YEARBOOK 2018 - 2019 | XJTLU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

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2018-2019 

YEARBOOK 

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 

Department of Architecture

CONTENTS 

005 Introduction 

B 

B Eng Architecture 

Programme Introduction 

Level 00 Year 1 

013 

015 

ARC001 

ARC002 


019 

021 

023 

025 

027 

033 

047 

059 


075 

081 

083 

085 

087 

ARC107 

ARC110 

ARC103 

ARC104 

ARC108 

ARC101 

ARC105 

ARC102 

ARC203 

ARC206 

ARC201 

ARC202 

ARC205 

Introduction to Architecture and 

Visual Culture 

Architectural Representation and 

Communication 

History of Western Architecture 

Humanities in Architecture 

Introduction to Environmental 

Science 

Materials and Structure 

Construction and Materials 

Design Studio | Design Thinking and 

Articulation 

Design Studio | Small Space Design 

Design Studio | Small Scale 

Architectural Design 

History of Asian Architecture 

Urban Studies 

Environmental Design and 

Sustainability 

Structural Design 

Design Studio | Design and Building 

Typology 

099 


113 

115 

117 

119 

121 

135 

ARC301 

ARC303 

ARC306 

ARC308 

ARC305 

ARC304 

BB Eng Architectural Engineering 

Programme Introduction 

191 

193 

195 

P 

ARC204 

ARC111 

ARC112 

ARC207 

Practice Year 1 

Design Studio | Small Urban 

Buildings 

Architectural Technology 

Architectural Theory 

Professional Practice 

Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics 

Design Studio | Small and Medium 

Scale Buildings 

Design Studio | Final Year Project 

Integrated Design of Small Buildings 

Architectural Technology and 

Innovation 

Building Typology in Integrated 


Practice Introduction 

Master of Architectural Design 

M Programme Introduction 


205 

207 

209 

211 

213 

225 

237 


241 

243 

245 

247 

ARC409 Architectural Design and Research 

Methods 

ARC411 Practice Based Enquiry and 

Architectural Representation 

ARC408 Thesis 

ARC413/ARC410 Design Studio 3+4 

Practice Year 2 

283 RIBA PART 3 MEAP Access Course 

OOther Activities 

267 

269 

271 

273 

275 

ARC403 

ARC407 

ARC402 

ARC406 

ARC405 

ARC404 

ALA 

Applied Technology in Architecture 

Architectural Theory and Criticism 

Advanced Professional Practice 

Topics in Architectural History: 

Modern Architecture as a 

Transnational Discourse 

Design Studio 1 | Fluid City 

Shanghai’s waterfront reloaded 

Design Studio 2 | Sustainable Tower 

Networks 

Additional Learning Activities 

Chinese Architect Seminar and Talk Series 

Cardboard Shelters 

Freestyle Bridge Design Competition 

IDEERS Earthquake-Safe Design Competition 

MArch Des Field Trip to Singapore 

277 

279 

281 

283 

285 

287 

289 

291 

293 

295 

297 

299 

301 

303 

R Research 

307 

327 

347 

349 

351 

364 

Triangulated Shell Foam Structures Based on 

Robotic Hot-Wire-Cutting: A Design, Geometry 

Rationalisation and Fabrication Workflow 

Exhibition: Taipei FYP 

Workshop: Between Architecture and 

Landscape 

Workshop: BIM 

Workshop: Bamboo & Rattan Material 

Workshop with the Taiwanese artist Cheng 

Tsung Feng 

Workshop: Digital structural design and 

fabrication with Karamba3D 

Workshop: Interdisciplinary Workshop + 

Exhibition - Suzhou: 1 City/ 7 Identities 

Workshop: Architecture Visualization 

Workshop with FlyingArchitecture 

Workshop: Zuloark Workshop. Designing with 

recycled materials 

Waxing Lyrically 

Climathon 2018 

Hall of Lost Steps, Juan Heredia 

Student Prizes 

Architecture Across Boundaries 2019: 

International ConferenceBDP - Farrell Prize 

Research Performance for the Academic 

Year 2018/19 

PhD Candidates 

Students 

Academic Staff 

Alumni 

Academic Position Statement

005 

INTRODUCTION 

006 

2018-2019 YEARBOOK Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of Architecture 西交利物浦大学建筑系 

This yearbook is testimony to the students and 

academics in the undergraduate and postgraduate 

courses of the Architecture department at XJTLU. 

The undergraduate cohort clearly demonstrates a 

dynamic, analytical approach to architecture with 

a strong sense of social and cultural sensitivity that 

is clearly demonstrated in the diverse modules 

recorded within this publication. The postgraduate 

cohort explored in depth design challenges and 

explored the architectural design opportunities these 

offer with an incredible rigor and clear passion to 

architecture. 

XJTLU architecture students have demonstrated 

a remarkable drive and dynamic analytical 

approach that is clearly reflected in the students’ 

work captured in this yearbook that can only be a 

snapshot for the incredible work that our students 

and colleagues do. We decided to introduce a series 

of awards to reward these top achievements of our 

students from first year undergraduate studies up to 

the final year in the masters. 

The international Doshi workshop held by Rajeev 

Kathpalia in the summer 2019 was attended by 

bachelor and master students of XJTLU. Students 

provided dynamic and very diverse design 

solutions to the given design challenge of an urban 

intervention in Suzhou City. It is great to see the 

enthusiasm with which the students engaged in the 

vertical studio and produced remarkable proposals 

and a fantastic exhibition. In the following academic 

year, we will follow up with a workshop in India with 

Doshi and Rajeev in the Indian context in Hyderabad. 

The BEng Architecture Program is the powerhouse 

of our department, capturing the largest students’ 

cohort. The work is explorative, vibrant, holistic in 

its approach and is a clear testimony of the modules 

taught and demonstrates the skills and abilities of our 

students obtained at the department. 

The architecture department at XJTLU is the only 

one in China that offers RIBA part 1 +2 validated 

degree programs. In addition, we are offering RIBA 

part 3 preparatory courses. We further initiated 

the RIBA Chapter China that will be launched this 

summer. This clearly outlines our commitment to 

practice. 

Once again architectural academic staff received 

teaching awards’, and our staff and students won 

diverse national and international competitions once 

again this year. We are very proud to have such an 

active architectural educational environment that 

enables all of this. 

The department has held over 15 extra curricula 

workshops covering arts, crafts and technology, 

these workshops were filled with students and staff 

from the department as well as from the Design 

cluster. Further over 15 guest lectures were hosted 

by the department bringing the best national and 

international architects and academics to the 

department. 

The departments PhD students’ cohort is growing to 

currently 12 students that form a nucleus of a young 

vibrant research community that firmly positions 

itself in between east and west thinking. Our staff 

are actively engaged in fostering this research 

momentum through their own work as well as 

through interaction through a series of workshop, 

symposia and through participations in forums and 

conferences nationally as well as internationally. 

We further organized an international conference 

with over 100 participants and guests entitled 

‘Across boundaries’ that brought together practice, 

architectural accreditation boards as well as 

academics, turning the architecture department into 

the central hub for practice and academic discussions. 

This all would have not been possible without the 

incredible drive and commitment of our staff and 

students and support of the architectural practice 

community. The department formed the department 

advisory board from key architectural practices to 

act as a sound board for the future development of 

the department. 

Our international students’ numbers are rising 

across the undergraduate and postgraduate cohort, 

testimony of the architecture departments success 

and growing recognition within the architecture 

world. 

I would like to thank all the colleagues and students 

for their support they did an incredible amount 

of work. The Department has received incredible 

support from the University as well as the larger 

community and we look forward to the exciting next 

phase were we come closer together with Industrial 

Design Department as the new Architecture and 

Design Department. We look forward to push 

the boundaries of International education in this 

East-West context as well as the possibilities and 

opportunities for our graduates. Enabling them to 

become true leaders of the next generation to face 

challenges and engage with the great opportunities 

ahead. 

Prof Gisela Loehlein 

Head of Department of Architecture

007 

008 


B ENG 

ARCHITECTURE 

PROGRAMME 

INTRODUCTION 

The Bachelor of Architecture at XJTLU offers a unique perspective 

on the challenges faced by contemporary designers operating in 

a fast-changing world, from a major Chinese heritage centre in 

the Yangtze River Delta, one of the most dynamic megalopolis in 

the world. Being exposed to the impetuous urbanisation and to 

the architectural fervour of China through the lens of a mature 

and rigorously structured curriculum, students learn to develop 

a critical approach to architecture from, and in response to, 

complexity and contradictions. 

The programme is centred on progressively articulated design 

studios, where students are confronted with various scales of 

design, from small buildings to the urban dimension, and with the 

issue of sustainability in all its facets and implications. These are 

complemented each semester by lecture-based modules ranging 

from theory of architecture and philosophy of arts, to materials, 

construction and environmental design, from urban studies to 

professional practice. Unlike other programmes, history of Asian 

and western architecture are both integrated and equally important 

in the curriculum. 

A wide variety of methodologies and modes of learning and teaching 

are utilised, including lectures, individual tutorials, small-group 

seminars, hands-on workshops and public reviews with guest critics 

from the professional world and from other universities. Students 

are encouraged to experiment and test their ideas and to develop 

original design concepts. All activities benefit from our purposedesigned 

building in which each student has their own individual 

working space and free access to state-of-the-art facilities for 

printing, model making and digital design and fabrication. 

Multiculturalism is one of our strengths, and other than being 

taught by a remarkably international team, within the four years 

of duration of the programme, students can decide to study abroad 

for one to four semesters, through an exchange scheme or by 

completing their education at the University of Liverpool in the UK. 

English language is part of the education received by the students, 

while the international ones are offered Chinese language training, 

so that both are to be able to integrate effectively in an Englishspeaking 

institution operating within the Chinese context, and to 

expand their future opportunities. At the end of the programme, all 

graduates, are awarded both a Chinese and a UK degree validated by 

the Royal Institute of British Architects. Opportunities for further 

studies and professional careers in China and internationally are 

endless. 

Marco Cimillo 

Programme Director

009 

010 


Part of the 2018-19 UG Graduation Show 

Yuzheng Yao, receives the BDP-Farrell Award and the Departmental Award for the Final Year Project

011 

012 

LEVEL 00 


00 

Year 1 prepares students for the subsequent three years. Classes on 

English language for academic purposes are taught alongside modules 

on mathematics, Chinese culture and physical education. Year 1 also 

includes two modules that serve as an introduction to visual culture 

and architectural representation. 

● ARC001 Introduction to Architecture and Visual Culture 

(2.5 credits) 

● ARC002 Architectural Representation and Communication 

(5 credits) 


XJTLU ARCHITECTURE YEARBOOK 2018-2019

013 

014 

Alvioletta Geraldine Setiadjie 

ARC001 

Introduction to Architecture and 

Visual Culture 


Yongqi Zhan 

Jingshu Zhang 

Zhiqing Zeng 

Yansheng Li 

Level 0 

( Year 1 | Semester 1 ) 

Module Credits 

2.5 

Module Leader 

Martin Fischbach 

Teaching Team 

Rafael Carbonero 

Kwok On Philip Fung 

Christian Gaenshirt 

Teresa Hoskyns 

John Latto 

Victor Njo 

Sofia Quiroga Fernandez 

Li-An Tsien 

Jing Yang 

Yiwen Zhang 

Language Tutors 

Chengcheng Li 

Xiucai Lu 

Lihan Huang (T.A.) 

Wenfeng Xu (T.A.) 

Simeng Zhu (T.A.) 

Number of Students 

333 

Introduction to Architecture and Visual Culture is a general overview of 

various forms of expression in art, architecture, landscape and design. It 

provides a visual and cultural basis for the understanding, analysis and 

presentation of the relationships between space, structure, form and 

visual composition. Focusing on graphic and spatial thinking, this module 

aims to awaken the creative abilities of students, develop their latent 

aptitudes and encourage their curiosity for architecture by focusing on 

three particular aspects: understanding to see, understanding to do and 

understanding to communicate. 

This module combines theory and practice. The lectures present various 

forms of visual media and representation related to architecture, 

exemplary works from artists and architects, and basic information to 

experiment with different media. The seminars and the coursework 

give the opportunity to use different techniques: freehand sketching, 3D 

one-point perspective, 2D drawings (plan, elevation), drawing with light 

and/or colour rendering, materials, photomontage, photography, digital 

manipulation, collage, crafting and modelling. 

Each task brings the student a step closer in the methods and principles 

(both pragmatic and poetic) to visualise the spatial experience through 

two- and three-dimensional representational techniques. Basic 

architectural concepts are used through a gradual sequence of exercises, 

culminating in a three-dimensional proposal. A series of graphic and 

plastic experiments combine to form a structural entity, and lay the basis 

for the understanding, analysis and representation of architecture and 

visual culture. 

The theme of an enchanted garden was chosen. The theme allows 

students to think of architecture as a global and utopian transformation 

of the environment, both natural and built. The theme of the garden 

also connects to architecture (as a visual culture), landscape painting 

and landscape photography, eastern and western and allows students to 

learn different modes of visual representation related to architecture 

such as sketches, conical perspective and isometry. Furthermore, 

this theme makes connections between architecture and different 

visual media: sculpture, land art, outdoor installations. It introduces 

visual communication techniques such as collage, photomontage and 

folding. Finally, it addresses the question of the relationship between 

architecture and nature, not only at the scale of a garden but also at the 

scale of the city landscape. 

Level 00 – Year 1 

B Eng Architecture Programme

015 

016 

ARC002 

Architectural Representation and 

Communication 


Fanyu Gao 

Minjie Cai 

Xinying Wu 

Zhiqing Zeng 

Level 0 



5 

Module Leader 


Teaching Team 

Adam Brillhart 

Peta Carlin 

Kwok On Philip Fung 


Xuemei Li 

Rachael Ouyang 

Sofía Quiroga Fernández 

Aleksandra Raonic 

Lian Tsien 

David Vardy 

Glen Wash 

Yiwen Zhang 

Language Tutor 

Chengcheng Li 

Tiantian Dong (T.A.) 

Lihan Huang (T.A.) 

Simeng Zhu (T.A.) 


195 

Focusing on architectural representation and communication, this 

module aims to introduce to architectural thinking and visualisation 

through lecture and course-based work, including a series of activities, 

progressing through research, reading, observation, analysis, writing, 

conceptual and spatial thinking, drawing and modelling production. 

The module gives students the opportunity to use different techniques: 

freehand sketching and one-point perspective, drawing rendering with 

different techniques, photography, photomontage, digital manipulation 

and modelling. Students are trained to hone their skills through in-class 

and out-of-class practice by conducting group research and self-study. 

Basic architectural concepts are introduced through a gradual sequence 

of exercises. 

Architectural Representation and Communication aims to awaken 

the students’ creative abilities, develop latent aptitudes and introduce 

them to architectural language. By conducting research and producing 

analytical drawings and models about architecture, students become 

familiar with the basic representational language of architecture and 

with the basic communication skills used by architects including reading 

and generating orthographic projections, physical models and text-based 

descriptions about architecture. 

The themes chosen introduce fundamental aspects of architecture to 

the students. The first part of the module consists of thorough thematic 

research based on graphic and written documents of an existing building. 

Students are asked to observe, to describe and to analyze the existing 

building case study in order to learn basic notions of architecture. 

The second part is an introduction to architectural experience and 

perception simulation. The exercise allows students to create an 

architectural sequence, a path defined step by step. It is an opportunity 

to pass from topological intentions to two- and three-dimensional 

representations (scale 1/100). The third part of the module is an 

introduction to conceptual and metaphorical thinking in architecture and 

an exploration/experimentation with various architectural languages 

through orthographic drawings and models (scale 1/50). The fourth part 

is an introduction to tectonics in architecture and an opportunity to 

design and represent detailed components of a pavilion and to express 

the materiality of the pavilion at a larger size (scale 1/20). 



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018 

LEVEL 01 


01 XJTLU 

Year 2 provides the basis for the subsequent years of the programme. 

Students are introduced to the history and theory of architecture, 

building science, structure and construction as well as building 

technology, in parallel to modules on English language. Experimental 

studio modules introduce the presentation, modelling and design of 

architectural spaces and small buildings. 

● ARC101 Design Studio: Design Thinking and Articulation 

(5 credits) 

● ARC102 Design Studio: Small Scale Architectural Design 

(10 credits) 

● ARC103 Introduction to Environmental Science (5 credits) 

● ARC104 Structures and Materials (5 credits) 

● ARC105 Design Studio: Small Space Design (5 credits) 

● ARC107 History of Western Architecture (5 credits) 

● ARC108 Construction and Materials (2.5 credits) 

● ARC110 Humanities and Culture (2.5 credits) 

● EAP107 English Language and Study Skills III for the Built 

Environment (10 credits) 


ARCHITECTURE YEARBOOK 2018-2019

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ARC107 

History of Western Architecture 


Sketches of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park 

House, Robie House and Kaufmann House 

by Feiya Suo, Yanfei Wang, Xiaofeng Zhang, 

Ruixian Hu and Xingqiao Wang. 

Level 1 



5 

Module Leader 

Paolo Scrivano 

Teaching Team 


Junjie Xi 

Andrew McIntosh (LC) 


192 

Focusing on Western Architecture from ancient times to the 21st 

century, this module introduces students to the history of architecture 

and engages them in a critical reading of buildings and urban settings. 

Buildings, cityscapes, plans, and drawings are used to illustrate how 

architecture reflects the culture of specific geographical locations 

in diverse historical moments. In addition, architectural artifacts 

are analysed from different perspectives (social, cultural, economic, 

institutional, etc.) with the goal of helping students acquire skills in 

understanding the built environment and develop a critical attitude 

toward architectural projects of the past, the present and the future. 

The module is delivered mostly through lectures and readings but it 

also includes drawing and written exercises that initiate students to 

the analysis and interpretation of architectural exemplars. This aims 

to increase their familiarity with architectural history to foster future 

design thinking. A short research essay based on independent research 

is written by each student. In it each student discusses a specific building 

or urban setting. Some sessions are delivered by a Language Centre 

tutor who assists students with language and study skills. Students are 

also provided with online language and study skills support to help them 

engage with the module’s content. 



021 

022 

ARC110 

Humanities in Architecture 


Sample images of the work produced by students during the module. 

Level 1 



2.5 

Teaching Team 

Glen Wash Ivanovic (module leader) 

Jing Yang 


213 

Humanities in Architecture introduces students to architecture and 

the built environment as a broadly humanistic concern, and supports 

their future studio work by presenting them with theories and methods 

on the relationship between humans and place. It aims not only to give 

students more analytical approaches to architecture and design, but also 

to emphasize to them the relationship between architecture, people, and 

society. 

Through the application of theoretical approaches and tools of spatial 

analysis, students engage with real sites in the city of Suzhou. Through 

this field work they understanding architecture, urbanism, space, and 

the built environment as subjects crucially connected to the humanities 

and social sciences, including geography, sociology, anthropology and 

history. 

In 2019, students had three routes in Suzhou available for them to 

explore. Students had to undertake three different research projects in 

their selected route. In their first project, worked in groups of four to 

five students, later progressing to personal and individual exercises. Each 

project familiarises students with specific theories and methodologies 

that they had to apply in their chosen route. The result is the module 

report: a sort of log book which collects the student's work and their 

reflections on their Suzhou research. 



023 

024 

ARC103 

Introduction to Environmental 

Science 


Observed global temperature change 

and modeled responses to stylized 

anthropogenic emission and forcing pathways, 

Image source: 

IPCC 

special report: 

Global Warming of 1.5 oC 

Level 1 



5 

Module Leader 

Moon Keun Kim 

Teaching Team 

Thomas Wortmann 


185 

This module introduces undergraduate students to the principles of 

environmental science in buildings. It focuses on the quantitative 

aspect of building science. In it students learn the fundamentals of 

thermodynamics and building physics essential to the understanding of 

building energy performance and urban environmental impact. 

Students learn about: bioclimatic design; the fundamental principles of 

heat transfer mechanisms; the role of construction layers in domestic 

walls; window lighting and thermal performance; the impact of building 

fabric on energy consumption; urban microclimates; fundamental 

passive heating and cooling systems; fundamental thermodynamics; 

heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC); moisture condensation; 

thermal comfort; the psychrometric chart; domestic water; solar 

principles; fundamentals in lighting (day light and artificial lighting); and 

fundamental architectural acoustics. 

On completion of this module, students are able to specify and design 

a building facade and carry out relevant scientific approaches with 

numerical calculation and computer simulation to deliver high-quality 

thermal building energy performance. Students also understand how to 

specify and design recommended indoor thermal comfort levels. This 

module requires students to identify using low carbon building design 

strategies the energy load associated with space heating, cooling and 

ventilation in a building and the impact of building energy consumption 

on climate change and global warming. 



