RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Urban planning and design
Housing and community studies
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York, UK, 1991
Bachelor in Architecture, Department of Architecture, Tianjin University, 1985
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Post-graduate research fellow, lecturer (04/1992-1994) School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Associated professor (1994-1999) School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Professor (1999 to present) School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Harvard University GSD funded Tsinghua-Harvard Research Project: Modern urban housing in China: 1840 to 2000. (1997-2000)
Ministry of Construction of PRC funded research project: “Conservation Planning Guidance for Small Town and Villages of Historic Importance”, 2007-2008
Ministry of Construction of PRC funded research project: “Conservation Planning Management for Small Towns and Villages of Historic Importance”, 2007-2008
2000, Conservation Planning for Nanlouguxiang and Guozijian key historic areas in the old
City of Beijing, commissioned by the Planning Commission of Beijing Municipal Government
2002-2004, Nanjing City-wall Environmental Enhancement and Landscape Planning and Design
2007, Urban Design Master Plan for the Extension of the Daming Lake and its Surrounding Areas in Jinan City
2007-2008, Heritage conservation plan for Sanfangqixiang area in Fuzhou
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate
Housing and community planning and design (90 students in autumn)
Graduate
Modern housing (50 students in autumn)
Urban redevelopment and conservation (40 students in autumn)
Urban sociology (20 students in spring)
Tsinghua-MIT joint Beijing Urban Design Studio (30 students in summer)
HONORS AND AWARDS
First Prize of Planning and Design for key Urban Sites, Construction Commission of Shandong Provincial Government (1998)
Design and Planning Excellence of Beijing Municipal Planning Commission (2001)
First Prize of Planning and Design for Key Urban Sites, Construction Commission of Shandong Provincial Government (2004)
Third Prize for Excellent Planning and Design, Ministry of Construction, P.R.China (2005)
First Prize of Excellent Planning and Design, Construction Commission of Shandong Provincial Government (2006)
Third Prize for Excellent Planning and Design, Jiangsu Provincial Government (2006)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Social organization
1999- , member of Experts Committee of Beijing Municipal Planning Commission
2000- , deputy director of the Urban Conservation Academic Committee, China Urban Planning Society
2001- , member of the Urban Design Academic Committee, China Urban Planning Society
2003- , planning consultant of Jinan Municipal Government
2003- , planning consultant of Chengde Municipal Government
2007-2008, Member of Scientific Committee for “World Congress of International Society of City and Region Planners (ISOCARP), 2008, Beijing”
2007- , Regional editor of Journal of Architects, UK
PUBILICATIONS
Journal papers
Conservation and Redevelopment:
1. "A Conservation Study on Guozijian Historic Area in Beijing", Norway,1996,"Renewal and Development in Housing Areas of Traditional Chinese and European Cities" international conference, proceedings
2. "Small Scale Redevelopment-an alternative approach to China's historic cities", Urban Planning, Beijing, 1996.04
3. "Community Based Small Scale Redevelopment for Historic Areas-a sustainable approach" Urban Planning Forum, Shanghai, 1999, 03
4. “The Regeneration of London’s Dockland”, Urban Planning, Beijing, 2000,02
5. “The Contradiction of the Current Conservation and Redevelopment in Beijing”, Urban Planning, Beijing, 2002, 02
6. “ Turn the Edge into a Centre” Architectural Journal, Beijing, 2004,11
7. “Eine kritische Betrachtung der Erhaltung und Sanierung der Stadt Peking”, in Totalstadt-Beijing Case, Verlag dwe Buchhandlung Walrther Konig,2006
8. “Preservation of Guozijian Area Today and Beyond”, in Beijing and Beijing, a critical dialogue, UNESCO social sustainability in historic cities project, Beijing Shiyi Printing Co., Ltd., 2007.5
9. “Guozijian”, Beijing Planning Reviewing, Beijing, 2007, 08, 147
10.“A Systematic Approach to Settlement Heritages and Cultural Landscape Conservation in China”, in Urban and Regional Planning, Vol.1, Shangwu Publishing House, Beijing, 2008, 7-23
11.“Conservation Legislation and Management in Britain”, in Beijing Planning Reviewing, Beijing, 2008, Vol. 5, 160-164
Urban planning and design theories
1. "A Theoretical Framework for China's Urban Developments", Globalization and its Impacts on Chinese and Swedish Societies, FRN, Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research, Report 2000'1, pp.206-230
2. “Modular Control over Beijing’s Ancient City Design”, World Architecture, Beijing, 2002, 02.
