, Ancient Architecture and Traditional Culture, Chapter10 in “Traditional Chinese Culture”, edited by Q. Z. ZHANG, Higher Education Press, 1994, pp223-242
Translation
1. LIU, Wan, one of the authors and translators of the book Youth Architects in China, Intellectual Property Publishing House, 2001
2. Liu, Wan, Translation of Chapter 4, 5, and 10, Urban Planning In China’s Transition to a Socialist Market Economy: Ideas from the United States and Japan, (electronic publication), Tsinghua University Press, 1998