025 

026 

ARC104 

Materials and Structure 


Vew of cardboard structures exercise group final presentations 

Kexin Qian structural loading exercises 

Level 1 



5 

Module Leader 

Richard Hay 

Teaching Team 

Christiane M. Herr 

Sandro Rolla 

Guest Critics 

XJTLU Staff Adam Brillhart 

Yi Ping Dong 

David Vardy 


188 

ARC104 structures are integral to buildings. They contribute not only to 

functional aspects of buildings by supporting loads but also form spaces 

and thus help to create architectural qualities and program. This module 

provides students with an understanding of basic structural principles 

as well as basic types of structural systems and their relationships to 

common construction materials. The module introduces students to 

holistic design approaches that aim to integrate architectural intentions 

and structural considerations with a view to local construction contexts. 

This was approached primarily through case studies and applied 

exercises which led to defining the role and responsibility of the 

architect. 

This module introduced students to the roles of the architect and the 

structural engineer with a focus on key structural requirements relevant 

to architectural design at different stages of the process of architectural 

design and in the context of regional, cultural architectural typologies 

through case studies. 

Students designed and built experimental shelters to appreciate external 

envelopes, the relationship to structure and space within a series of 

guidelines, client interaction, feedback and final exhibition. The students 

also completed a series of analytical exercises in the examination of 

loadings on different architectural typologies through drawings and case 

studies. 

The module introduced and encourage inter-disciplinary learning and 

awareness as contemporary architectural practice involves and requires 

team working between architects and an understanding of engineering 

requirements. 



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028 

ARC108 

Construction and Materials 

DESIGN MODEL 

PROCESS SECTIONS VIEWS 

Wanting Shen, Yixing Xu, He Chen, Mengzhe Xue 


Level 1 



2.5 

Module Leader 

Richard Hay 

Teaching Team 

Li- An Tsien 

Xuemei Li 

Teaching Team 

Davide Lombardi (XJTLU Staff) 


188 

The ARC 108 module aims to introduce students to the fundamental 

principles and elements of construction and materials, as well raising 

awareness of the challenges of design intention and construction the use 

of different materials and their characteristics. 

Investigating and developing an understanding of the construction 

process and physical challenges in the building process the resulting 

details and performance requirements such as movement, environmental 

openings, waterproofing thermal resistance and building aesthetics. 

Case Study lectures introduced and explained the relationship between a 

concept, materiality and the process of configuring an assembly to create 

key elements of building to make architecture; principally walls, roofs 

and floors with a focus on facades composed of different materials and 

their key details. 

Lectures were paced such that quick 2d and 3d hand sketch drawings and 

annotation of key points were carried out by students including the cross 

section components of a wall, roof and floor and how are they connected 

when generated by different conceptual requirements. 

Students also participated in group learning process through case study 

of selected architectural projects in China, to produce an analysis of the 

selected project to create sectional details drawings and physical models 

at 1:10 and 1:20 scale “by hand”, with a focus on the case studies building 

façade. This created a dialogue on the making of things through analysis 

incorporating structure, stability, material representation and aesthetic 

outcome from concept and theory to the completion. Students also 

participated and completed a parallel exercise in the introduction and 

use of Rhino software. 



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030 

THE THIRD SPACE 

Atelier Li Xinggang 

AZL ARCHITECTS 

CIPEA NO 4 HOUSE 

Wanting Shen, Yixing Xu 

He Chen, Mengzhe Xue 

2018-2019 YEARBOOK Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of Architecture 西交利物浦大学建筑系

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032 

SUITCASE HOUSE 

Gary Chang 


PARTNERS SHANGHAI 

Thomas Heatherwick, Norman Foster 

NINGBO 

MUSEUM 

Wang Shu 

Amateur Architects Studio

033 

034 

ARC101 

Design Studio 

Design Thinking and Articulation 


Level 1 



5 

Module Leader 

Peta Carlin 

Teaching Team 

Peta Carlin 

(module & year coordinator) 


Jing Yang 

Junjie Xi 


Philip Fung 

Antonio Berton 

Dong Chen 

Jue Qiu 

Kevin Sun 

Kulthida Songkittipakdee 

Liang Xu 

Liwen Zhu 

Nicola Pagnano 


Victor Njo 

Xiani Wang 

Yiwen Zhang 


186 

Between Body and Building: Experiments in 

Architecture 

This first design studio in the undergraduate degree programme 

introduces students to fundamental relationships between body and 

building. Students are introduced to the richness of this analogy through a 

series of cumulative exercises which reveal a number of a key conceptual, 

theoretical and material foundations of architecture. Correlations 

are made between façade and mask; typology and character feature; 

a group of people coming together and the formation of an enclosure; 

and the demarcation of space and its significance in establishing a place 

considering a variety of situations and settings. Emphasising the researchled 

and human-centred nature of architectural design, concepts and 

representations of space are investigated through material studies. Twiceweekly 

studio tutorials are supported by a series of lectures and integrated 

workshops. 

At the outset, students form groups and are assigned a specific set of 

characters, with role-playing used to explore the relationship between 

individual users, as well as between designers and users. In the first 

exercise, students design an individual bodily adornment, followed by 

group-work in which an enclosure for three people is designed at 1:1 scale. 

This is presented at an architectural picnic staged in week two of the 

semester which includes a range of activities and forms of documentation. 

In the following two exercises, the students work individually between 

scales of 1:20 and 1:100, undertaking translations between models and 

drawings, exploring relationships between solid and void, and between 

activities and the spaces designed to accommodate them. The final 

exercise encourages the students to reinterpret the book as both an object 

and as a site of exhibition in itself. Carefully selecting examples of work 

produced during the course of the semester, including drawings, models, 

process-work and research, the compilation is accompanied by a brief text. 

The resultant design books produced by the students are conceptual and 

well-crafted. They present and illustrate narratives that are imaginative, 

analytical, and reflective in tone. 



035 

036 

CHARACTER | TYPE 

Ruqing LYU 



Christian LAU 


Reynard EUGENE 


Hongyi ZENG

037 

038 


ENCLOTHE | ENCLOSE 

EUGENE, Reynard et al

039 

040 

SOLID | VOID 

Reynard EUGENE 


SOLID | VOID 

Woosik JUNG 

SOLID | VOID 

Mengzhe XUE 

SOLID | VOID 

Hongyi ZEN

041 

042 

SPACE | TIME 

Yangxi LIU 


SPACE | TIME 

Zhixuan SONG

043 

044 

SPACE | TIME 

Quencheng WU 


SPACE | TIME 

Xinyuan YUE

045 

046 

BOOK | EXHIBITION 

Christian LAU 



Ruqing LYU 


Yuyin XIAO 


Xinyuan YUE

047 

048 

ARC105 

Design Studio 

Small Space Design 


Level 1 



5 

Module Leader 


Teaching Team 

Peta Carlin (year coordinator) 

Jing Yang 

Junjie Xi 


Philip Fung 

Yiping Dong 

Zayad Motlib 


Dong Chen 

John Latto 

Jue Qiu 

Kevin Sun 


Liang Xu 

Liwen Zhu 


Yiwen Zhang 

Guest Critics 

Ken Yeung (China Academy of Art) 


192 

Life and Death of a Measured House 

ARC105 Small-Scale Space Design is the second studio module in the 

undergraduate programme. It is run in the second half of semester 1 

for seven weeks. The course introduces students to non-linear design 

processes and ways of approaching design, which include making, 

reflection, and re-making. In the “Life and Death of a Measured House” 

installment of the module, students actively engage in a small-scale 

design project which negotiates between the physical house as a family 

dwelling space and the metaphysical house as a catalyst of emotion. 

The theme of measurement is developed from the background of the 

eight poems of Lu Ban, and taken as a clue to explore the possibility of 

architecture to frame but not limit. 

A full-scale string survey of a room inaugurates the design process. The 

survey facilitates a sensibility to human-scale and analytical awareness 

of space including both its measurable attributes and atmosphere. By 

drawing and making tools to produce and present design ideas, students 

actively engage in experimentation with form and articulation of 

building structure through a variety of media. A fixed point scenographic 

drawing extends creative processes from a conceptual centre through 

interior domestic dwelling space and into a painted landscape. The 

selected small-scale spaces, through their particular reflexivity, reveal 

how buildings themselves can meaningfully become a poetic kind of 

measurement of their context. 



049 

050 


LAKE VILLA 

Zeng Hongyi | 曾弘毅

051 

052 


MULTIPLE COURTYARD SPACE 

FOR WORKING TOGETHER 

Fu Houwei | 傅厚苇

053 

054 

RIVERSIDE HOUSE 

IN ROUELLES 

Lyu Mengjie | 吕孟洁 


055 

056 


CLIFF VILLA 

Cui Mingyuan | 崔铭苑

057 

058 


TAO HUA YUAN – IDEAL STATE 

Lu Xingyu | 陆星宇

059 

060 

ARC102 

Design Studio 

Small Scale Architectural Design 


Isometric Analysis, by student Ruqing Lyu 

View from northwest trail, by student Fan Gao 

Level 1 



10 

Module Leader 

Jiawen Han 

Teaching Team 

Jiawen Han (module coordinator) 

Peta Carlin (year coordinator) 




Jing Yang 

David Vardy 

Thomas Wortman 


Yiwen Zhang 

Jue Qiu 

Teo Nacher 

Dong Chen 

Kulthilda Songkittipakdee 

Nan Ye (flying tutor) 

Yuan Sun (flying tutor) 


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Rediscovery of Learning for the Elderly 

Suzhou's population has been rapidly ageing. The spaces and architecture 

that cater to the elderly should give them more self-confidence, social 

connections, and vitality. Such designs have been extremely inadequate in 

China. Learning plays an important role in active ageing; lifelong learning 

enables elderly people to maintain the quality of their lives by enhancing 

their self and bettering their physical health and social relationships. 

This design studio is primarily concerned with the ageing population, who 

prefer to spend most of their time in their own neighbourhoods. At the 

same time, students also reflect on how to improve engagement by the 

elderly with other age groups, especially with children. In other words, 

the studio creates, through learning, more social and generational links 

between people who would not otherwise connect with each other. 

Learning is a core feature of active ageing. Yet for the elderly living in 

in Suzhou and in China, participation in and engagement with learning 

activities is difficult. The studio design project aims to reflect and create 

optimal conditions for learning activities with small scale spaces that 

address the primary concerns of the elderly and also invite users of all 

ages to learn, exercise, play, and meditate. 



061 

062 


DUSHU LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER 

Gao Fan | 高梵

063 

064 


SHIERFANG 

Lyu Mengjie | 吕孟洁

065 

066 


LINEAR GATHERING 

Lyu Ruqing | 吕如清

067 

068 


ZIGZAG FLOWER HOUSE 

Zhang Wenyi | 张文易 

Yao Yiming | 姚艺铭

069 

070 

OLD STREET MEETS WITH NEW AGE 

Liu Xinyi | 刘心颐 


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072 


MUSIC FLOWS HOUSE 

Li Yujia | 李雨佳

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074 

LEVEL 02 



In Year 3 students pursue design projects in studio modules that require 

the integration of a more complex range of contextual parameters on 

the basis of a coherent design process. Students continue to learn about 

building technology and the history and theory of architecture and 

urban developments. 

● ARC201 Environmental Design and Sustainability (5 credits) 

● ARC202 Structural Design (5 credits) 

● ARC203 History of Asian Architecture (5 credits) 

● ARC204 Design Studio: Small Urban Buildings (10 credits) 

● ARC205 Design Studio: Design and Building Typology (10 credits) 

● ARC206 Urban Studies (5 credits) 



075 

076 

ARC203 

History of Asian Architecture 

DAY 1 - CAI'S FAMILY 

DAY 1 - CAI'S FAMILY 


DAY 2 - Quanzhou Kaiyuan Monastry 

DAY 3 - Bridge School 

DAY 4 - Peitian Village 

DAY 2 - Quanzhou West Street 

DAY 3 - Bridge School 

DAY 5 - Anzhen Castle 

Field Trip Fujian 2018 Oct. 27th ~ Nov.1st 

Level 2 



5 

Module Leader 

Yiping Dong 

Teaching Team 


Yaqin Zuo (TA) 

Study Trip Tutors 

Yiping Dong 


Zayad Motlib 

David Vardy 

Jing Yang 

Jose Angel Hidalgo Arellano 


79 

Architecture history is usually taught inside a lecture hall using 

general images and drawings of classical buildings, such that the 

actual size and relationship to surroundings of ancient structures can 

not be experienced. The ARC203 study trip offers students a unique 

opportunity to observe traditional buildings with their own eyes and to 

be immersed in the otherwise omitted details unique to distinct cultural 

perspectives of architecture. 

The main themes introduced in the course, including ancient urban 

planning, vernacular architecture, heritage conservation, and religious 

architecture were explored in various regions in Fujian, China during 

the study trip. Through lectures, observation, investigation, and on site 

tutorials, students gained a deeper understanding of the structure and 

materials used in construction and the historical background of ancient 

architecture. 

The two historic cities visited in the region, Quanzhou and Fuzhou, 

feature rich urban planning and timber structure heritage from the 

Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Various religious buildings in different 

dynasties demonstrate the Western cultural influence which set Chinese 

Architecture History in a broader Asian context. During the study trip, 

students also visited various historical villages in Fujian, which include 

the famous Fujian Tulou and other castles. The sketches and notes made 

on site by the students are the main content of this coursework poster 

exhibition. 

It is our hope that this teaching method will encourage students to think 

about relationships between Modern and Tradition in both the Chinese 

urban and rural context. 



077 

078 


079 

080 


081 

082 

ARC206 

Urban Studies 


Notes 

by Ni Shuyu 

Level 2 



5 

Module Leader 

Juan Carlos Dall’ Asta 

Teaching Team 

Jose Angel Hidalgo Arellano 

Guest lectures 

Christian Ganshirt 

Sandro Rolla 

Glen Wash 


77 

Layered City: Toward a Sustainable City 

The module provides students a basic understanding of Urban Design 

including some of the key debates, terms, writings, ideas and spatial and 

social qualities about urban formation. We address some theories and 

practical examples of city development - including global case studies - 

to indicate how urban planning and architectural decisions can be better 

informed. The module should help students understand the city as a 

dynamic, social system. 

It is a module that intends to stimulate students' creative engagement 

with their surroundings as well their ability to assess, appraise and 

critique various urban and cultural phenomena. Students will be 

encouraged to read a variety of journals, books and academic papers. 

They must be ready to think, formulate their opinions, and argue for 

their ideas. 



083 

084 

Chenjia Ren, 

Study on residential typologies. 

ARC201 

Environmental Design and 

Sustainability 


Benjamin Jenness, 

Daylight Design. 

Level 2 



5 

Module Leader 

Marco Cimillo 

Teaching Assistant 

Xi Chen 


71 

We spend up to 90% of our time indoors and as a consequence our 

comfort, health, productivity and well-being are heavily affected 

by the environmental conditions inside buildings. At the same time, 

buildings are major consumers of energy and natural resources and 

are responsible for greenhouse gases emissions. The way buildings 

are designed and built is therefore key to sustainable development, 

especially in a fast urbanising country like contemporary China. 

Since two thirds of the final energy performance of a building depends 

on basic architectural decisions, such as building form, orientation and 

percentage of glass, awareness and competence in these issues is an 

essential part of the skill set of a contemporary designer. 

ARC201 addresses environmental quality, energy efficiency and 

sustainability in architecture. In addition to human comfort and energy 

efficiency in buildings, the topics cover in ARC201 are a general 

introduction to environmental and climatic issues and how they affect 

and are affected by the built environment. 

Students learn theories and methods to understand, design and assess 

daylighting, natural ventilation, passive heating and cooling, as well as to 

develop strategies for building services and integrated renewable energy 

production. Sustainability is also studied from a wider perspective, 

considering the entire life cycle of buildings and international methods 

of assessment. 



085 

086 

ARC202 

Structural Design 


Design review with David Sommer at schlaich bergermann partner Shanghai. Photograph by Christiane M. Herr. 

Structural Layout for a high rise building in Shanghai. Drawing by Renjia Chen. 

Level 2 



5 

Module Leader 


Teaching Team 

Davide Lombardi 


72 

In the context of architectural designing, structural design describes 

the conception and articulation of building structures that integrate 

architectural qualities with structural requirements. This module 

provides students with an understanding of different types of 

structural systems and their potential to support and enhance given 

architectural intentions, considering engineering values of efficiency 

and utility alongside architectural values concerning human experience 

and spatial quality. In this module, structural design is approached 

primarily through intuitive visual as well as digital means, focusing 

on the integration of structural and programmatic patterns, scales and 

proportions in structural layouts. Lectures are accompanied by applied 

structural design exercises and advanced digital design tutorials. In the 

first half of the module, students work in teams to produce structural 

design proposals for pedestrian bridges, which integrate architectural 

with structural design concerns. In the second half, students develop 

structural concepts for high rise buildings as well as high rise façade 

sections. As part of this module, students participate in a bridge design 

competition that requires students to design, build and test bridge models 

for their structural performance. The module also includes field trips, 

construction site visits and guest lectures / reviews by internal and 

external engineers and architects. This year the module was taught in 

collaboration with sbp (schlaich bergermann partner) Shanghai, with 

Associate Director David Sommer contributing lectures as well as 

detailed design reviews in the sbp Shanghai office. 



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088 

ARC205 

Design Studio 

Design and Building Typology 


Conceptual drawing, 

by REN Chenjia, 

Dec 2018. 

Ecological Manifesto 

by Yan Chut Hang Bryan Jonatan Fong Choy, 

Dec 2018. 

Level 2 



10 

Module Leader 


Teaching Team 

Jiawen Han 


Sandro Rolla 

Li-An Tsien 

Igea Troiani 

Teo Hidalgo Nacher 

Rafael Carbonero 

Sustainable Design Support 

Marco Cimillo 



77 

Re-thinking Harmonious Living 

In no other cultural tradition has a concept of Harmony in Nature played 

a more important role than in that of China. 

Since ancient times real and imagined creatures of the sea and the earth 

– pixiu dragons, serpents, chimeras - were given special attributes and 

were portrayed on ritual objects and in art. 

The mountains, as depicted in the Chinese traditional landscape 

paintings were envisioned with sacred power as manifestations of 

nature’s vital energy – qi ( 气 ). They not only attracted the rain clouds 

that watered the farmer’s crops, they also concealed medicinal herbs, 

magical fruits, and alchemical minerals that held the promise of 

longevity. 

Mountains pierced by caves and grottoes were seen as gateways to other 

realms - Cave heavens (dongtian) leading to Daoist paradises where aging 

stops and inhabitants live in an eternal Harmony with Nature. 

Grounded on China’s captivating cultural traditions and legacies that 

have for centuries brought forward green values, this briefs invites 

students to take their own stance towards the burning environmental 

issues and to envision New Models for Harmonious Living for a future 

greener China. 

Following typological explorations for ecological living, the task is to 

design a housing project with 50 apartments for a site in Suzhou. 



089 

090 

LIFE TIDE 

Ren Chenjia | 任晨嘉 


091 

092 

DEMATERIALIZING BOARDERS - 

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN MONKS & SUZHOUNESE 

Yan Chut Hang Bryan Jonatan Fong Choy 


093 

094 

MUTUALISM 

Liu Ziyu | 刘梓钰 


095 

096 


BRACING FREEDOM, HEALING OURSELVES 

-- Framing new green perception in the modern society 

自愈 , 自由 , 自在 

PRISON APARTMENT 

Song Lu | 宋鹿

097 

098 

THE GARDEN OF 

FORKING PATHS 

Xue Qi | 薛骐 


099 

100 

ARC204 

Design Studio 

Small Urban Buildings 


Final Review, Student Chenjia Ren, May 23, 2019. Photograph by Yuan Sun 

Level 2 



10 

Module Leader 

Zayad Motlib 

Teaching Team 

Gisela Loehlein 

Sandro Rolla 

Marco Cimillo 

Kihong Ku 

Guest Critics 

Jessica Ellen 


JC 


81 

Suzhou Museum of Science and Technology 

Over recent years, museums of all kinds have faced complex challenges 

as they adapt to evolving technological and cultural transformations 

of the twenty first century. With exhibitions becoming more socially 

engaging, the boundaries between museums and the real world are 

gradually blurring. The recent explosion of technological innovations 

has further expanded the way ideas and information are generated, 

exchanged, and accessed. This change has initiated a paradigm shift 

in the way we think about museums and their role in modern society. 

Museums today are becoming more versatile as they respond to the 

diverse interests of the public. 