3. “From Heroic Urbanism to Daily Places”, Urban Planning, Beijing, 2003, 09
4. “Modular Control over the Imperial Gardens in Beijing’s West Suburbs”, World Architecture, Beijing, 2004,11
5. “Searching for New Typologies to Weave the City”, Urban Planning, Beijing, 2004, 12.
6. “Urban Design Methods for China’s Traditional Cultural Landscape Protection”, Ideal Space, Shanghai, 2006, 15
Housing:
1. "Neighborhood Economy and Urban Renewal in Beijing", Xi'an, 1995. "Renewal and Development in Housing Areas of Traditional Chinese and European Cities" international conference, proceedings
2. "Informal Construction in Beijing's Old Neighborhoods", in Cities (SSCI, ISSN 0264-2751), Oxford, UK, 1997, Vol. 14, No.2
3. "Housing Design in Communist China-1949-1987", Architectural Journal, Beijing, 1999, 06
4. "Private Housing Development in Quanzhou", in Urban Planning, Beijing, 2001, 02
5. "Housing Condition in the Post-industrial Britain", World Architecture, Beijing, 2000, 05
6. "A Weaving Strategy for China’s Residential Development", Times Architecture, Shanghai, 2006, 03
7. "The Future of China’s Urban Housing Development-learn from the history", in Community Design, Beijing, 2007, 05, 28-32
8. "A Review of Urban Housing standard in the West", World Architecture, 2008,2, 16-20
Selected conference proceedings
1. "Housing Quality, Social Economic Conditions in Nanlouguxiang Neighborhood", Guangzhou, 1996, CIDA funded Asia Urban Research Network "International Workshop on Inner City Development'
2. "Can the Centre be Livable for Local Communities", keynote speech on Edgecity2 international conference, Melbourne, April, 2001
3. "China’s Urbanism Since the Reform", International Conference on "Philip Paul Cret, Beaux Art and Modern Architecture in China", 3-5 Oct. 2003, University of Pennsylvania
4. Kenote speech, "Water front regneration-the case of out-city Qinhuai River bank areas", China-UK Urban Regeneration Forum, Beijing,11-12,01,2006
5. "Waterfront Remaking-three cases along the Out-city Qinhuai River bank areas", "25 years of the physical and social transformation in Chinese cities", International Conference, NUS, Singapore, March 8-10, 2007
6. "Out of the Whirlpool", Conservation of Ancient Capitals in Asia, Tokyo, December 3-4, 2006. Reprinted in Beijing Planning Reviewing, Beijing, 2007, 05, 145-48
Books
1. Co-author, Modern Urban Housing in China: 1840-2000, Prestel, 2001
2. Co-editor, Forty Years of Urban Planning and Development in France, She hui ke xue wen xian Publish House, Beijing, 2007
3. Chief Editor, Town and Village Community Planning and Design, China Agricultural Publish House, Beijing, 2007
4. Editor, City, Cultural Series: Chinese translation of contemporary thoughts on architecture and urbanism in the West, 2001, Huaxia Publishing House, Beijing. The series consist of three volumes: (1) K. Lynch, The Image of the City, (2) K. Lynch, Good City Form, (3) K. Harries, The Ethical Function of Architecture
5. Co-editor, Tsinghua-MIT 20Years of Students’ Work, Tsinghua University Press, 2009