Suzhou's Museum of Science of Technology will be uniquely positioned 

to celebrate the new cultural and technological transformation. It will be 

a place where people go to experience wonder, surprise, technological 

engagement, and the joy of discovery. The museum departs from 

the traditional notion of a museum as a mere a sequence of empty 

spaces, and instead develops into a social hub that fosters education, 

technological awareness, and future innovations. In this museum, people 

can meet like-minded people, hold debates, organize public lectures and 

social events on a regular basis. Positioned between Tiger Hill and the 

ancient city of Suzhou, it aspires to become an emblem of technology 

and innovation; a beating heart of a living culture, easily accessible to 

all people and of true value to society as it bridges the city past with its 

future. 



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102 

NEVERLAND MUSEUM 

Chenjia Ren | 任晨嘉 


103 

104 

WEAVING MUSEUM 

Lin Yuanyuan | 林园园 


105 

106 

SUZHOUMUSEUM OFSCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY 

ShaoZiyi | 邵紫怡 


107 

108 


MUSEUM OF BOATS 

Cheng Runhao | 程润昊

109 

110 

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND MATERIALS FOR 

URBAN REGENERATION (SPRING WALTZ) 

Zhang Haoning | 张昊宁 


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112 

LEVEL 03 



In their final year, students demonstrate an understanding of the 

complexity of architectural design processes from initial concepts to 

the design of buildings, taking into account human needs and desires 

as well as structural, material and environmental considerations. 

Modules on digital design and building technology, theory, aesthetics, 

and professional practice are designed to support the studio tasks. In 

Year 4 students have the opportunity to select their studio projects 

from a series of parallel briefs. 

● ARC301 Architectural Technology (5 credits) 

● ARC303 Architectural Theory (5 credits) 

● ARC304 Design Studio: Final Year Project (10 credits) 

● ARC305 Design Studio: Small and Medium Scale Buildings 

(10 credits) 

● ARC306 Professional Practice (5 credits) 

● ARC308 Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics (5 credits) 



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ARC301 

Architectural Technology 


Data-driven shape exploration 

Yang Di, Wenya Xue, Xiaoyang Zhou, Huang Yu, Zixuan Zhang 

Structural exploded axonometric 

Hongmeng Wang 

Level 3 



5 

Module Leader 


Teaching Team 

David Vardy 

Zayad Motlib 


75 

History demonstrates that every advance in architectural design is 

strictly related to advances in the field of technology. From Egyptian 

to contemporary architecture the main goal has always been the one 

of increasing the building’ performance, be it an aesthetic, energetic or 

structural one, through the combination of new materials and shapes, 

which consequently push the boundaries of Architecture. 

Performance has been determined and evaluated during the last 

centuries using analogue models to simulate forms as well as physical 

behaviours, and through drawings, to prefigure the outcome of the whole 

building, and likewise the small parts of it. 

Since digital tools have been introduced to the discipline of Architecture, 

the focus has progressively shifted from manual or digital drawing to 

digital simulation. New theoretical approaches have established a logic 

and have been introduced in the design stage changing the classical 

design paradigm, based on the addition of elements, in favour of a new 

strategy premised upon the inter-articulation of different components. 

This workflow, called computational design, enables designers to 

increase the level of complexity of their research implementing the 

idea of technological performance and retrieving new data to improve 

their proposals. Within this frame, architectural technology and 

computational design are joined to explore new solutions and processes 

through a holistic approach. The aim of the module is to provide an 

overview of the potential of technology and computational strategies as 

means to transform dreams in consistent proposals. 



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ARC303 

Architectural Theory 


Presentation of the Yingzao Fashi at the Venice Biennale 

photo Christian Gänshirt 2014 

Level 3 



5 

Module Leader 

Christian Gänshirt 

Jiawen Han 

Teaching Team 

Igea Troiani 

José Ángel Hidago Arellano 

Patrick Hubbuck (Language Center) 


76 

Architectural Theory is a module that critically reflects on written 

discourses in and about architecture. Some even consider it 

the discipline that constitutes architecture, claiming "there is no 

architecture without theory" (Patrick Schumacher). A series of lectures, 

accompanied by weekly readings, and alternating between Chinese and 

European points of view, introduce the students to the main concepts 

of architectural theory. Their aim is to provide the students with a 

framework for the understanding of on-going discourses in the field. The 

lectures address historical debates, such as the role and development of 

theory in architecture since Vitruvius, Li Jie, and Alberti; the question 

of style, the historical foundations of modernity, and then move on to 

areas like criticism of high modernism, the rise of postmodern and poststructural 

theory, critical regionalism and architectural criticism, as well 

as to contemporary discourses, and the mutual influence of Asian and 

Western concepts of architecture. 

Further areas of dialogue and debate respond to interest articulated by 

students and/or faculty members. Four different research seminars 

accompanied the lectures, of which each student chose one: 

1. What is Modern Space in Suzhou? (Jiawen Han) 

2. Architectural Labour and Urban development in a Neoliberal Age (Igea 

Troiani) 

3. Deepening the Concept of Atmosphere (José Ángel Hidago Arellano) 

4. Three Design Attitudes: Social, Parametric, Research-based (Christian 

Gänshirt) 

In those seminars, the main task for the students was to conduct 

their own research within the given thematic framework, present 

and discuss their individual research in one of the seminar sessions, 

and eventually write and submit an essay on their chosen topic. To 

enhance their research and academic writing skills, the students get 

in-class instructions, individual tutorials, as well as lectures, tutorials 

and continuous support from the language center. A final written exam 

stimulates the students to rethink what they have learned throughout the 

course. 



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ARC306 

Professional Practice 


Construction site at XJTLU campus, 2019. 

Photograph by Sofia Quiroga. 

Student’s presentation slides. 

Level 3 



5 

Module Leader 

Sofia Quiroga 

Teaching Team 

Sandro Rolla 

Guest Critics 

Jiawen Han 

Kulthida Songkittpakdee 

Tao Wang 

Theo Hidalgo Nacher 

Darcy Chang 

Eva Garcia Pascual 

Liang Xu 

Jialy Hu 

Sihuan Jin 


74 

ARC306 Professional Practice module takes place in the second semester 

of the final year of the BEng in Architecture at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool 

University (XJTLU). Following XJTLU and the RIBA regulations, 

Professional Practice makes links with architectural practices, design 

institutes and industry as a way of engaging students with 'real-world' 

perspectives and practice opportunities in the field of architecture. The 

course will provide background knowledge of diverse forms of practice 

for students getting ready for internships and placements during the 

vacation period and in their practical training 'year out'. The course 

consist of lectures, seminars and guest speaker events from Chinese 

and Western practicing architects and specialist consultants from the 

construction field in China. 

Students will develop their work by participating in seminars and 

present their work for public discussion in seminars and reviews. 

A site visit to a construction site offered an additional opportunity for 

reflection particularly on health and safety issues. 



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ARC308 

Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics 


Stills from the ARC308 ‘essay film’ entitled ‘I like Red’ by Yang Di, 

Mingxun Ma, Danyang Wu. 

Stills from the ARC308 ‘essay film’ entitled ‘Rethinking 

Village: From Aesthetics to Philosophy’ by Fanyun Chen, Dan 

Xinrui, Natasha Christy. 

Level 3 



5 

Module Leader 

Igea Troiani 

Teaching Team 

Igea Troiani 

Tordis Berstrand 


Jiawen Han 

Patrick Hubbuck (EAP) 

Guest Workshop 

Jade He 


74 

This architectural theory module acquaints students with key aesthetic 

concepts in art and design practice from different periods up to the 

present. Through an ambitious series of lectures, it introduces students 

to diverse discourses on aesthetics from thinkers and practitioners from 

the East and the West that has influenced and that continue to influence 

fine arts and architecture to develop their aesthetic judgement. Students 

study how philosophy, art and architecture mutually influence each 

other and demonstrate their understanding of various aesthetic concepts 

in the making of a group ‘essay film’ and an individually written essay. 

The ‘essay film’ coursework made in this module, and tied to the Final 

Year Project studio work, is new and builds upon the module leader’s 

research. The ‘essay film’ considers film to be a form of theoretical 

architectural writing that incorporates audio, visual, spatial and 

corporeal experience. It allows an open cultural exchange that can blend 

and include many different voices and races to decolonize the formerly 

Western tradition of essay writing. 

Many student groups incorporated video footage from the field trip 

into their ‘essay film’. The field trip took ARC308 students and staff to 

Shanghai to visit Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition at the Fosun Foundation; 

‘Proregress’ – the 12th Shanghai Biennale at the Power Station of Art; 

Filipe Pantone’s ‘Distance, Vitesse, Temps, Formule’ at the Magda Danyzs 

Gallery; and the 1933 Shanghai Slaughterhouse. 

Students are supported in ARC308 by seminar discussions and 

workshops that enhance their independent library research skills, note 

taking, filmmaking (scripting and editing) practice, essay writing and 

graphic design communication. As a consequence, students produced an 

impressively high quality of work in this module in 2019 that showed 

their critical engagement with the philosophies of art and aesthetics. 



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122 

ARC305 

Design Studio 

Small and Medium Scale Buildings 


Level 3 



10 

Module Leader 

Glen Wash Ivanovic 

Teaching Team 

Glen Wash Ivanovic 

Sofía Quiroga 


José Á. Hidalgo 

Richard Hay 

Paco Mejias Villatoro 

Technology Tutors 

Zayad Motlib 

Moon Kim 


74 

Mending the Block: 

Exploring New Units for Shanghai 

Blocks are one of the most essential elements of any built environment. 

Surrounded by streets, their morphology, sizes and characteristics play 

a fundamental role in defining the relationship between ratios of inside 

and outside, open and closed space, public and private, new and old, close 

and far. 

In China, however, blocks seem to be subordinated to a more unique and 

somehow rigorous form of urban organization: the gated communities. 

Initially understood and planned as the communist urban equivalent 

of the Chinese traditional courtyard house, gated communities are 

groups of blocks designed and implemented in order to create a sense 

of larger, neighborhood community with their own yards, security and 

sharing spaces. Yet, their scale, layout and top-down implementation 

seems to have created the opposite, and their sense of neighborhood and 

community are far lower than those found in more traditional Chinese 

ways of planning like the ones seen in Beijing's Hutong or Suzhou’s old 

town. 

In Shanghai, we see large portions of city blocks being demolished and 

replace by new gated communities. Can we find a different way in which 

to think some of Shanghai’s blocks? Can we propose buildings that, in 

their inner logic and interaction with buildings around them generate 

new alternatives for urban interlacing? Through six different briefs, this 

studio explores new possible dynamics between the block and buildings 

in Shanghai’s Jing'an District. 



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124 


COMMUNICATIVE CITY 

- URBAN LIVING SPACE 

Wang Hongmeng | 王鸿蒙

125 

126 


HIGH WALS AND FLOATING BOXES 

Yao Yuzheng | 姚羽筝

127 

128 


CITY CHIMNEY 

Cui Qichen | 崔琦琛

129 

130 

TRANSLUCENT 

HOUSE 

Ma Mingxun | 马铭勋 


131 

132 

LAYERING THE BLOCK 

Zhou Yili | 周依黎 


133 

134 


CITY WANDERER 

Chen Menghan | 陈梦晗

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136 

Degree show opening, 

July 2019, Department of Architecture, XJTLU. 

Photograph by José Ángel Hidalgo. 

ARC304 

Design Studio 

Final Year Project 


Level 3 

( Year 4 | Semester 1 and 2 ) 


10 

Module Leader 

José Ángel Hidalgo Arellano 

Teaching Team 


Juan Carlos Dall’Asta 

Yiping Dong 

Philip Fung 

Richard Hay 


Paco Mejías 


Li-An Tsien 

Claudia Westermann 

Marco Cimillo 

Zayad Motlib 


Guest Critics 

Feng Ding 

(Shanghai Ruan Yisan Heritage 

Funding) 

Eva García Pascual 

(Aura Shanghai) 

Plácido González 

(Tongji University, Shanghai) 

Kenan Liu 

(Atelier XUK, Shanghai) 


75 

The Final Year Project Studio is the last studio module in the course 

of the BEng in Architecture at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 

(XJTLU). 

The framework of the FYP Studio module is set to ensure a diversity 

of approaches to Architectural Design, allowing for parallel briefs, and 

briefs defined to a greater extent by the students themselves. 

In year 2018-2019, the academic staff of the Department of Architecture 

offer seven briefs that are to be read as initiations, guiding students to 

discover questions on the edge of current discourse in Architectural 

Design, and to develop contextually responsive architectural 

propositions that integrate social, cultural, technical, and environmental 

knowledge at an advanced level in their resolution. 

The seven briefs written for this year’s final year studio respond in 

various ways to the challenges that Architecture is confronted with 

in China and beyond. They open a conversation on Architecture that 

is to be reframed and redefined by the students in the course of their 

research and design process. They require students to design buildings 

that respond to specific urban and socio-cultural conditions. They 

require students to pay focused attention to social values and the 

centricity of human needs and desires. 

On the basis of their proposal and in connection to a coherent 

design process, students need to demonstrate their understanding 

of architecture as informed by inter-dependent cultural, historical, 

technological and contextual issues. This studio module actively 

encourages students to embrace a culture of risk and experimentation, 

and at the same time requires them to fully resolve their projects in 

response to human, technical and environmental needs. 



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BRIEF A 

Marketplace in Taipei 


‘As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the 

past, for a future which is essentially unknown.’ 

Norman Foster 

‘Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship 

with life. I do not think of it primarily as either a message or symbol, 

but as an envelope and background for life which goes on in and around 

it, a sensitive container for the rhythm of footsteps on the floor, for the 

concentration of work, for the silence of sleep.’ 

Peter Zumthor 

Architecture is shaped by patterns of DAILY LIFE. If we wish to 

understand the city, one place we may visit is the MARKET. It is a hybrid 

mixture of CULTURE AND PEOPLE of the city. 

Before the shopping mall or the supermarket were invented, the 

Market serves not only as a place for the exchange of goods, but also as 

a communal space for people. Internet enabled modes of consumption 

and mega air-conditioned malls do not replace the market; not only their 

affordable price of goods, but also the variety of choice available and life 

knowledge exchange. 

Taipei is famous for its night market and street life. It is a walkable 

city because the topography of Taipei is in generally flat and the city 

is organised in multiple centres. The Market plays an important role 

activating the street life of Taipei. 

The site for the project is an existing historical building surrounded 

by local markets. Students have redesigned the building as a NEW 

MARKETPLACE with the addition of a new COMMUNITY CENTER 

above it. 

TEACHING TEAM 

Philip Fung 

INTERACTIVE MARKET IN TAIPEI 

Zhao Zihao | 赵子豪

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140 


INTERACTIVE MARKET IN TAIPEI 

Zhao Zihao | 赵子豪

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URBAN ROOFSCAPE 

Mu Congyu | 穆聪雨 


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BRIEF B 

Open Architecture 


Architecture cannot be, nowadays, considered without understanding the 

intricate relationship between local context and global development. Global 

civilisation and local culture are now inextricably linked in sometimes symbiotic, 

sometimes diverging ways. They could be surmised as two, dynamically linked, 

permanently emerging and intertwined, faces of our discipline - Architecture. 

In this context we wish to interrogate the meaning of openness in architecture: 

What does Open Architecture look like in the ambit of a multi-cultural 

international China? 

How does a multi-millenary culture cope with the need to co-exist with and 

advertise to, and perhaps even, ingratiate itself with other cultures? 

What is the link between public space and civil society in an evolving China? 

Can China in its current embodiment successfully provide both the stability and 

the cultural openness it requires to effectively interact with foreign countries in a 

spirit of mutual respect? 

What bold vision can we propose for the future of China? 

Through rapid changes brought to the field in both scale, speed, and efficiency 

of development, Architecture has evolved into a multi-faceted discipline: one 

tackling an increasing number of specialties and collaborations, and involved 

in more and more complex endeavours... while taking the current state of the 

field into consideration, Students are asked to design a building that is also an 

architectural testimony to artistic, cultural, environmental, or socio-cultural 

values, relevant to the Brief’s above questions. 

Reflecting on the challenges brought by China’s rise on the global stage 

may allow architecture students to re-think the transformative potential of 

architecture and to clarify the evolving relationship between local culture 

and the global society, through designing a socio-cultural space, or a mix of 

commercial and residential spaces, dealing with the concept of openness or 

confinement. The terms Openness and Confinement can be interpreted in any 

sense deemed interesting by the student participating in this FYP brief, while 

chosen and developed in close coordination with their tutor, provided that they 

can convincingly argue that their approach is meaningful and justified. 

Open Architecture can therefore refer to either spatial, historical, technological, 

cultural, or physical openness or confinement, in any relevant manner, but in 

any case it requires to refer to the relationship between China and the Globalised 

world. 

TEACHING TEAM 

Li-An Tsien 

CO-CONSTRUCTED ART CITY 

Xinning Yu | 郁歆宁

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COMMUNICATIVE CITY 

- URBAN LIVING SPACE 

Wang Hongmeng | 王鸿蒙 


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BRIEF C 

Re-conceptualising Ritual Space in Southern 

Sichuan: Strategies for Eco-Tourism 


Southern Sichuan is a bio-diverse, rural area with pockets of 

development, looking to develop its tourist industry whilst preserving 

its heritage. The area has a culture of ritual characterised by riverside 

teahouses which exist alongside traces of ancient Buddhist tradition. 

Sichuan is the acknowledged heartland of Buddhist stone carving 

tradition during the mid-late Tang dynasty. There are many Buddhist 

temples and relics, however much of the relics are in relatively poor 

condition and the heritage is in danger of being lost or hidden behind 

city development. Sichuan also has a strong industrial heritage being an 

exporter of clay, iron ore, tea, salt, liquor and sugar on a large scale since 

the Han Dynasty. 

We will study the town of Rongxian in the Zigong district of Sichuan 

which has abundant tourism resources that could be employed to give a 

strong momentum of economic development for the tourism industry. 

The tourist industry is relatively underdeveloped in comparison to the 

Buddhist heritage sites of Leshan and Dazu which exist to the east and 

west. Could the area be developed without destroying its inherent local 

characteristics, ecology and heritage value? 

The brief is to develop a tourist centre based around the ancient 

stone carvings and the tea drinking culture and Buddhist rituals. 

Students understood and researched forms of slow or eco-tourism and 

demonstrated how these can be implemented whilst preserving the 

heritage, ecology and culture of an area. Students created a strategy 

for eco-tourism that includes physical spaces and proposed activities. 

The strategy will encourage people to visit the area and bring economic 

benefits to local people whilst preserving ancient monuments and 

protecting the heritage and bio-diversity. 

TEACHING TEAM 


CLIFF TEMPLE STAY: 

RITUALISTIC SPACE IN BETWEEN 

DIVINITY AND SECULARITY 

Dai Yiqing | 戴怡青

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CLIFF TEMPLE STAY: 

RITUALISTIC SPACE IN BETWEEN 

DIVINITY AND SECULARITY 

Dai Yiqing | 戴怡青 


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BRIEF D 

A House for Madam X 


Suggesting that there are contemporary and experimental writing 

practices in China that we could learn from, and that could potentially 

be translated into new methodologies for the design of architecture, 

the brief sets the novel “Five Spice Street” by Can Xue as a point of 

departure. Considered as one of “the most experimental writers in the 

world,” (MIT, n.d.) Can Xue’s work has set pathways for both reflecting 

on and writing about Chinese society, and for critiquing, through her way 

of writing, dominant forms of representation. 

The novel revolves around its main character Madam X, or rather, it 

revolves around the incapacity to define who or what Madam X is. 

There are many stories about Madam X. Most likely she is a person, but 

maybe she is not. She is the site of endless suspicion, but also of love 

and admiration. She is reported to be the weirdest person on the street, 

accused of what no one dares to speak about, and betrayed until she is 

honoured as a visionary who "represents a society of the future," and 

she is elected representative of the street. Shortly after this, her house 

collapses, and whether or not it is symbolic of the collapse of the society 

and the times that created the story of Madam X, it is an opportunity 

for a new house - one that houses the "society of the future.” This is the 

rebirth of the future. 

“A House for Madam X” sets the task for an architectural project that 

will shelter the life of a community. For a site in Shanghai on the banks 

of Suzhou River, students will develop new methodologies to explore the 

possibilities of architecture as a stage from which social communication 

can emerge in its most poetic forms. 

TEACHING TEAM 




WUNDERKAMMER 

Cui Qichen | 崔琦琛

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WUNDERKAMMER 

Cui Qichen | 崔琦琛 


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H198 

He Yuxin | 何昱欣

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RHAPSODY OF GLITCHES 

Li Qianru | 李倩茹

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FRAMING THE ABSURDITY 

Zhou Yili | 周依黎 


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A DREAM OF THE SUZHOU RIVER 

Ye Chenwei | 叶宸维 


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BRIEF E 

Re-thinking life-work environments. 

A home-work pocket neighbourhood in 

Shantang District, Suzhou 


In this FYP module, students will design a pocket neighbourhood for 

a home-work community in Shantang district. Through this topic it 

is proposed that students will have a simultaneous attention to social 

necessities, urban context, and building typologies, undertaking the 

challenge of placing contemporary architecture within a traditional 

context. 

The idea of a quality work environment is related to the beginning of 

mass industrialisation in the early Twentieth Century. Firstly related to 

an employees protection from any risks inherent in a job, the concept 

evolved through the 1970s to include emotional values and human needs 

and aspirations, and is nowadays progressing still under the umbrella 

term Quality of Work Life (QWL). This increasing interest is not only 

due to the societies demands for higher standards of living conditions— 

in a wider understanding of life that includes home and work—but 

also the fact that companies recognise the benefits of a more flexible 

way of working that results in better workers performance and higher 

productivity. 

The Future of Work Institute reports that some traditional ways of 

working are no longer valid, as the landscape of work has been redefined 

by, mainly, four factors: advanced technologies, new societal values, 

changing demographics, and rapid globalisation. New technologies 

make today easier than ever to collaborate across distance with ever 

more common multidisciplinary approaches, diluting the traditional 

hierarchies in a frequently net-based work process. 

The reformulation of the urban context must be accompanied by a 

reconfiguration of the home and workspace as a compound. The home 

space has been affected by a deep transformation in family models that 

have been incompletely assumed through a consequential transformation 

of the domestic space. Single-parent families, multi-generational homes, 

multi-family people, and co-owned or co-rented homes, are only some 

examples of the way in which the contemporary world has changed 

and the necessity of accomplishing this transformation through new 

architectural typologies. The workspace has also been subject to major 

change—from new working tools to new working processes and ways to 

be display—and it is urgently suggesting a reconsideration of the working 

typology. The situation becomes highly interesting if we think about how 

these two transformations could come together through the invention of 

this home-work typology for the Twenty-first Century. 

Last, but not least important, working in China we must be at alltimes 

conscious of the dilemma between old and new that is affecting 

architectural thinking and practice. The intensity of Chinese history 

and tradition has been reflected in the high character of China’s historic 

architecture, without a clear statement about how contemporary 

architecture has to deal with it. Historic replicas and simulacra are 

common in contemporary Chinese architecture as a clear sign of the 

lack of this statement. Commercially very efficient, this illegitimate 

and disrespectful response to tradition must be culturally beaten 

reinforcing the discussion about how to confront tradition in Schools 

of Architecture. Literate architects with a clear understanding of 

the necessity of offering a contemporary and deferential response to 

tradition are the way to educate society. We must be equally proud of our 

historic tradition and our contemporary condition. 

TEACHING TEAM 

Paco Mejías Villatoro

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URBAN NERVOUS SYSTEM 

VER.SHANTANG 

城市神经系统 - 山塘版本 

Di Yang | 狄扬 


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MOVABLE ECOLOGICAL 

NEIGHBORHOOD 

Ma Mingxun | 马铭勋 


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MAGIC INTERFACE 

Ze Mingxu | 则铭暄 


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STEPPING FROM THE WATER 

Zhang Zixuan | 张子璇 


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BRIEF F 

Resilience in the Countryside / 

Critical Regeneration of the Old to Create 

the New 


Since ancient times, the terms “urban” and “rural” have constituted both 

opposite and complementary categories. This kind of phenomenon is a 

global one, affecting different countries and regions around the world. 

The tide of urbanisation has impacted the basic foundation of traditional 

culture, typical rural settlements and their cultural landscapes: it has 

caused the historical and geographic characteristics of those landscapes 

to rapidly degenerate or even disappear. Those countries and regions 

have to provide specific responses to address the various challenges; 

in the case of China, it takes the form of a national strategy for rural 

vitalisation. 

In the last several decades, China has experienced a massive shift from 

the rural and village to the urban. But what of the future? It’s the time to 

explore the countryside and rethink about the built environment in rural 

context. The rural landscape in China is being reimagined as a place of 

leisure and of historical and cultural truth and at the same time it is also 

a place of poverty and exploitation. Villages in China today constitute a 

dynamic and evolving field, involving multiple stakeholders and from 

many disciplines. Approaches mostly stem from the “rural revitalization 

strategy,” proposed in the 19th CPC National Congress and included in 

the revised version of the constitution of the CPC as one of the critical 

measurements that can improve the economic development of China. As 

a result, intensive attention and policies have been introduced into some 

pilot villages. 

The brief invites students to engage in the challenges of the built 

environment in such a rural context. This studio focuses on Resilience 

in the Countryside / Critical Regenerating the Old to Create the New 

in Jukou County in Fujian Province. It is an opportunity to establish a 

methodology from a “Revitalization” point of view of an existing rural 

village community and the studio invites students to explore, imagine 

and create new uses of buildings through research workshops and 

analysis. Students have collaborated to analyse existing rural villages 

through engagement with the village community and in Jukou County 

in Fujian Province which is a National ecological county. The site(s) are 

diversified and offer a rich cultural heritage and built environment. 

At the same time the students have built an understanding of the 

constraints and challenges surrounding the question of “Regenerating 

the Old to Create the New” through the envisioning of programmatic 

intervention, fabric and spatial organisation criticality, and with a view 

to a new usage and identification of end users, linked to the land and 

hence also the population. 

TEACHING TEAM 

Yiping Dong 

Richard Hay

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RESILIENCE IN JIULONG VILLAGE 

Chen Fanyun | 陈凡云

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JOURNEY IN STREAM 

Natasha Christy

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BRIEF G 

Fashion Hub: 

Regenerating Yangpu’s Waterfront 

DIVING INTO NATURE 

Yao Yuzheng | 姚羽筝 


An increasing awareness of heritage (particularly architectural heritage), 

an open debate about production and creativity, and a necessary vital 

urban regeneration are three of the most important and recurrent topics 

that frame current architectural and urban reflection in China. 

The incredible development of urban settlements has often produced 

a shapeless continuous stain that has destroyed amazing architectural 

pieces and natural rural landscapes that had been created by a centuriesold 

anthropization. We also find an alarming lack of a cultural nucleus. 

This situation can be also extended to industrial heritage and urban 

landscapes. 

On the other hand, China is currently developing an ambitious plan 

regarding creative initiatives. Being aware of its enormous potential as a 

producer country, the Chinese government wants to promote activities 

related to creativity and take them to their highest level. In this context, 

this brief considers that the culture of fashion offers an interesting 

field of exploration. Shanghai is in the process of becoming a fashion 

reference centre. New brands are appearing and a renewed interest 

arises to recuperate the Chinese tradition and update it, creating new 

trends. 

The present brief wants to link all the previous questions, reflecting 

about urban regeneration, working in an interesting industrial settlement 

in Shanghai and proposing a programme related to fashion creation and 

production. Yangpu’s Waterfront offers a great location to reflect about 

urban regeneration as this area is currently being developed as a new 

trendy part of Shanghai. 

The present brief proposes the design of a Fashion Hub consisting 

of a School of Fashion, a Museum of Chinese Fashion and Couture 

and a Residence and Hostel for students, academics and visitors. 

By undertaking this, students will tackle three key priorities in 

Contemporary China: regeneration of urban areas, transformation of 

waterfronts, and development of creative activities. 

TEACHING TEAM 


José Ángel Hidalgo Arellano

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DIVING INTO NATURE 

Yao Yuzheng | 姚羽筝 


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FOREVER INSTANT 

Shang Yixiu | 尚奕秀

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MOVABLE FASHION HUB 

Shui Shumin | 水淑敏

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GARMENT FOR ARCHITECTURE 

Li Linmei | 李林镁 


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B ENG 

ARCHITECTURAL 

ENGINEERING 

PROGRAMME 

INTRODUCTION 

The Bachelor of Architectural Engineering is a programme run by 

the Department of Civil Engineering at XJTLU. It provides students 

opportunities to specialise in aspects of engineering centred on 

buildings and is professionally accredited by the JBM (Joint Board 

of Moderators), a UK based civil engineering accreditation body. 

The Department of Architecture contributes four modules to the 

Architectural Engineering programme, of which one is shared 

with Architecture (ARC110), and three are designed and offered 

exclusively for the programme: ARC112 Architectural Technology 

and Innovation, ARC111 Integrated Design of Small Buildings, and 

ARC207 Building Technology in Integrated Architectural Design. 

The modules are designed to introduce students of civil engineering 

to cross-disciplinary skills of teamworking, conceptual design 

thinking, cross-disciplinary collaborative exchange and innovating, 

and a broad skillset ranging from using various types of drawing 

to visualise and discuss ideas to historical background knowledge 

about the history of engineering and architecture. Two of the 

modules are studio modules, where students learn in applied ways, 

often collaborating with architecture students to design buildings. 

Jian Li Hao 

Programme Director (Civil Engieenering) 


Programme Coordinator (Architecture) 

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ARC 111 Integrated Design of Small Buildings (5 credits) 

ARC 112 Architectural Technology and Innovation (5 credits) 

ARC 207 Building Typology in Integrated Architectural Design (5 

credits)

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ARC111 

Integrated Design of 

Small Buildings 


Structural Design Cross-Disciplinary Studio Project - Final Review. 

Photograph by Christiane M. Herr. 

Level 1 



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Module Leader 

Iasef Rian 


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The module is provided for the BEng Architectural Engineering 

Programme (offered by the Department of Civil Engineering). 

It is a technically-oriented studio module, geared to students from 

an engineering background, that invites students to develop high 

quality buildings through carefully integrating a variety of factors, 

including aesthetic and technical aspects. A high level of integration of 

architectural and engineering concerns from the very beginning of the 

design process is essential in this context. The studio module addresses 

collaboration between architects and engineers already early on in the 

design process, to establish a holistic and cross-disciplinary perspective 

on architecture and engineering. Principles and practice of design are 

integrated with principles and practice of technology and construction, 

with particular attention given to the unifying overall framework of an 

architectural design concept. Students are offered a first opportunity 

for conceptual design thinking and cross-disciplinary collaboration 

to establish core competencies for bridging the fields of architecture 

and engineering. The module provides a series of theoretical lectures 

on techniques of conceptual structural design as well as on typical 

materials employed in architectural structures, including concrete, 

steel, masonry, timber and glass. As main task in the module, students 

develop a technically focused design proposal for a given brief and 

a given architectural design concept, in informal cross-disciplinary 

collaboration with volunteering architecture students of the same year. 

Guest reviewers are drawn from both the Department of Architecture 

as well as the Department of Civil Engineering. 

B Eng Architectural Engineering Programme

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ARC112 

Architectural Technology and 

Innovation 


Measuring the Central Pavilion of the Suzhou Museum. Photograph by Christiane M. Herr. 

Field trip to the Suzhou Museum. 

Level 1 



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Module Leader 

Xuemei Li 

Teaching Team 



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The module is provided for the BEng Architectural Engineering 

Programme (offered by the Department of Civil Engineering) and 

provides students with a broad understanding of architectural design, 

its history and theory. The module further prepares students for 

the following studio modules, also provided by the Department of 

Architecture. The design and construction of high quality buildings 

involves a holistic and cross-disciplinary perspective on architecture 

and engineering. This module provides students with a broad background 

of the history and theory of technology as drivers of innovative 

design in architecture and civil engineering, with a particular focus on 

intersections between the two fields. Students are introduced to the 

principles and practice of building design technology and construction 

procedures within the overall framework of an architectural design 

concept. Moreover, students are offered an overview of modes of 

collaboration and innovation between the fields of architecture and 

engineering. The module employs both theoretical lectures and applied 

modes of learning to prepare students for subsequent technically 

oriented architectural design projects. To this end, a series of short 

exercises integrating architectural and engineering components 

are conducted. Students develop the ability to analyse, understand 

and creatively employ skills of research, problem solving and 

communication, with a particular focus on using drawing as a catalyst 

of interdisciplinary exchanges. Students are introduced to a variety of 

buildings at different scales, which students research thoroughly in the 

form of detailed case studies. A variety of guest lectures and field trips is 

offered to engage students in learning. 


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Building Typology in Integrated 



Constructional exploration 

of Façade detail 

Level 2 



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Module Leader 



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Students are introduced to architectural designing through a typological 

approach, in which building types are researched, analyzed in detail 

and further varied and developed. The module starts from a typological 

exploration, considering at first conceptual, programmatic as well 

as spatial aspects of architecture. Typological exploration is further 

extended to analysis and exploration of construction types. As the 

module progresses, students are gradually introduced to consideration of 

a broader set of architectural and engineering requirements. 

The module emphasizes the close integration of a variety of structural 

and construction aspects through an overarching architectural design 

idea and aims to enable students to develop and maintain architectural 

qualities in the creative resolution of challenges and constraints. To 

this end, a significant part of the module consists of cross-disciplinary 

collaboration between students of Architectural Engineering and 

students of Architecture. 


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PRACTICE 



After completing their BEng studies, our graduates now are qualified 

to work as RIBA part 1 Architectural Assistants, usually earning 

reasonable salaries. We recommend that students complete one year in 

practice before starting a Master’s degree. This year is not a gap year, 

as it counts towards the two years of practice experience required to 

become a fully qualified architect in the UK. For many students the 

first year in practice is a transformative experience, the first step into 

doing real architecture. 

We recommend our graduate students to work in a renowned, small 

or medium sized architectural practice (which are usually much more 

educative than the larger firms). Students who complete a practice 

year are well prepared to profit more from their studies when they 

join our Master’s programme the following year. For many Master’s 

programmes overseas one year of practice is a mandatory entry 

requirement. 

You may choose to work for longer than one year to save money or to 

gain additional experience. Other options include taking time out to 

work in the wider construction industry, work overseas, volunteer or 

travel. 

Practice 


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MASTER OF 

ARCHITECTURAL 

DESIGN 

PROGRAMME 

INTRODUCTION 

The Master of Architectural Design (MArchDes) is a 2-year, full 

time, professional postgraduate programme, delivering the learning 

outcomes as defined by the General Criteria and the Graduate 

Attributes to qualify for RIBA Part 2. It prepares students for two 

main purposes: to work as fully qualified professional architects; 

and as independent researchers, enabling them to undertake 

further post-graduate studies. Upon successful completion, an 

international Master of Architectural Design degree is awarded 

from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. 

The programme was awarded unconditional RIBA Part 2 validation 

and to date remains the only RIBA validated Masters programme 

at a mainland Chinese university. The programme is also registered 

with and recognised by the Chinese Ministry of Education 

(MoE). With its third cohort graduating in 2019, the programme is 

steadily growing in numbers and gaining recognition both locally 

and internationally. A one-semester student exchange with the 

University of Liverpool was established starting from 2018. 

The programme provides a rich alternative to post-graduate 

provision in architecture within China, building both on its 

international academic staff and extensive facilities. The Design 

Building at XJTLU offers various workshop facilities and a rich 

variety of digital equipment, featuring in particular a large number 

of 3D printers. All students are provided with computers and 

individual studio workspaces. 

A wide selection of workshops and events are available for MArch 

Des students, including dedicated field trips and events, such as 

a field trip to Singapore focusing on sustainable construction 

technology and international workshops organised in collaboration 

with the architectural design studio of Doshi, Pritzker Prize winner 

in 2018. 

The Masters programme reflects the unique geographical situation 

of our university, which is located in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, 

China. Being part of the metropolitan area of the Yangtze River 

delta, we continue to search for innovative ways of balancing 

the conditions of a globalised economy against the constraints of 

individual, local, and regional realities. The Department’s special 

location stimulates students, as well as faculty members, to critically 

review the ideas and habits, values and ideologies that shape our 

professional identities. Embracing diversity as a key value, and 

developing a dynamic and supportive studio culture is crucial for 

us. The education we offer has three main concerns: state-of-theart 

technical skills and knowledge; ample design practice; and a 

humanities-based education that assists students in navigating 

between eastern and western cultures in the development of their 

creative and critical thinking skills. 

Classes are delivered by predominantly international educators 

and are conducted exclusively in English. The design studio is 

central to the Department’s teaching practices, and encourages

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critical enquiry in the form of analysis, reflection and speculation. 

Learning-by-doing and learning-by-thinking lie at the core of the 

curriculum with 50% of the teaching and learning time devoted 

to architectural design studios. As students advance through their 

studies, the increase in complexity of tasks is accompanied by 

greater choice in studio briefs. In the Final Thesis Project of Year 

2, students develop individual studio briefs, aligned with their 

research interests. 

The programme offers a progression pathway for architecture 

graduates from the Department’s BEngArch programme, within 

the same educational framework, and a closely-related approach to 

pedagogy, which consolidates and builds upon previous learning. 

It also attracts graduates from other architecture schools in China, 

and from overseas. From a more global perspective, the programme 

offers graduate students from the United Kingdom, as well as other 

English-speaking countries with similar architectural qualification 

systems, a unique opportunity to learn about contemporary China 

with language and cultural barriers largely mitigated. 


Programme Director 2018-2019

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The first year of the Master's programme focuses on design and 

practice, with the second on design and research. A special feature of 

our programme is a strong stream of modules in the humanities, with 

an emphasis on theory, history, and research. This continues the basic 

structure of our undergraduate programme, which is crucial in fostering 

cross-cultural awareness and understanding. Over the five years of 

architectural education, students assume increasing levels of individual 

choice and responsibility, culminating in the last year of the Master's 

programme. Here they choose their individual design studio tutors and 

together with them develop their own research and project briefs. 

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Year 1 (Semester 1) 

ARC403 Applied Technology in Architecture (5 credits) 

ARC405 Design Studio I (10 credits) 

ARC407 Architectural Theory and Criticism (5 credits) 



ARC402 Advanced Professional Practice (5 credits) 

ARC404 Design Studio II (10 credits) 

ARC406 Topics in Architectural History (5 credits) 


M Arch Des 


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ARC403 

Applied Technology in Architecture 


Wind flow analysis of a geometric variation of the Philips Pavilion by Menghan Lu. 

Level 4 



5 

Module Leader 

Thomas Fischer 

Teaching Team 

Thomas Wortman 


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Applied Technology in Architecture introduces students to the mutuallychallenging 

relationship between architecture and applied technology, 

which has characterised architecture and construction throughout 

history. The module examines and explores case studies of architectural 

impetus on technological innovation, as well as case studies of advanced 

technology applications in the design, representation, evaluation, project 

management, construction and operation of architectural projects. The 

module is taught in a variety of teaching modes, including lectures, 

seminars, workshops and group tutorials. In this academic year, the 

theme of Applied Technology in Architecture focused on the Philips 

Pavilion designed by Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis for the Philips 

Company at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. The module investigated 

the integration of architectural and technological concerns in the 

schematic design of contemporary variations of the Philips Pavilion, 

and considered issues including digital representation, 3D modelling, 

geometric rationalisation, materials, material costing, construction, 

rapid prototyping, environmental simulation (occupant comfort with 

regards to wind flow and daylighting), as well as Python scripting. The 

module developed students’ technical skills in particular with regards to 

Rhino3D, Grasshopper and the building physics simulation tools DIVA 

and Autodesk Flow. 


M Arch Des Programme

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ARC407 

Architectural Theory and Criticism 


Suzhou Picturesque, 2017. 

Photographed by Tordis Berstrand. 

Level 4 



5 

Module Leader 


Contributors 

Yiping Dong 


Yaqin Zuo 

Stewart Nield (LC) 


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(12 ARC students, 

2 UoL exchange students, 

9 UPD students) 

The module introduces students to central themes in architectural 

theory and criticism informed by current debates within and beyond 

the discipline. Framed as challenges confronting contemporary society 

on a global scale, these are issues that call upon architects to respond 

and act. This is not simply an appeal to build and make, but rather 

an invitation to think, again, about the critical potential of built and 

imagined environments. 

With an eye to the global context of XJTLU, the module pursues the 

intersection of architectural thinking and practice as a space where 

new ideas can be critically examined and discussed. Students read 

key texts and practice theory through in-class exercises, weekly 

coursework submissions, and a final essay. The ability to articulate 

an informed theoretical argument and stand up for one’s position is 

rehearsed and practised as an integral part of the architect’s task. 

This year, the module focused on the notion of place – a term at the 

heart of architectural debates in our time. What is a place? How to 

design places? Have we lost our sense of place? In response to such 

questions, students reflected on the local Suzhou garden as a particular 

kind of place – gradually re-imagined, re-written, re-placed – a source 

of continued thinking on conditions for living in the city and beyond. 



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ARC402 

Advanced Professional Practice 


Level 4 



5 

Module Leader 


Guest Visitors and Speakers 

Ben Derbyshire (RIBA President) 

Paco Mejias 

Florence Vannoorbeeck 

Xu Liang (CONCOM Studio) 

Yunpeng Liu (CMO XJTLU) 

Nan Ye (XJTLU) 


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This year Advanced Professional Practice continued to use research 

led teaching methods to investigate the meanings of the professional 

architect in China and throughout the world. The students focused on 

individual research projects to explore how aspects of the curriculum 

can be applied to international firms, private firms or Local Design 

Institutes. We worked particularly closely with Peter Marshall, Director 

of BDP Shanghai who participated in lectures and seminars and who 

give students a real life example of the challenges and opportunities 

practitioners face in contemporary China. We also visited the BDP office 

where students made interviews to explore their individual research 

projects. 

Students made a construction site visit where they had the chance to 

visit the building site of the new School of Film and Television Arts 

(SOFTA) under construction on the south campus. 

As well as practice visits the course was taught through a combination 

of weekly lectures, visiting lectures, and seminars. For the seminars 

students were required to do weekly readings on the different aspects 

of professional practice in China and actively engage in seminar 

discussions to develop a critical approach to their coursework. Students 

examined the diverse roles of the architectural professional for example, 

the social, public, and ethical responsibilities of the architect and how 

these may change in different countries. The course introduced students 

to a framework of moral codes, good practice, building practices, 

construction management, contracts, costing and procurement models. 

For the coursework students were required to undertake detailed 

research into an architectural offices practicing in an international 

context to examine the responsibilities and challenges the architectural 

professional faces. The research led teaching techniques involved 

students visiting architectural offices and sites to do original research, 

including interviewing architects to develop case studies on diverse 

forms of practice. We have a Teaching Development Fund from the 

University that supported the extra activities of the module. 

Special Thanks to 

Peter Marshall (BDP Shanghai) 



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ARC406 

Topics in Architectural History: 

Modern Architecture as a 

Transnational Discourse 


Gregotti Associati International, 

Central Square of the “Italian Town” for 100,000 Inhabitants, 

Pujiang 2001 

[photo Paolo Scrivano] 

Level 4 



5 

Module Leader 


Teaching Team 


Yiping Dong 

Patrick Hubbuck (LC) 


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In recent times, the field of history has been characterized by the growth 

of studies adopting a “transnational” perspective, a phenomenon that 

has touched on disciplines as diverse as the history of international 

relations, the history of social policies, cultural history, migration history, 

and intellectual history. This increasing interest reflects the mounting 

consideration of a variety of phenomena that are often referred to as 

globalization, a term that seems to have gained currency not only at 

academic level but also in popular discourses. 

The module aimed to start a discussion on the transnational character 

of modern architecture and to verify to what extent the paradigm of 

transnational history can be applied to modern architecture as a historical 

subject. In doing so, this seminar considered a narrative covering the 20th 

century but that, at times, included events that took place during the 18th 

and 19th centuries. The module also addressed theoretical questions that 

are relevant within the discourse of contemporary architecture, such as 

the effective impact of transnational mobility on professions and building 

practices and the actual applicability and sustainability of global notions 

of design. A particular focus was placed on the relation between Western 

and Asian architecture. 

Students were asked to read and respond to the referenced literature in 

order to contribute to the discussions in class. They were also encouraged 

to actively seek out and engage with historical evidence beyond the 

brief’s bibliography, and to reflect on their own developing research 

methodologies. 



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Future Scenario- the void, 

by James Reason 

ARC405 

Design Studio 1 

Fluid City 

Shanghai’s waterfront reloaded 


Level 4 



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Module Leader 


Teaching Team 

David Vardy 


TA Xiaohan Chen 

Guest Critics 

Wang Fang 

Ying Hu 

Weng Xueyan 


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In this studio, students were asked to develop design proposals based in 

the transformation-regeneration of a dismissed industrial site located in 

Yangpu waterfront’s area, to pursue the re-activation. 

Waterfront renovation design strategies require deeper research 

and understanding that has to mitigate urban development with 

environmental requirements. Water into the urban context encourages 

innovation that led to improve and produce more creative management 

of water-related resources, water-resilient architectural design 

strategies and techniques, and the development of a proactive vision of 

urban landscape transformed and enhanced by water. 

The objective was, through the design proposal, to define strategies, 

scenarios, and tactics for the development of innovative incubators. 

Sustainable urban development practices allow through “urban 

creativity” the creation of innovative experimental clusters for the 

enhancement of the existing historical contexts. 

Students took into consideration the presence and value of the Industrial 

Architectural heritage in the site, as an opportunity of placemaking and 

qualitative transformation. A dialogue between memory (industrial 

heritage) and innovation (new spaces for makers) represented an 

exciting challenge for the successful re-activation of the waterfront. 



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POWER PLANT DESIGN 

James Reason 


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YANGSHUPU’S 


Huang Lihan | 黄丽涵

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YANGSHUPU’S 


Xu Wenfeng | 徐文丰

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YANGSHUPU’S 


Dong Tiantian | 董恬恬 


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YANGSHUPU’S 


Rachel Glover

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Design Studio 2 

Sustainable Tower Networks 


Design Review at Master’s studio. Photograph by Christiane M. Herr. 

Studio Group Discussion About Masterplan Layout. Photograph by Iasef Md Rian 

Level 4 



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Module Leader 

Iasef Md Rian 

Teaching Team 

Zayad Motlib 

Kihong Ku 

Franzen Colin (Atkins) 


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The second studio module in the M.Arch. Design program focuses on 

establishing and developing mutually inspiring relationships between 

technical and environmental requirements and design ideas taking the 

urban context into a consideration. The studio addresses increasing 

systemic interdependencies of human habitation, built form, technology, 

society, natural and urban environments in contexts of high population 

density, as they are typically found in the fast-expanding cities of 

Asia. Design proposals must be based on a strong research background, 

which is intended to lead to a diversity of individually defined and wellargued 

architectural design approaches. Project work is developed in 

a studio setting supported by lectures, group and individual tutorials. 

Reviews of students include departmental staff, visiting experts from 

other schools as well as practicing architects. The brief invites students 

to develop experimental future-oriented mixed-use towers on a site 

in Shanghai. Students are asked to develop contextually responsive 

architectural design proposals that integrate social, cultural, technical, 

and environmental knowledge at an advanced level. All projects are 

required to develop tower proposals that create a sense of connectivity 

and networking, from tower to tower, ground to vertical, past to future, 

and individual to social. Working individually, but with a strong focus 

on a highly integrated overall masterplan, students developed their 

proposals informed by daylight and wind analyses and a strong focus on 

sustainable construction. This year, the studio was taught in collaboration 

with AECOM Shanghai, who shared a project site and provided critical 

feedback at several stages of the project. Second interim design reviews 

was reviewed by AECOM. 



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MIRAGE 

Dong Tiantian | 董恬恬

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WATER CYCLE TOWER 

水循环大厦 

Xu Wenfeng 


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CANYON TOWER 

Chang Xiying | 常晰颖

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A COMMUNITY 

社区之塔 

Zhang Zhao 


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AGRISCAPE 

Jamie Sleep

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ALA 



ALA report on exhibition on Kengo Kuma, by Ni Han 

ALA report on the Duo Building Singapore, by Zhaorui Liu 

Level 4 

( Year 1+2 ) 


0 

Hours 

200 / Semester 

Coordinator 

Christian Gänshirt (sem. 1) 

Davide Lombardi (sem. 2) 

All Master programmes in our university require 200 hours of 

Additional Learning Activities (ALAs) to be undertaken each semester, 

the majority of which are chosen by the students. These allow our 

students to address their individual learning needs whilst contributing 

to the community beyond the confines of the university. Some of these 

activities must be undertaken during teaching periods, while others 

can be pursued over the winter and summer breaks. At the beginning 

of their studies, students with their individual Academic Advisors plan 

their ALAs for the whole two years of the programme; this plan is then 

updated at the beginning of each semester. 

ALAs do not contribute to the marks of the students, but are assessed 

on a pass/fail basis and are therefore non-credit bearing. The learning 

activities students may choose include English, Spanish and Chinese 

language and culture modules, personal and career development courses, 

independent studies with a tutor, teaching and research assistantships, 

select Level 3 and 4 modules, internships with architecture firms, study 

trips, as well as a series of ALAs which accompany and support the 

design studio modules. 

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Postgraduate English (mandatory, if required by the programme director) 

Postgraduate Spanish 

Chinese language (mandatory for international students) 

Chinese culture (mandatory for international students) 

Graduate teaching assistantship 

Graduate research assistantship 

Graduate practice placement/internship 

Participation in Level 3 or 4 lecture based modules in the built 

environment cluster 

Participation in Level 3 or 4 modules from other XJTLU departments 

or the Language Centre 

Selected topics in design tools and methods 

Selected topics in advanced digital design 

Selected topics in architectural research methods 

Selected topics in architectural representation 

Independent studies with an architecture tutor 

Scholarly presentation of a research paper 

Publication of a paper in a peer-reviewed architecture-related journal 

Personal and employability skills 

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In the fifth and final year of architecture studies at XJTLU, the focus is 

on strengthening the abilities of the students to develop their individual 

approach to architectural research and design, and communicate research 

outcomes and architectural proposals based on critical engagement with 

a given framework. Through a coherent design and research process, the 

work produced is informed by the evaluation of theoretical concepts, 

the consideration of context, regulations and user requirements, as well 

as the integration of technical knowledge. The design studio aims at the 

development of design tools and strategies that will be investigated and 

developed further in the subsequent thesis project and thesis dissertation 

to be produced in the concluding Design Studio 4. 

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ARC409 Architectural Design and Research Methods (5 credits) 

ARC411 Practice-Based Enquiry and Architectural Representation 

(5 credits) 

ARC413 Design Studio III (10credits) 


ARC408 Written Thesis (5 credits) 

ARC410 Design Studio. IV / Thesis Project (15 credits) 

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ARC409 

Architectural Design and Research 

Methods 


Level 4 



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Module Leader 


Teaching Team 




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This module aimed to familiarise students with research strategies 

related to the design work they concurrently undertook in ARC413 

Design Studio 3. In the first instance, students addressed theoretical 

questions concerning design and research in the architectural field 

through literature and specific case studies; then, under the supervision 

of the teaching team, they developed their own research strategies and 

put them in practice in their studio work. 

The first part of the module had a seminar format and was organized 

through in-class discussions and reading of assigned texts, with lectures 

providing context for debate. This part considered general areas of 

research, touching on relevant questions related to design through the 

lenses of history and theory, science, technology, social sciences, etc. 

The second part of the module was structured as a laboratory for the 

preparation of the Thesis Prospectus, under the supervision of the 

teaching team. 

Each student produced a thesis prospectus, engaging questions in the 

practice and theory of architecture. In the prospectus, students proposed 

a thesis question, demonstrated their command of architectural 

research, and identified and developed a specific set of theories and 

methods appropriate to their research work. 

Special sessions were organized in coordination with the Module 

ARC413 to foster discussion between students and thesis supervisors on 

the chosen research themes. 



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ARC411 

Practice Based Enquiry and 

Architectural Representation 


Daniela Pico, Time travellers - Layered times, 2018. 

Photograph by Daniela Pico. 

Level 4 



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Module Leader 


Teaching Team 


Guest Reviewers 




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The module introduces advanced practice-based methodologies in 

critical creative problem solving and communication. Students are 

encouraged to explore a range of different art practices. Through 

representation of architectural projects and through shifting between 

different media – such as drawings, models, video, sculpture, interactive 

digital media, installation art – the students learn new ways to identify 

questions, to address them, and to communicate to audiences that have 

differing understandings of what architecture is or could be. The course 

also aims at initiating reflections on the differences and commonalities 

between Chinese/Asian and Western aesthetic positions, so as to 

facilitate a better understanding of a cultural context’s influence on 

positions and expressions in architecture and its relation to questions of 

representation. 

In this year’s course, texts reflecting thoughts on practice-based 

knowledge, on art, design and architecture were read and discussed in 

weekly seminars in relation to works of architecture and design, films, 

examples of creative writing, and artworks - such as paintings, sculpture, 

installations, and performance works, to initiate a critical engagement 

with ways of knowing through practice. Through a series of exercises 

in the remaking and translation of Architecture, students engaged with 

questions of experience, and of documentation and presentation of 

spatial principles, as well as with the practices and theories of practice 

that are discussed in the weekly seminars. They learnt to understand 

this engagement as a form of critical enquiry into architectural practices 

of presentation and representation. 



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ARC408 

Thesis 


Imperial Brick Museum, Sample pages Suzhou, from by architect the theses Liu of Jiakun students 

Camilo Eduardo Espitia Garcia, Daniela Marilú Pico Pérez and Yitong Wang. 

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Module Leader 


Teaching Team 



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In this module, students carry out the writing component of their 

Master’s thesis. Based on work previously produced in the module 

ARC409 Architectural Design and Research Methods, students 

individually produce a written document that provides the background, 

gives theoretical support, presents a critical argument, lays out the 

development processes and presents the findings of their ARC410 Design 

Studio 4 projects, or of closely related enquiries. Subject matter and 

substance addressed in the Thesis document originate in Design Studio 

4 under the supervision of studio tutors. In turn, methods, techniques 

and tools introduced in this module are also expected to inform and to 

enhance students’ design research development in Design Studio 4. 

This architectural thesis document is a substantial piece of academic 

writing. This module supports students in this writing endeavour 

aiming at a range or learning outcomes, including the abilities to define 

a research focus and to develop a critical argument, to identify and 

discuss literature relevant to that argument, the quality, structure, logic 

and comprehensibility of language and visual presentation, the capacity 

to respond to feedback, adherence to academic standards and writing 

conventions, as well as originality of contribution to knowledge. The 

learning and teaching methods of this module include lectures, group 

seminars and discussions, reading and writing assignments as well as 

individual tutorials. 



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MATERIALISING MEMORY 

Camilo Espitia .G 

ARC413/ARC410 

Design Studio 3+4 


Level 4 

( Year 2 | Semester 1+2 ) 


10+15 

Module Leader 


Teaching Team 


Juan Carlos Dall'Asta 

Christiane Herr 

Glen Wash 

Yiping Dong 

Francisco Jose Mejias Villatoro 

(primary tutors) 

Marco Cimillo 

José Á. Hidalgo 

Li-An Tsien 

Zayad Motlib 

(secondary tutors) 

Teaching Team 


Baoshan Han 

Wenbing Fan 

Darcy Chang 

James Lew 

Vincent Buhagiar 


12 

In the final year of the Master’s programme students develop their 

own design briefs and choose their individual tutors. The module 

ARC413 Design Studio 3 framework consequently ensures a diversity of 

approaches allowing students greater freedom in defining their methods 

of learning and their approaches to architectural design. 

Over the summer break, students defined the scope and topic of their 

projects in close cooperation with their tutors. The project is then 

developed in the usual studio setting supported by in-class presentations, 

group and individual tutorials, as well as lectures and seminar 

discussions. Students are guided to develop design tools and processes 

that allow them to explore their topics critically and in-depth, informing 

their design project, and initiating the thesis process that continues 

during the final semester of the Master’s programme. 

Close connections with the other two modules in the semester support 

and inform the student’s enquiries: ARC411 Practice Based Enquiry 

and Architectural Representation supports the artistic side of the 

students’ design work, and ARC409 Architectural Design and Research 

Methods informs the theoretical and research aspects of the work. 

Students regularly present their work for discussion in reviews to all 

tutors involved in teaching this studio, to other faculty members, invited 

reviewers from other schools, as well as practicing architects in order to 

gain valuable feedback. 

In the final semester of the Master’s programme students are required 

to demonstrate self-reliance in the framing of architectural problems 

and in the research produced to resolve these problems. Building on 

the design and research outcomes achieved in the previous semester, in 

ARC413 Design Studio 4 students address an individually chosen design 

thesis project, resolving design and research challenges identified in 

the thesis prospectus written at the end of the previous semester. 

The outcome is a self-contained thesis design project supported by a 

dissertation written in the parallel module ARC408 Thesis. Effectively, 

the work produced at this very special moment of life has two objectives: 

it concludes and summarises the years of studies, and, for the first time, 

clearly addresses the wider professional public. 



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MATERIALISING MEMORY 

STRATEGIES FOR REMEMBRANCE 

Questioning the process in which collective memory is embedded in a material entity, the research contributes in strategies for memorialisation. 

Making use of several architectural and artistic case studies, the paper discusses the forces that influence, cause or produce memory, particularly 

in cases of violent pasts. Utilising Halbwachs conception of collective memory, the study produces a wide arrange of theoretical discussions 

debating structures of memory and the politicisation of memory. With a typological arrange of case studies that approach the materialisation of 

memory with diverse strategies, the design exercise will be framed. The thesis outlines the projectual process in which the Colombian collective is 

memorialised through commemorative spaces that use matter, light and performance as elements that recall memory. 

STUDENT 

Camilo Espitia .G 


TUTORS 

Jose Angel Hidalgo 


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A NEW SOUK TO STIMULATE SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN ALEPPO 

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This thesis presents a research-for-design study conducted to inform the design of a new Souk market in Aleppo, Syria. The Souk design aims to 

stimulate the social reconstruction of the city after the Syrian Civil War. In support of that effort, the work presented here focuses on the thermal 

comfort offered in the public circulation spaces of the Souk in terms of shading intensity, in response to the hot and arid climate in the city of 

Aleppo. Five design scenarios with different shading intensity are simulated using the Ladybug plug-in for Grasshopper with Rhinoceros 3D. The 

outcomes of these analyses are evaluated and compared with one another in terms of thermal user stress, with reference to the Universal Thermal 

Climate Index. 

STUDENT 

Cindy LAI TONG 

Glen WASH 

TUTORS 

Zayad MOTLIB 


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INTERSTITIAL LANDSCAPES 

A DESIGN STRATEGY FOR INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE TRANSFORMATION 

Altering of urban landscapes bear witness to worldwide de-industrialisation processes. Industrial areas continue to relocate of from city centres to 

new peripheries, creating industrial heritage spaces that operate in the in-between of the existing and the new and, in this thesis, are referred to 

as ‘residuals and ‘interstitial landscapes’. Transformations of these spaces offer opportunities for the creation of quality urban places. The Shanghai 

urban centre is no exception. This thesis presents a research-through-design enquiry conducted in parallel to the studio design of a proposal for 

the former Shanghai's Shipyard, aiming to develop an alternative sustainable future for interstitial spaces left by the industrial era. Considering 

residuals as ‘placemaking media’, and addressing architectural, landscape and urban planning aspects as elements of the same system. The project 

explores a sustainable articulation of residual industrial infrastructure and proposes a new approacho development in an urban centre. 

The territory of architecture should concern itself with the whole of the built environment, heightened disciplinary distinctions between 

architecture, art, ecology, landscape, architecture, engineering and urban planning marginalize the status of the architectural project, precluding 

new paradigms for contemporary settings. 


I want to question such limited view and instead, search for opportunities for larger territorial expressions physically and disciplinary. I am reading 

the existing architectural site as already rich and full of possibilities, superimposing new programs to bring to focus the unseen by creating 

opportunities for transformation and use. 

STUDENT 

Daniela Marilú Pico Pérez 

Juan Carlos Dall'Asta 

TUTORS 

José Ángel Hidalgo

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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN MAURITIUS 

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Islands destinations are usually portrayed as remote locations, of small size and limited population, resources. It is the unique cultural features, 

ecosystem and a pristine environment that typically differentiate islands from other types of tourist destinations. The direct and indirect benefits 

that tourism involve is the potential to make positive contribution to social and cultural developments. However, tourism, coupled with worldwide 

processes of urbanisation and globalisation has often led to cultural and social erosion, jeopardising cultural identity of a country or specific area. 

This phenomenon, which has been observed in many countries, is gaining global attention due to its increasing frequency and the erosion or loss of 

many cultures. 

Mauritius, a small island in the Indian ocean was not spared by these processes. The tourism industry started in the 1950s when there was a need 

for economic diversification and the creation of employment. The island was known as having the potential attractive ‘3S’ (sun, sea and sand), 

which was considered as an important factor for attracting tourist at that time. Consequently, the island has witnessed a rapid growth of tourism 

development expanding all over the coast of the island, where in the past few decades, Mauritius experienced a flourishing tourism industry. 

However, these developments have not always brought positive impacts and the country faces several challenges affecting the social, economic 

and environmental stability. 

As a consequence, this research design proposal, encompassing both the studio and thesis writing, consists of exploring and providing a new model 

of sustainable tourism development for Mauritius. The project will consist of finding a suitable approach to providing opportunities for the local 

population’s access to their natural heritage by respecting their local culture. 

STUDENT 

Purmah Ghashil Singh 


TUTORS 

Christiane Margerita Herr

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EXPERIENCE IN THE REGIONAL TERMINAL 

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This thesis presents a research-for-design investigation into types of, and structural systems for, airport terminal buildings, with particular 

attention to air traffic development in China. In the course of its ongoing development, China is developing numerous regional and international 

airports, while upgrading and expanding a number of small and medium-sized airports. The design of passenger terminal buildings is of key 

importance in these initiatives, not only in facilitating the processing of passengers and luggage but also in determining user experience, conveying 

important first impressions and representing local contexts. The structural system chosen is an essential factor affecting the design of the terminal 

building and will directly determine much of its final shape. Nonetheless, systematic overviews of terminal building types and suitable structural 

systems are still lacking. To address this need, this thesis presents a typology analysis of terminal building types, with an emphasis on the size and 

configuration of airports and the design of terminal roof systems, and on applicable choices of large-span roof structures. 

STUDENT 

Yan Limei | 严丽玫 

Davide Lombard (primary tutor) 

TUTORS 

Christiane M. Herr(secondary tutor) 


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ARCHITECTURE OF THE URBAN IN-BETWEEN: 

CONNECTING BUILDINGS WITH THE CITY 

Critically re-imagining the conventional Chinese urban block (Xiao Qu), this project aims to develop a new type of urban landscape to integrate 

horizontal and vertical dimensions of the Chinese city. Based on the research and masterplan design proposal of the previous design studio (ARC410), 

this project proposes different kinds of connective urban tissue linking isolated buildings with surrounding urban blocks. Engaging with the social 

and economic dynamics of fast-developing contemporary Chinese megacities, the project proposes new types of spaces hosted in a deep surface 

that allows urban life to colonise both the horizontal and vertical dimensions. This deep surface encompasses both natural and artificial, large and 

small, public and private and offers a fertile ground for increasingly networked urban lives and ecologies. 

STUDENT 

Duan Yawen | 段雅文 

TUTORS 

Christiane Margerita Herr 


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PRACTICE 



The practice year 2 is generally made after the completion of the 

Master’s degree. RIBA part 2, graduates now are qualified to work as 

RIBA part 2 Architectural Assistants. 

To sit the part 3 examination, graduates are required to undertake a 

total of 24 months of experience under the direct supervision of an 

architect. For students intending to take the UK part 3 examination, 12 

months minimum should be undertaken in the EEA, Channel Islands 

or the Isle of Man. 

At stage 2 practical experience graduates will be given more 

responsibility on projects. At this time graduates should begin studying 

a part 3 course which covers aspects of practice, management and law. 

During this time graduates can also become a RIBA Associate Member, 

which provides a range of services and benefits appropriate to their 

needs at this stage of their career. 

Practice 


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RIBA PART 3 

MEAP Access Course 


Co-Working Space SOHO Fuxing Lu, Shanghai. 

Photographed by Sun Fengzhu. 

Co-Working Space SOHO Fuxing Lu, Shanghai. 

Photographed by Sun Fengzhu. 

After completing practice year 2, graduates now are qualified to sit the 

RIBA part 3 examination. 

Due to XJTLU's status as the largest joint-venture University in China 

with a strong connection, through Liverpool University to the RIBA, we 

have been selected to become the first institution in mainland China 

to host the International Part 3/MEAP access course, as presently 

running in Hong Kong, Singapore and the Gulf. In October 2017, Alison 

Mackinder from RIBA North visited the University to propose and 

discuss the conditions of the course. 

The Membership Eligibility Assessment Panel (MEAP) is a panel 

of prominent academics and practitioners who meet twice a year to 

assess the applications of international architects and academics, 

working outside the UK and do not necessarily hold RIBA-recognised 

qualifications, but want to become international RIBA Chartered 

Members. 

Successful completion of the RIBA Part 3/MEAP course enables 

architects and non-UK graduates with 5 years architectural education 

(with or without RIBA validation) and two years’ experience in practice 

to apply for RIBA Chartered Membership. 

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ACTIVITIES

The lecture series is in partnership 

with RIBA 


with RIBA 


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CAST 01 

Chinese Architect Seminar and Talk Series 2018/19 

Coup de grace / YU TING 

Yu Ting 

Architect, Gourmet, Columnist 

Bachelor of Architecture in Tsinghua University Department of Architecture; 

Architectural Design and Theory Ph.D. of Tongji University; professor level 

senior engineer; visiting Professor of Architecture in Southeast University 

School; founder of Let’s Talk, urban micro-space revival plan and Wutopia 

Lab. 

CAST 02 


Typological Rural / ZHANG LEI 

Zhang Lei 

Graduated from Southeast University in Nanjing & Finished his post- 

CAST 03 


Learning from Hong Kong: 

In Search of a New Urban Dynamics 

GARY CHANG 

Gary Chang 

Founder & Managing Director 

EDGE Design Institute Ltd. 

CHINESE ARCHITECT 

SEMINAR AND TALK SERIES 

( CAST ) 

Design Philosophy 

graduate study in ETH-Zurich, Zhang Lei found his architecture of- 

Yu Ting thinks all the hard training, thinking and design process should be 

fice AZL architects 2001 in Nanjing. 

Gary Chang has become one of the foremost creative forces within the archi- 

presented with a relaxed gesture at the end. 

In May 2009 Zhang Lei was named by Icon Magazine as one of 20 

tectural, interior and product design industry, by challenging traditional bound- 

Wutopia Lab is an Architecture lab based on a new paradigm of complex systems, 

which regards Shanghai’s culture and life style as the starting point, 

using architecture as the tool to promote sociological progress within building 

practice. 

Wutopia Lab focuses on human and is dedicated to link different aspects of 

urban life: traditional, daily and cultural to interpret Urbanian’s lifestyle, and to 

develop an aesthetic style of China based on Shanghai. 

Wutopia Lab creates miracles in the day-to-day. We use the strategy of the 

duality, design from local material and local conditions in an arbitrary and ever-changing 

way. 

If the world is not good enough, let us create a better one. 

architects who are transforming the future and changing the way 

we work. AZL was selected into one of the ten architecture offices 

as Design Vanguard 2008 by Architectural Record. In fall of 2012, 

Zhang Lei was named as candidates for 4th Swiss Architectural 

Awards. AZL’s “Slit House” was entered as honorable mention project 

by ar+d world emerging architecture awards 2008 by Architectural 

Review. 

While winning the Architecture awards like “WA Chinese Architecture 

Awards” (2002,2006,2008) & “Chinese Architecture & Art Awards” 

(2004), He is involved in major international exhibitions on contemporary 

Chinese Architecture in Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy 

& American. His works are published quite intensively in interna- 

aries and rethinking the possibilities with and dynamism of spatial flexibility. He 

has built a reputation for his multi-disciplinary designs that combine modernism 

with tradition, innovation with familiarity, urbanity with nature, and art with 

practicality. 

Born in Hong Kong, Gary did not view the 32 m2 apartment in which he lived 

with his parents and three sisters as a constraint. Instead, the small space 

sparked a lasting curiosity in redefining the potential of compact spaces. Gary 

graduated from The University of Hong Kong in 1987 and founded his company 

EDGE in 1994. Since then, Gary has demonstrated his keen artistic visions 

through his numerous award-winning designs, keynote lectures and literary 

works. These include such notable works as the Suitcase House in Beijing, his 

2018/19 

tional magazines like GA documents, Domus, Lotus, Architectur- 

Kung-fu tea-set for ALESSI, his book “Hotel as Home”, and of course, the lat- 

al Record, Architectural Design, Architectural Review, Mark, Icon, 

est transformation of his 32 m2 apartment. A YouTube video of the latter was a 

Wallpaper etc. 

sensation and an inspiration to millions globally. 

Zhang Lei is now teaching as professor in School of Architecture & 

City Planning & head of Sustainable Rural Architecture Research 

With a fervent passion for offering transformational designs that exemplify ulti- 

Center in Nanjing University. He has been invited as guest profes- 

mate adaptability, choice and sensibility, Gary Chang is undoubtedly one of the 

Co-ordinator: Philip Fung philip.fung@xjtlu.edu.cn 

sor & critic in Hong Kong University, Chinese University of Hong 

Kong, Chiba Institute of Technology in Tokyo & GSD-Harvard. 

most symbolic and influential figures in the design world today. 


Co-ordinator: Philip Fung 

philip.fung@xjtlu.edu.cn 

Date 25th Sept 2018 

Date 18th Oct 2018 

Date 29th Nov 2018 

Time 

6:00pm-7:30pm 

Time 

6:00pm-7:30pm 

Time 

6:00pm-7:30pm 


Venue 

DBG19 XJTLU South Campus 

Suzhou China 

XJTLU Department of Architecture 

LECTURE SERIES 2018 - 2019 

CAST 04 

Date 5th Dec 2018 

Time 6:00pm-7:30pm 

Venue DB455 XJTLU South Campus 

Suzhou China 



CAST 06 

Date 21st March 2019 


Venue DBG19, XJTLU South Campus, Suzhou China 




COSMOS: Spinney (Mixed Forests) 

/ Universe 

LIAO WEILI 

Introduction 

Through a rigorous observation and reflection to the geography, history, 

culture and society of Taiwan, I have become deeply aware of a mixed and 

diverse energy that is embodied within my mind and body. This embodiment 

forms the ‘Spinney (Mixed forests)’ concept as the aesthetic diversity, 

a working process which leads a continuous thread into my practice, reflection 

and thinking. 

Within the process of architecture creation, I experience and observe the 

operating rules of the natural universe, then realize the mystery of ‘existence’ 

and ‘variety’ of everything on earth. Always aware of life’s chorus and 

the aura revealed by our universe that naturally combine with the environment 

and construct a micro ‘architecture universe’ through the process of 

creative thinking. 

Liao Weili 

Born in Town Tung-Hsiao, Taiwan. He graduated form SCI-Arc in 1999, taught 

by Coy Howard, Eric Owen Moss; and established AMBi Studio in Taichung, 

2001. Through trying to apply landscape and humanism in the middle west 

of Taiwan for site plus background, he practices, thinks and self-examines 

architecture for this island, which owned a changing politic, culture and history, 

as well as the various ecology, landscape, and heterogeneous citizen 

power with observation and challenge. His project presented a fierce energy 

of multi-diversity in Taiwanese architecture and the integration between 

environment and people. 



Interactive with Nature Through Architecture 

LI XINGGANG 

Introduction 

Architecture that interacts with the nature, essentially through architecture as an intermediary / Media, to achieve 

the situation that makes people interact with the “nature”, in order to face the grim and diverse reality of the contemporary, 

to create the ideal living space of mankind. 

Li Xinggang 

Li Xinggang is currently Chief Architect of China Architecture Design & Research Group , the director of Atelier Li Xinggang, 

visiting professor of Tianjin University and the Southeast University, the design tutor in School of Architecture in Tsinghua 

University, member of UIA Sports and Leisure Group and the Master of Engineering Survey and Design in China. He has 

won various honors and awards of architecture such as: China Youth Science and Technology Awards; Gold/Silver Prize of 

China National Outstanding Architecture Awards. He was also invited to hold a mini-exhibition about his works, the “Geometry 

and Sheng Jing”, and to take part in some exhibitions concerning architecture and art, such as 11th Venice Biennale of 

Architecture, “Illusion into Reality: Chinese Gardens for Living”, Dresden; “From Beijing to London: 16 Contemporary Chinese 

Architects”, London. 


Venue 


Suzhou China 



CAST 07 

Date 11th April 2019 






Invisible Architecture: 

Learning from 7-Eleven & 

Illegal Architecture 

ROAN CHING YUEH 

Introduction 

For over hundred years of modern architecture development, 

it is totally affected by political and capital power. 

The relationship between architecture and people 

is weaken and disconnected. Re-thinking architecture 

from local context and integrating local wisdom / technology, 

it may be an escape from power control, and 

great opportunity to re-consider the meaning of architecture 

to people? 

Roan Ching-yueh 

Author, architect and curator 

Formerly a professional architect (licensed in Taiwan 

and in the United States), he is now a professor at the 

Department of Art and Design at Yuan Ze University. 

A prolific author and curator, Roan Ching-yueh is 

the recipient of numerous literary prizes, as well as 

architecture awards including the Architectural Critic 

Award from the Third Annual China Architectural Media 

Awards in 2012, and the Outstanding Architect of 

the Year award 2015 in Taiwan. His novel Victory Song 

won the 2004 Taipei Literary Award, and Lin Xiuzi was 

long-listed for the 2009 Man Asia Literary prize. 

Co-ordinator: Philip Fung 

philip.fung@xjtlu.edu.cn 

Venue 


Suzhou China 



CAST 05 


Of Land and People: A Decade in China 

LIU YUYANG 

Introduction 

Through observation, research, and design projects by Liu Yuyang, a Shanghai-based architect and co-author with Rem Koolhaas 

of the Great Leap Forward - the first research on contemporary Chinese urbanism in Pearl River Delta, the lecture will be 

a personal account of how Chinese urbanism and architecture have evolved in the last decade as three distinct and sometime 

concurrent thematic phases: new town development, urban regeneration and countryside construction. The lecture will end with 

Mr. Liu’s latest work on urban waterfront redevelopment in Shanghai Minsheng Wharf in Pudong as an uniquely Chinese ambition 

of design and politics. 

Liu Yuyang 

Founder and Principal of Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects 

Member of the Shanghai Architectural Society Academic Committee 

Visiting Professor of the Innovation Experimental Program, Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning 

Born in Taiwan and educated in the United States, Mr. Liu Yuyang received his Master in Architecture from GSD, Harvard University 

in 1997 and his B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning from University of California, San Diego in 1992. While at Harvard, Mr. 

Liu researched with Rem Koolhaas and co-authored Great Leap Forward in 2001, a seminal work on the urbanization of China’s 

Pearl River Delta, the content of which exhibited at the Documenta X in Kassel, Germany. 

Having held a number of professional and academic positions in U.S and Hong Kong, Mr. Liu established the Shanghai-based 

Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects in 2007. Mr. Liu leads the Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects in its full design and management responsibilities, 

and serves as a member of the Shanghai Architectural Society Academic Committee, an advisory architect for the Shanghai 

Qingpu District Land and Planning Bureau, a honorary associate professor at faculty of architecture of HKU Shanghai Study 

Centre, a guest professor at CAUP of Tongji University. 

Mr. Liu’s notable research-based projects with public interest and forward thinking include Shanghai Contemporary Museum of 

Art(MoCA), Qingpu Environmental Monitoring Station and Riverfront Aite Park in Shanghai, Cidi Memo iTown in Beijing, Yunlu 

Resort and Yoga Pavilion with Pool in Guangxi, China Fortune Wisdom Mark Phase I&III, Tongji University Affiliated Experimental 

Primary School, Vanke Experimental Kindergarten, Minsheng Wharf Riverfront Open Space Renovation and Yangjing Harbor 

Huihong Bridge in Shanghai. 


Date 25th Feb 2019 





CAST 08 

Date 2nd May 2019 


Venue DB455, XJTLU South Campus, Suzhou China 




The Garden of Forking Paths 

DOREEN HENG LIU 

Intrdouction 

“With the uncertain moment, i understand the world in a abstract way.” 

This is an extract from the famous short story of Jorge Luis Borges. It is 

a story about time and people. “ Time is a net of hybrid systems, which 

overlay, intersect or never interact, it includes all possibilities. Time is not 

united and absolute, it is always diverting to infinite futures.” 

Time is space, architecture is story of space and people, it is space of infinite 

experiences. Our architecture is to design these ‘impossible’ infinite 

experiences, it is space, but also time. 

Between the world and people, is the experience and understanding of 

infinite possibilities. 

Doreen Heng Liu 

Born in Guangzhou, China. She received Bachelor of Architecture in 

Central China University of Science and Technology (now the Huazhong 

University of Science and Technology). In the same year, she was admitted 

by Tongji University without sitting the entrance examination. In 

1994, she received M.Arch from University of California, Berkeley. She 

won the best design prize of the academic year and the travel scholarship 

of I.M.Pei. From 1995 to 2007, she worked as consultant architect 

in Fok Foundation of Hong Kong and design director of Nansha New 

City project. In 1999, she completed her first project ‘Nansha Science 

Museum’ after graduation. In 2004, she returned to the U.S. to study at 

Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she studied under Professor 

Margaret Crawford and Professor Zhang Yonghe, and received a Doctor 

of Design in 2008. She established her practice [NODE] (Nansha Original 

Design) in Hong Kong in 2004, and opened the branch in Shenzhen 

in 2009. Since September 2008, she has been teaching at the School of 

Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong as adjunct associate professor. 

From 2015 to 2016, she was invited as a visiting professor at the 

Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland. She is the 

first Chinese professor at the ETH School of Architecture. 


Co-ordinator 

Philip Fung 

Partnership 

Royal Institute of British Architects 

( RIBA ) 

5 Sept 2018 

18 Oct 2018 

29 Nov 2018 

5 Dec 2018 

25 Feb 2019 

21 March 2019 

11 April 2019 

2 May 2019 

Other Activities 

Coup De Grace 

Yu Ting 

Typological Rural 

Zhang Lei 

Learning from Hong Kong: 

In Search of a New Urban Dynamics 

Gary Chang 

COSMOS: Spinney (Mixed Forests) / Universe 

Liao Weili 

Of Land and People: A Decade in China 

Liu Yuyang 

Interactive with Nature Through Architecture 

Li Xinggang 

Invisible Architecture: 

Learning from 7-Eleven and Illegal Architecture 

Roan Ching Yueh 

The Garden of Forking Paths 

Doreen Liu 

The lecture series is intended to let students understand the practice 

of contemporary Chinese architects. We invited architects from China, 

Hong Kong or Taiwan and they are all emerging architects with excellent 

practice and design theory. The lecture is not only sharing their design 

works but also the methodology behind: how architect responses to the 

context? what challenges and limitations for practicing architecture in 

China? Through the lectures, students shall have better understanding 

on how they plan their careers in the future.

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CARDBOARD SHELTERS 

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Final review of cardboard shelter structures for kindergarten age children. Photographs by Milan Ognjanovic. 

Level 1 


Event Organiser 


Teaching Team 

Richard Hay 

Sandro Rolla 


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The Cardboard Structures event is an annual event conducted as part 

of the module ARC104 (Structures and Materials). It is the culmination 

of students’ first attempt at building a life-size structure made 

primarily from cardboard, without the use of glue and relying purely 

on mechanical connections. This year, the task was to build shelters 

for kindergarten age children of about 5-6 years old. Besides additional 

connection materials such as metal screws, cable binders and string, the 

bridge structure must be made entirely of cardboard. Students work in 

teams of five to seven, and collaborate on all stages of the design. The 

project was run in cooperation with Newton International Kindergarten, 

with their K2 level students performing both as ‘clients’, giving students 

initial creative inspiration, and eager test subjects once structures are 

completed. The shelter design proceeds through a series of interim 

models, including a review of half scale prototypes at the collaborating 

kindergarten. The final review takes place at XJTLU and consists of a 

playful load testing and client assessment by the school children. During 

the event, the children also vote for the “Best Cardboard Shelter 2018 

Award” by attaching stickers to their favourite shelter designs. In this 

process, architecture students learn essential skills such as design work 

in teams, planning and managing the execution of work, assembly of 

1:1 scale models as well as matching their design ideas with functional 

requirements as well as the preferences of the users of their structures. 

Other Activities

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FREESTYLE BRIDGE 

DESIGN COMPETITION 


Bridge design review with guest reviewers from the Departments of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Photographs by Christiane M. Herr. 

Level 2 


Event Organiser 



Theofanis Krevaikas 

(Department of Civil Engineering) 

Isaac Galobardes 

(Department of Civil Engineering) 

Iasef Rian 

(Department of Architecture) 


(Department of Architecture) 


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The Freestyle Bridge Design Competition is an annual event conducted 

as part of the module ARC202 (Structural Design). The competition 

gives students an opportunity to experiment with complex structural 

systems and a variety of self-chosen materials in the realisation of 

architecturally driven design ideas. The competition task this year was 

to build a functional model of a bridge connecting the XJTLU North and 

South campuses, with a span of 27m and supported only at the ends. 

Bridges should be as lightweight as possible while supporting a weight 

of 6kg distributed across the bridge. As in a real-life competition for 

bridges, models should not only perform well in terms of load-bearing 

capacity, but also demonstrate innovative ideas, usability, concern for 

the pedestrian experience while crossing the bridge and quality of 

details and general craftsmanship. To determine the winning team, 

the competition integrates numerical performance evaluation with a 

general qualitative assessment by guest reviewers from the Departments 

of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Winning bridge models must 

demonstrate good structural performance as well as good integration of 

architectural ideas and structure. The competition has been conducted 

for several years and is often described as a key learning experience by 

participating students. 

Other Activities

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IDEERS 

EARTHQUAKE-SAFE 

DESIGN COMPETITION 


Final review of cardboard shelter designs by primary school children. Photographs by Christiane M. Herr. 

Level 1 


Teaching Team 




4 

Continuing Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University’s (XJTLU) success 

during the previous years' events, a team of four 3rd-year students from 

XJTLU’s Department of Architecture participated in the International 

Annual Earthquake Safety Design Competition IDEERS 2018 in 

Taipei, Taiwan. The four students (Qixuan Hu, Shuyu Ni, Lu Song and 

Haoning Zhang) spent two months during the summer continuously 

improving the earthquake resistance of their structures as well as their 

craftsmanship. The contributions of XJTLU were awarded with the Best 

Structure Design Prize and the Best Architecture Design Prize amongst 

49 international teams competing in the undergraduate category, and 

an Earthquake Safety Certificate. The XJTLU students’ success was a 

particularly impressive achievement as they were among only very 

few architecture students competing among a majority of engineering 

students in the undergraduate category. 

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MARCH DES FIELD TRIP 

TO SINGAPORE 


Visit to the Urban Planning Model of Singapore. Photograph by Christiane M. Herr. 

Visit to the Oasia Downtown Hotel by WOHA. Photograph by Christiane M. Herr. 

Level 4/5 

( Year 1/2 | Semester 2 ) 

Event Organisers 




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In January 2019, a group of 18 students across the two cohorts of the 

MArch Des programme participated in a field trip to Singapore. The 

field trip provided students in the MArch Des programme with an 

opportunity to learn from built architecture in a key area of their study. 

The visit focused on sustainable technology as it impacts advanced 

contemporary high-rise construction. In preparation of the field trip, 

students researched specific buildings and acted as guides during the 

trip. Through the field trip, students were exposed to a more advanced 

level of sustainable construction technology, informing students across 

both cohorts in preparation of their more technically oriented second 

semester design studio projects. In addition, students were introduced 

to urban planning strategies forming the background to well-integrated 

high density urban development. The field trip offered a unique learning 

experience for both local and international students, with visits to NUS 

and SUTD complementing learning about applied design with increased 

awareness of architectural design approaches cultivated at leading 

universities in Asia. 

Other Activities

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TRIANGULATED SHELL FOAM 

STRUCTURES BASED ON 

ROBOTIC HOT-WIRE-CUTTING: 

A DESIGN, GEOMETRY 

RATIONALISATION AND 

FABRICATION WORKFLOW 


Hot wire cutting robot setup and operation. Photograph by Thomas Fischer. 

Triangulated expanded polystyrene foam (XPF) shell assemblies. Photographs by Thomas Fischer. 

Level 2 

( Year 3 ) 

Students 

Shubo Wei 

Mingxuan Ze 

Xinning Yu 

Supervisor Team 

Thomas Fischer (PI) 


Michael Grau (RFR Shanghai) 

This SURF project is a preliminary investigation into a digital design 

and production workflow to generate, rationalise and fabricate 

triangulated extruded shell foam structures. The project involved the 

development of a speculative form finding and geometry generation 

process, a rationalisation approach, and a new type of hot wire cutting 

robot. Research findings resulting from the project relate to technical 

and design strategies, geometric and fabrication constraints, as well 

as an outline of related future work. Fabricating a test sculpture we 

identified several challenges relating to raw material preparation, 

cutting precision control, the execution of joint connections and to the 

processing of geometric exceptions in the tongue-and-groove joints near 

tile vertices. The tools and processes developed in this project promise 

further possibilities and applications, for example in the production of 

lost formwork and of strong and lightweight sandwich structures. The 

SURF project resulted in a research paper presented at the international 

conference CAADRIA2019. 

Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) 

SURF-2018-02 

Other Activities

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EXHIBITION TAIPEI FYP 

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舊市新場 

OLD MARKET NEW PLACE 

西交利物浦大學建築系 18/19 本科畢業班台北組學生作品展覽 

展覽地點 : 新富町文化市場 ( 臺北市萬華區三水街 70 號 ) 

展覽時間 : 2019.7.24 - 8.4 

策展人 : 馮國安 

參展學生 : 鄒偉 / 李睿 / 王知涵 / 塗凱茜 / 張怡凝 / 趙子豪 / 方天圓 / 穆聰雨 / 孫煒程 

協辦單位 : 忠泰建築文化藝術基金會 

XJTLU Architecture Final Year Project 18/19 Taipei Group Exhibition 

Venue: U-mkt, No.70, Sanshui St., Wanhua Dist., Taipei City 108 

Exhibition date: 24th July - 4th August 2019 

Curator: Philip Fung 

Participants: Zou Wei / Li Rui / Wang Zhihan / Tu Kaixin / Zhang Yining / 

Zhao Zhihao / Fang Tianyuan / Mu Congyu / Sun Weicheng 

Co-organizer: JUT Foundation for Arts & Architecture 

Level 1 


Teaching Team 




4 

FYP exhibition in Taipei 

Introduction 

Architecture is inspired by daily life patterns. If we wish to understand 

a city, one of best way is to visit the local market: it is a mixed hybrid 

cultural place. Before shopping mall or supermarket invented, market 

not only provides daily goods exchange, but also the venue for people’s 

interactions, and sense of belonging. 

The exhibited project theme of FYP Taipei Group, is to think how to 

reuse the 1935 Taipei Xin Fu Market and reconsider new programs 

to activate the community. Students have to integrate the old market 

building and new architecture as one unity. 

In the exhibition, people may see different innovative proposals 

including vertical school, craftsman community, aquarium or coworking 

spaces. Through the exhibition, it may give some inspirations to 

the future redevelopment of Taipei city and also how architecture may 

have longer life span. 

Other Activities

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282 

WORKSHOP 

BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE 

AND LANDSCAPE 

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN FOR FUTURE 

CITIES 

International workshop with Balkrishna V. Doshi (2018 

Pritzker Prize Laureate) 

XJTLU – VSF (Vastu Shilpa Foundation for Studies and 

Research in Environmental Design, Ahmedabad, India) 


Workshop poster by Sandro Rolla, 2019/06/10, 

Painting by Balkrishna V. Doshi, Vidhydhar Nagar, Jaipur 

BY Chenjia Ren, Yixin Xiao, AQUATIC CITY, 2019/06/18 

by Xiying Chang, Yi Jiang, Lingke Zhang, Jiaye Yang, Dexin 

Li, ARTIFICIAL LANDSCAPE, 2019/06/18 

by Ni Shuyu, Li Shuqi, Zhang Zhao, Magsarjav Telmuun, 

ECOLOGICAL REGENERATION, 2019/06/18 

by Ran Zhang, Tiantian Dong, Menghan Chen, Yue Shi, 

Qixuan Hu, Lingyu Wang, NEXUS, 2019/06/18 

Intermediate critic, 2019/06/14 Final critic, 2019/06/18 

Final exhibition, 2019/06/18, Photographed by Sandro 

Rolla 

by Haoning Zhang, Lihan Huang, Simeng Zhu, Tshering 

Yangzom, Xinping Jiang, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Yichang Liu, THE 

GATEWAY, 2019/06/18 

by Menghan Lu, Qianru Li, Kefei Qiao, Dongjie Ma, Jiazheng 

Liu, URBAN CONNECTOR, 2019/06/18 

Final exhibition, 2019/06/18 

Creators and Organizers 

Sandro Rolla 



Teaching Team 

Rajeev Kathpalia 

Sandro Rolla 



Camilo Espitia 

Cindy Lai 

Daniela Pico 

Students 

Group 1: 

Chenjia Ren, Yixin Xiao 

Group 2: 

Menghan Lu, Qianru Li, Kefei Qiao, 

Dongjie Ma, Jiazheng Liu 

Group 3: 

Ran Zhang, Tiantian Dong, Menghan 

Chen, Yue Shi, Qixuan Hu, Lingyu Wang 

Group 4: 

Xiying Chang, Yi Jiang, Lingke Zhang, 

Jiaye Yang, Dexin Li 

Group 5: 

Ni Shuyu, Li Shuqi, Zhang Zhao, 

Magsarjav Telmuun 

Group 6: 

Haoning Zhang, Lihan Huang, Simeng 

Zhu, Tshering Yangzom, Xinping Jiang, 

Xiaoxuan Zhang, Yichang Liu 

Lectures 

Rajeev Kathpalia 

(In search of the Elusive Water of 

India, June 10 th ) 

Yuwen Wang 

(Water heritage of Suzhou, June 11 th ) 

Balkrishna V. Doshi 

(Public conversation, online from 

Ahmedabad (India), June 11 th ) 

Final Critic Guests 

Gisela Loehlein (ARC-XJTLU) 

Marco Cimillo (ARC-XJTLU) 

Yiwen Wang (UPD-XJTLU) 

Placido Gonzalez Martinez 

(Tongji University, Shanghai) 

Per Erik Bjornsen (Architect, Shanghai) 

Filippo Calcerano (ITABC – National 

Research Council of Italy) 

Contemporary cities are complex stratifications in which humans try 

to balance their life in between traditional heritage and future ways of 

living. It is not possible to think about sustainable growth without a correct 

equilibrium between the built space and its environment. 

As the world progressively becomes more urban our relationship to 

natural environment, circadian rhythms and especially to our inner self is 

radically affected. 

As cities grow and adapt to larger populations often the pragmatic 

functionality to achieve an efficiency of speed dominates at the cost 

of slower, opportunistic, chance based reflective modes of doing and 

thinking in their planning and design. Convenience is at the cusp between 

remaining alert, alive and humanly fallible versus machine like precision 

and efficiency and often the loss of humane qualities. 

The workshop sets out to explore this condition through a real project 

based on the city of Suzhou. Instead of defining a program or a problem 

to be solved looks at a situation in the city as an opportunity to draw out 

possibilities for humane which would benefit residents of the area of 

intervention, citizens, visitors, tourists and others. 

In this effort, connections to natural systems, landscape elements 

connecting people to their deeply wired responses of their past as well 

as contemporary infrastructure and current challenges of living in fast 

paced, convenient environments are to be balanced. 

Six groups of students from the UG program year 3 and 4 as well as from 

year 1 and 2 of the Master program have volunteered to participate in this 

workshop. 

The culmination of the workshop was a beautiful exhibition with video 

presentations, models, drawings and 6 posters summarizing the projects. 

Balkrishna V. Doshi is a Fellow of RIBA 

as well as IIA. 

He worked with Le Corbusier as Senior 

Designer (1951-54) in Paris and supervised 

his projects in Ahmedabad for four 

more years. His office Vastu-Shilpa was 

established in 1955. 

Dr. Doshi has been a jury member of several 

international and national competitions and 

awards. He has been visiting U.S.A. and 

Europe since 1958 and has held important 

chairs in several universities. Dr. Doshi is 

equally known as educator and institution 

builder and is a recipient of Pritzker Prize and 

several other awards, honors and honorary 

Doctorates. 


Rajeev Kathpalia is involved with 

Architecture, Urban Design and Planning 

projects throughout India for 30 years as a 

partner at Vastu Shilpa Consultants. 

This critically acclaimed practice is the 

recipient of several international and national 

awards and honors and its work has been 

published and exhibited extensively. 

Besides running an acknowledged practice 

Rajeev has been teaching for the past 25 

years. 

He is also a Trustee of the Vastu Shilpa 

Foundation a not for profit research 

organization in environmental and Habitat 

Design.

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WORKSHOP 

BIM WORKSHOP 


Dates 

27 th – 31 st . August 2018 

Curator 

Dr. Davide Lombardi 

Tutor 

Giancarlo Di Marco 

(CENTRO University, Mexico City) 

Assistant 

Daniela Pico Perez 

The five-day workshop on Autodesk Revit was the first of the workshop 

series run by the department of Architecture in the academic year 

2018/2019. The workshop on Building Information Modelling software 

Autodesk Revit, was led by Giancarlo Di Marco, professor of digital 

design and fabrication at the University Centro de Diseño, Cine y 

Televisión, Mexico City. He is professor of parametric design and digital 

fabrication in undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Specialist in 3D 

Modelling, Digital Design and Digital Fabrication he has worked with 

several companies as process and product innovation specialist together 

with Confindustria (General Confederation of Italian Industry). In 

Mexico he founded Studio Giancarlo Di Marco, consulting, training and 

design services for Architecture, Engineering and Industrial/Product 

Design. He is an Autodesk and McNeel certified trainer, author of the 

book Simplified Complexity –Method for advanced NURBS modelling 

with Rhinoceros. 

The workshop introduced the students to Revit Architecture interface 

with focus on an optimized workflow in the process of design and 

the generation of views, floor plans, elevations, sections and sheets. 

Autodesk Revit Architecture is the perfect solution for BIM design and 

full control over the entire construction process. The Architect can take 

advantage of this potential to create and control every aspect of complex 

projects. 

Furthermore, a two-days advanced course on energy analysis with 

Revit Architecture took place in parallel to the international conference 

Architecture Across Boundaries. The workshop focused on creating the 

energy model, a complex set of geometric, physical and spatial properties 

that make building efficiency evaluation possible. The workshop 

provided a solid understanding and knowledge of energy analysis with 

Revit Architecture. 

Other Activities

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WORKSHOP 

BAMBOO & RATTAN 

MATERIAL WORKSHOP 

WITH THE TAIWANESE 

ARTIST CHENG TSUNG FENG 


Photographs by 

Wei Chun Lin and Sofia Quiroga 

( Year 2-4 | Semester 1 ) 

Coordination 

Sofia Quiroga + Barbara Wong 

Teaching Team 

Cheng Tsung Feng 

Sofia Quiroga 

Teaching Assistants 

Wei Chun Lin 

Guillermo Sanchez Sotés 

Special Support 

Jian Chen 

Hailin Zhao 

Liqiong Chen 

Students 

Lin LI 

Jinjin SONG 

Qichen CUI Mengjie LYU 

Siyi XIA Yili ZHOU 

Yuhui CAO Ziting XIONG 

Binao GUO Qianru LI 

Jing Wen HU Ruilin XIE 

Shengyao LYU Shangtong HUAG 

Zixuan ZHANG Yuzi CHEN 

Rui ZHANG Xiaoxuan ZHANG 

Yu LIU Yufei ZHAN 

Hao JING Feiya SUO 

Shiran LUO Siyan LIU 

Zhaoyun XING Cai XIAO 

Angel Orozco Garcia 

For five days, we went through a complete process of creating and 

producing structures to reactivate ceilings in the Design Building at 

XJTLU. The main aim of the workshop was to focus on design from 

specific materials and creating through a hands-on process. The students 

were encouraged to experiment with the materials manipulating them 

with their hands to learn about their distinctive properties. They 

developed the concept design researching the properties of rattan and 

bamboo. 

We invited the artist Feng to lead the workshop to create an opportunity 

for students to interact with those in other departments and to practice 

teamwork and collaboration. The architecture and industrial design 

students worked together, complementing each other’s skill sets. 

We organised a temporary exhibition on the Design Building first 

floor with the outcomes together with the prototypes made during the 

research of the materials. 

The final exhibition is located in the Design Building Workshop area 

interacting with the light and the surrounding spaces, creating an 

atmosphere that invites creativity. 

Other Activities

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WORKSHOP 

DIGITAL STRUCTURAL 

DESIGN AND FABRICATION 

WITH KARAMBA3D 


Physical model of the designed structure, photo by: Davide Lombardi 

Digital Structural Analysis, photo by: Davide Lombardi 

Dates 

10 th – 14 th June 2019 

Curator 


Tutors 

CllemensPreisinger 

Matthew Tam (Karamba3D) 

Assistant 


The five-day workshop was part of a series of hands-on workshops run 

by the Department to give students practical experience with industry 

professionals. 

The workshop on algorithm-aided design was led by Clemens Preisinger, 

developer of the parametric structural engineering tool Karamba3D, and 

Matthew Tam, Preisinger’s colleague at European structural engineering 

consultancy firm Bollinger + Grohmann. The workshop introduced 

students to Karamba3D use in the design phase of a project. 

Karamba3D is a parametric, interactive Finite Element program being 

developed in cooperation with Bollinger + Grohmann Engineers in 

Vienna. Its dissemination is an effort of an interdisciplinary team of 

architects, structural engineers, researchers and programmers. 

Karamba3D allows architects and engineers to test a wide range of 

possibilities in an early design phase, avoiding time-consuming and 

manual process. With the support of the software students were able 

to easily calculate the behaviour of a building and the reaction of the 

structure to different elements. Moreover, students were able to show 

how the digital model can be transformed into something physical by 

building a physical model of the structure designed with Karamba3D at 

the end of the workshop. 

Other Activities

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WORKSHOP 

EXHIBITION 

INTERDISCIPLINARY 

WORKSHOP + EXHIBITION 

— SUZHOU: 1 CITY/ 7 

IDENTITIES 

1 

2 


3 

1 Projection Mapping, Digital 

Scroll, Xiyang Jing 

Photographer - ARC/ UPD 

Date - June 18, 2019 

2 Xiyang Jing 



3 Workshop Participants 



5 

4 

5 

6 

School Visit 

Photographer - John Latto 


Exhibition at Night 

Photographer - ARC 


Projection Mapping 

Photographer - ARC 


4 

6 

Dates 

June 18, 2019 

Organizers 

David Vardy 

Christian Nolf 

Flo Vannoorbeeck 

Teaching Team 

David Vardy 

Philip Fung 

Richard Hay 

Kihong Ku 

Students 

Shi Luhang 

Haitian Xie 

Mingkun Li 

Yuyin Xiao 

Kexin Qian 

Ming Chen 

Zhaoyun Xing 

Yingfei Zhuo 

Yurui Li 

Qi Zhu 

Lu Song 

Dengyu Zou 

Yingzhuo Wang 

Feiya Suo 

Zaozao Wang 

Guest Lectures 

Igea Troiani 

Qian Lin 

Yaqin Zuo 

Christian Nolf 

Flo Vannoorbeeck 

Shaun Ansari 

Yiwen Wang 

Rui Yan 

Xuan Zhou 

Yuqian Jiang 

Beige Ouyang 

Fangming Li 

Yuanfang Shang 

Fei Zheng 

Lan Qin 

Bao Kun Wei 

Yurou Li 

Pengyang Luo 

Mark Kats 

Yuan Xu 

Naomi Riteco 


Igea Trioani Arturo Smith 

Tordis Berstrand Thomas Wortmann 

Adam Brillhart Peta Carlin 

Yiping Dong Wenbo Qiu 

Vincent Peu Duvallon 

Suzhou, 2500 years old; multifaceted; under threat; how can its historic 

centre become (again) a vibrant, creative and livable city in the 21st 

century? Crossing fields of Urban Design, Architecture, and Film, 

this interdisciplinary workshop and resultant exhibition explored 7 

interwoven identities of the city: Suzhou Water/ Suzhou Gardens/ 

Suzhou Wisdom/ Suzhou Streets/ Suzhou Creates/ Suzhou Scroll/ 

Suzhou Dwelling. By reframing, reinterpreting, and reviving these 

identities; through observation, imagination, intervention, and design; 

students realised an alternative approach to top-down master planning 

and restrictive conservation practice. 

The initiative was a collaboration between the Department of 

Architecture’s Design Research Centre, the Department of Urban 

Planning and Design, and the School of Film and Television Arts. The 

exhibition had three elements; a ‘Digital Scroll’ showing 7 films of 

Suzhou simultaneously; a gigantic ‘Projection Mapped’ relief model 

of Suzhou telling the story of the 7 Identities and the sites we worked 

with; and 7 hidden/revealed ‘Suzhou-Scope’ models inspired by the 

Chinese tradition of XiYang Jing. All the work was created during an 

intensive five day period involving lectures, field-work, design charrette, 

filmmaking, and model-making. 

We hope our work contributes to the conversation around urban 

conservation and regeneration in China. We wished to dynamically 

balance livability, heritage conservation, tourism, and economic 

development; and through a synthesis of film, modelling, and projectionmapping, 

we created a series of interconnected propositional visions — 

The 7 Identities of Suzhou. 

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WORKSHOP 

ARCHITECTURE VISUALI- 

ZATION WORKSHOP WITH 

FLYINGARCHITECTURE 


Xinning Yu, Final Render 

Tiantian Ge, Final Render 

Dates 

29 th October – 02 nd November 2018 

Curator 


Tutors 

Matus Nedecky 

Lukas Filip (FlyingArchutecture) 

Assistant 


Following up with the workshop series, Architecture students 

of the Department of Architecture at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool 

University, enhanced their visualization skills with a Digital 

representation workshop. Based in Brno, Czech Republic, 

FlyingArchitecture’s work is focused on high-end photorealistic imagery, 

and they have produced architecture visualisations for renowned studios 

including Zaha Hadid Architects and UNstudio. 

For five days, founder of FlyingArchitecture Matus Nedecky and Senior 

Artist Lukas Filip guided the students through the workflow for creating 

high-end computer-generated architecture visuals. Undergraduate 

and master students were trained in the use of software applications 

Rhinoceros, V-Ray, and Photoshop. The trainers also introduced the 

students to plugin RhinoGrow for rendering grass and plants, and 3D 

material authoring tool Substance Designer. 

Flying architecture provided to the students a detailed set of digital 

resources and lectures about the principles of ArchViz including the 

software workflow a, as composition, camera setup, and perspective 

criteria. During the workshop the students reconstructed a scene guided 

by the lectures. The tutors followed up with the students throughout the 

week, focusing on their individual needs and interests, and encouraging 

them to explore and experiment with their visualisations. The results of 

their work were projected on the ground floor of the Design Building. 

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WORKSHOP 

ZULOARK WORKSHOP 

DESIGNING WITH 

RECYCLED MATERIALS 

WORKSHOP STATEMENT: Awareness. Noun [ U ] uk 

/əˈweə.nəs/ - us /əˈwer.nəs/ 

“Knowledge that something exists, or 

understanding of a situation or subject at the 

present time based on information or experience” 


Photographs by Sofia Quiroga 

BEng Architecture 

( Year 2-4) (Semester 2) 

BEng Industrial Design 

(Year 1-4) 

Coordination 

Sofia Quiroga 

Teaching Team 

Zuloark office 

Juan Chacon 

Manuel Dominguez 

Sofia Quiroga 


Guillermo Sanchez Sotés 

Special Support 

Hailin Zhao 

Yunpeng Liu 

CMO working team 

Ma Mingxun 

Students 

Kai Wu 

Zitong Chen 

Tian Luo 

Lu Song 

Linmei Li 

Xinning Yu 

Ying Chen 

Runhao Cheng 

Mengting Liu 

Yu Gu 

Shubo Wei 

Xinyuan Yue 

Mengjie Lyu 

Yuqian Gao 

Yuanyuan Xu 

Jialin Li 

Tian Xinyi 

Henny Chenjaya 

Yuxia Ren 

Xiaopei Lu 

Yiting Ma 

Zhixin Tang 

Zhaohua Chen 

Binao Guo 

Yufei Zhan 

Zeyu Jiao 

Zhen Wu 

Xiangyuan Kong 

Ziqing Xu 

Zhen Wu 

Xueli Guan 

Bryan yan chut hang 

This workshop is not about what is good or bad; it’s about the freedom 

to choose that knowledge provides. When we have information, and we 

know “the facts” about architecture, construction and what it takes to 

produce them, we are freer to decide depending on our commitments 

with our profession and what we want to leave as “our work legacy” on 

the planet. Our aim is that what we learn in these days will be exportable 

not only to our future as architecture professionals but to our daily lives. 

Using discarded, old stocked, and non-used elements, we built a common 

resting area at the university terrace. All these materials were extracted, 

manufactured or produced using energy, and therefore, they have their 

carbon footprint, and this will have to be taken into account. 

We worked hand to hand in collaborative processes, using and reusing 

university’s materials and equipment. In teams of 3 or 4 students, we 

were delivering from 8 team prototypes that be deployed on the terrace 

and work as a whole. Every team was free to design their prototype; 

however, they had to respect given maximum measures and occupation 

and them mandatory had to think how to link their prototype with 

the rest to find out a global solution to the whole terrace area. Every 

prototype should have a base or counterweight, a bearing structure that 

will support a canopy and finally the possibility to hold plants on them. 

This is just a building awareness workshop, we will not save the earth, 

but hopefully, we achieved both the academic and conscious mission. We 

will have more wisdom about the crucial fact that Global Warming is for 

our future decisions as architects and citizens. 

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WAXING LYRICALLY 


Curator 

Peta Carlin 

Assistant 

Dengyu Zou 

Students 

Christian Lau Kuen Wing 

Fangqing Lin 

Jiaming Chang 

Kexin Qian 

Lanxin He 

Mengzhe Xue 

Puyuan Sun 

Reynard Eugene 

Ruqing Lyu 

Wanting Shen 

Woosik Jung 

Xinyuan Yue 

Yangxi Liu 

Yitian Tan 

Yuhui Cao 

Yuyin Xiao 

Zhixuan Song 

Ziting Xiong 

Emerging from a cast of characters and their costuming, to their 

gathering into groups in order to form an enclosure, a series of drawings 

were born through various experiments and transformations, these 

then taking shape in the form of a model. Immersed in wax and recast, 

relationships between solid and void were consequently exposed, the 

potential to shape and inhabit space further tested through movement, 

occupation and changes in scale. 

Part of the first-year design studio module, ARC101: Design Thinking 

and Articulation, which explores relationships between body and 

building, Waxing Lyrically presents a selection of models produced by 

our students. 

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CLIMATHON 2018 


Students conceptualise their project proposal 

Group photo of the participants to Decathlon 2018 

Jury members listening to the presentation of the Human Behavious theme 

The winning team of Decthlon 2018 with recycled bags produced by the Department of Architecture: 

Eva Carocci (BEng Industrial Design), Adit Rastogi (BA Marketing), Xiaoyang Zhou (BEng Architecture) and Wenqing Gao (BSc Financial Mathematics). 

Dates 

26 th – 27 th October 2018 

Organisers 

Dr Barbara Wong (IND) 

Dr. Marco Cimillo (ARC) 

Dr Zheng Feei Ma (HES) 

Dr Paola Pellegrin (UPD) 

Dr Ellen Touchstone (IBSS) 

Supporting Student Associations 

XJTLU Design Association 

XJTLU Oikos Suzhou 

Coaches 

Dr. Barbara Wong 

Dr. Marco Cimillo 

Dr Christiane Herr 

Dr. Zheng Feei Ma 

Dr. Paola Pellegrini 

Dr. Ellen Touchstone 

Dr. Florence Vannoorbeeck 

Dr. Yuxi Zhao 

Jury members Human Behaviour 

Prof. Giselle Loehlein (ARC) 

Prof. Joon Sik Kim (UPD) 

Dr. Chiachi Chang (IBSS) 

Dr. Zheng Feei Ma (HES) 

Ms Bao Xia (SIP CSR Alliance) 

Jury members Circular Economy 

Prof. Ewout van der Schaft (IND) 

Prof. Hossam Ismail (IBSS) 

Dr. Marco Cimillo (ARC) 

Dr. Paola Pellegrini (UPD) 

Dr. Ellen Touchstone (IBSS) 

Dr Huan Ni (Greenlightyear NGO) 

XJTLU hosted for the second time “Climathon Suzhou”, joining a worldwide 

movement with participants from 113 cities in 67 countries. 

The event encourages ordinary citizens to contribute to sustainable 

development in their own cities. 

At our university, students and academics joined forces to participate 

in the 24-hour hackathon with the aim of finding new ways to tackle 

environmental challenges in Suzhou. 

Approximately 50 students were divided into 12 groups, each tasked 

with finding the solution to a specific question related to either Human 

Behaviour or Circular Economy, within a 24-hour time period. 

The workshop was supported by five departments and two student 

associations at XJTLU, and saw also the participation of students from 

other local universities and of external experts from Suzhou and 

Shanghai. 

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HALL OF LOST STEPS 

JUAN HEREDIA 


Grill to the Salle des Pas Perdus designed by Louis Salzmann in 1939, 

at the United Nations Palais des Nations, Geneva. 

Photograph by Mourad Ben Abdallah. 

Organiser 

Peta Carlin 

A ‘Hall of Lost Steps’ (Salle des pas perdus) is a large vestibule, lobby, or 

corridor, capable of containing a large number of people and distributing 

them to other parts of a building. Departing from André Breton’s 

collection of essays, The Lost Steps (Les Pas perdus) in which he narrates 

his transition from Dadaism to Surrealism, Juan Heredia traces the 

Hall’s significance in architectural culture from the writings of Eugène- 

Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc to the work of Le Corbusier, Carlo Scarpa, 

Marco Frascari and Peter Eisenman. 

About the Speaker 

Juan Heredia is currently Associate Professor at Portland State University. He 

studied and practiced architecture in Mexico, moving to the United States in 1999 

to pursue graduate studies. His research focuses on architectural theory and 

history, especially that of the 20th century with an emphasis on Latin American 

architecture. Forthcoming publications include: The Routledge Handbook for the 

Reception of the Classical Tradition in Architecture (London: Routledge) edited with 

Nicholas Temple and Andrzej Piotrowski; The First Modern Building in Mexico – 

El primer edificio moderno de México (Mexico: Arquine); Essays on Openness and 

Orientation in Architecture / Ensayos sobre aperturay orientación en arquitectura 

(Mexico: Arquine); and, the edited edition, Joseph Rykwert: Collected Essays 

(London: Routledge).I 

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STUDENT PRIZES 


Best Social Engagement 

Yurui Li 

Best Vision 

Camilo Espitia 

Best Design Process and 

Narrative 

Yifu Gong 

Best Environmental Strategy 

Chenjia Ren 

Best Technical Development 

Houwei Fu 

Jiaming Chang 

Xingyu Lu 

Zidong Fan 

Best Visualization 

Chenwei Ye 

Best Sketches 

Fanyu Gao 

Ziyu Liu 

Best Model 

Xingyu Lu 

Best Essay 

Shangtong Huang 


BDP - Farrell Prize 

1st Prize 

Yuzheng Yao 

2nd Prize 

Mingxun Ma 

Best Overall Academic 

Performance 

Yang Di 

Best performance 

in Final Year Project 

Yang Di 

Best performance 

in Final Year Project 

Yuzheng Yao

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Organising Committee 

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University: 

● Dr Marco Cimillo 

● Dr Adam Brillhart 

● Dr Teresa Hoskyns 

● Phillip Fung 

● Prof. Gisela Loehlein 

● Dr Davide Lombardi 

● Dr Jing Yang 

Royal Institute of British Architects: 

● Alison Mackinder 

CONFERENCE 

ARCHITECTURE ACROSS 

BOUNDARIES 2019: 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 

Dr Teresa Hoskyns, Conference Chair 

Dr Marco Cimillo, Organisational Chair 

19-21 JUNE 2019 


Keynote Speech by Binke Lenhardt 

Architecture across Boundaries Booklet 

A thematic paper presentation session 

Conference social Dinner hosted by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 

International Scientific Committee 

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University: 

● Prof. Gisela Loehlein 

● Dr Tordis Berstrand 

● Dr Adam Brillhart 

● Dr Bing Chen 

● Dr Marco Cimillo 

● Dr Juan Carlos Dall’Asta 

● Dr Yiping Dong 

● Dr Jiawen Han 

● Dr Christiane Herr 

● Dr Teresa Hoskyns 

● Dr Sofía Quiroga Fernández 

● Dr Christian Gaenshirt 

● Dr Davide Lombardi 

● Dr Kihong Ku 

● Dr Paolo Scrivano 

● Prof Igea Troiani 

● Li-An Tsien 

● Dr Claudia Westermann 

● Dr Jing Yang 

University of Liverpool: 

● Prof. Soumyen Bandyopadhyay, 

● Dr David Chow 

Italian National Council of Architects / 

University of Pescara "G. d'Annunzio", Italy: 

● Prof. Livio Sacchi 

Sapienza University of Rome: 

● Dr Alessandra Battisti 

● Dr Fabrizio Tucci 

Italian National Research Council, Rome: 

● Dr Filippo Calcerano 

● Elena Gigliarelli 

Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Denmark: 

● Dr Sofie Pelsmakers 

Oxford Brookes University: 

● Dr Esra Kurul 

● Dr Maurizio Sibilla 

Saint Martins University of Arts London: 

● Nancy Diniz 

China Academy of Art, Hangzhou: 

● Dr Kenkit Yeung 

In June 2019 the Department of Architecture had the pleasure to host 

the international conference Architecture across Boundaries. The 

conference had ninety three Chinese and International registered guests, 

from academia, practice and from professional bodies. The guests came 

from eighteen different nations and from forty five institutions. The 

conference focused on international practice discussing the challenges/ 

opportunities architects face when practicing in the internationally and 

showcased innovative and best practice. Boundaries in architecture 

become increasingly apparent when working in an global context 

and can be physical territories but also can refer to social, cultural, 

interdisciplinary and professional difference. Boundaries were discussed 

through four themes: Trans-national Architecture: Global Practice in the 

Local Context; Architecture across Cultures: Making, Representation 

and Material; Education and Professional Practice across Borders; Future 

Cities, Sustainability, Workflows, BIM. 

We were delighted to have six prestigious keynote speakers: 

Rajeev Kathpalia: Vastu Shilpa Consultants, Celebrating the elusive 

water of India 

Keith Griffiths: Chairman and Global Design Principal of Aedas, City 

Icons 

Binke Lenhardt: Partner and Co-founder, Crossboundaries, China 

shapes you while we are trying to shape China 

Dr. Charlie Q. L. Xue: City University of Hong Kong, A Reflexive 

Modernity: Architectural Importation and Exportation of China 

Prof. Alan Jones, President Elect RIBA, Risks and opportunities across 

our profession 

Prof. Flora Samuel: Vice President for Research RIBA, Future Practices 

This conference is supported by the University of Liverpool and the 

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 

Special thanks to: 

The Head of Department Prof Gisela Loehlein; Prof. Igea Troiani, Dr. 

Adam Brillhart, Dr Teresa Hoskyns and Dr Marco Cimillo for their work 

as track chairs; Ms Yao Cheng for the Administrative Support; the XJTLU 

Conferences and Events Team at the Academic Services Office for the 

organizational support. 

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The research strategy of the Department of Architecture is focused on 

three research areas: 

History, Theory and Heritage 

History, theory and heritage are fields of expertise of increasing 

importance in contemporary China. In the context of profound 

economic and social transformation, focus on the relationship between 

modernisation and tradition has taken centre stage. This applies in 

particular to the Suzhou region, where a number of significant historical 

sites and artefacts are located. 


RESEARCH 

Our staff possess strong and diversified backgrounds in the history 

and theory of architecture and building heritage, the Department of 

Architecture is ideally placed to engage in studies and research on these 

subject matters. The history, theory and heritage research area covers a 

variety of fields of interest, including history and theory of architecture, 

urban history, landscape history, building heritage, cultural and material 

history, and industrial heritage. 

Computational Design and Fabrication 

Digitally aided design and construction are key areas in which the 

Chinese building industry has potential for development and a need for 

innovation. These areas have only recently found significant recognition 

amongst Chinese universities. 

Strengths of the Department of Architecture’s academic staff, the recent 

establishment of XJTLU’s Research Institute on Industrial Design and 

3D Printing, and emerging relationships with related local industry offer 

our Department an opportunity to assume a position of leadership in 

this field. 

Urban Ecologies 

To address the challenges of contemporary urban environments 

creative solutions are needed. This applies in particular to China, where 

cities currently face the challenges of enormous transformations at 

an unprecedented pace. Within this context, urban ecologies seeks to 

research the changing nature of the urbanising world; to link questions 

of human interactions within developing cities to the political, social 

and cultural and environmental discourse; to explore and critique the 

sustainability and liveability of contemporary urbanism. 

Initiated by XJTLU’s Department of Architecture, the urban ecologies 

research platform offers a unique opportunity for inter-disciplinary 

and comparative approaches that consider the design and the design 

processes of the built environment. Urban ecologies allows for existing 

paradigms to be questioned, and for radically new approaches to the 

study of cities and their environment that take into account scientific 

and technological research as well as research in sociology, art, design 

and aesthetics.

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Interrelated and not exclusive, these three areas of expertise cover a 

wide range of interests. More than rigid research groups, they support 

the formation of open research platforms; they link the Department of 

Architecture to other departments and research institutes at XJTLU, to 

other Chinese universities and to professional figures outside academia; 

and they foster international collaborations. 

RESEARCH PERFORMANCE 

FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 

2018/19 


A particular concern of the Department is to explore the possibility to 

develop a form of research that is specific to the architectural discipline: 

Research by Design. This is an experimental form of applied research 

with other less conventional research outcomes (including prototypes, 

projects, buildings, components, and exhibitions). In this way, the 

Department differentiates itself from the research work produced in the 

big design institutes of the major Chinese state universities by developing 

an experimental design activity at a small scale, with a flexible staff 

structure. 

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(46.7 cm); W. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); D. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm). Gift of Richard Rosenblum Family, 2009. From 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 

Monographs 

Austin Williams , New Chinese Architecture: Twenty Women Building 

the Future, Thames and Hudson, 2019. 

Edited Books 

Fischer, Thomas and Christiane M. Herr, eds. 2019. Design Cybernetics. 

Navigating the New. Springer, Cham ISBN-13: 978-3030185565 (published 

15-Jul-2019). 

Höltgen, Stefan, Thorsten Schöler, Johannes Maibaum and Thomas 

Fischer. 2018. Medientechnisches Wissen Band 2: Informatik, 

Programmierung, Kybernetik, DeGruyter, Oldenburg ISBN-13: 978- 

3110496246 (published 05-Nov-2018). 

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proceedings, Architecture Across Boundaries, International Conference, 

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 19-Jun-2019 – 21- 

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Design Approach. In Teresa Hoskyns, ed., Conference proceedings, 

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Brillhart, Adam and Ken Yeung 2019. “Co-Operating with Notational 

Language: Full-Scale Drawing Practices of Traditional Carpentry 

in Southern China.” Presented at: ACSA Black Box: Articulating 

Architecture's Core in the Post-digital Era. 107th Annual Meeting, 27- 

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Cimillo, Marco, Filippo Calcerano, Xi Chen, David Chow, 

Elena Gigliarelli, 2019. Energy Modeling and Retrofit 

of the Residential Building Stock of Jiangsu Province. 

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Across Boundaries. 19-Jun-2017 – 21-Jun-2019 

(presentation date: 21-Jun-2019). 

Dall’Asta, Juan Carlos and Frederico De Matteis. 

2018. Architectural Design and Policies for the 

Inclusive Regeneration of Chinese Historic 

Neighbourhoods - A Case Study from Suzhou, China. 

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Schöler, Johannes Maibaum and Thomas Fischer, 

Medientechnisches Wissen Band 2: Informatik, 

Programmierung, Kybernetik, DeGruyter, 

Oldenburg, pp. 273–433 (published 05-Nov-2018). 

Fischer, Thomas and Christiane M. Herr. 2019. An 

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our Shared Interests. In Matthias Hank Haeussler, 

Marc Aurel Schnabel and Tomohiro Fukuda 

(eds.): CAADRIA 2019. Proceedings of the 24th 

International Conference on Computer Aided 

Architectural Design Research in Asia, Vol. 2, 

Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 541–550 (double-blind 

peer reviewed, presented 16-Apr-2019). 

Fischer, Thomas, Christiane M. Herr and Michael 

Grau. 2019. Triangulated Shell Foam Structures 

Based on Robotic Hot-Wire-Cutting. A Design, 

Geometry Rationalisation and Fabrication Workflow. 

In Matthias Hank Hussler, Marc Aurel Schnabel 

and Tomohiro Fukuda (eds.): CAADRIA 2109. 

Proceedings of the 24th International Conference 

on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research 

in Asia, Vol. 2, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 551– 

560 (double-blind peer reviewed, presented and 

published 16-Apr-2019). 

Fung, Philip. 2019. Zoo-topia. Vertical Fabric: Density 

in Landscape, p. 30. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong 

Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation (ISBN: 

9789887942917, published 2019) 

Fung, Philip. 2019. So Uk Project. 2018 China Design 

Power 100, pp. 144-145. Beijing: China Design Power 

100 Committee (published 12-Jan-2019) 

Han, Jiawen and Nan, Ye. 2019. Professional 

trajectories in Architectural Design in China and the 

UK. In Teresa Hoskyns, ed., Conference proceedings, 

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Herr, Christiane M, 2018: Creativity in Crossdisciplinary 

Collaborations between Architects and 

Structural Engineers in China, Proceedings of the 

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through interdisciplinary collaboration, 16-20-Jul- 

2018, MIT, Boston, USA, pp. 1-8(8) (double-blind 

peer reviewed, published 16-Jul-2018, ISSN 2518- 

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Herr, Christiane M. 2018. Creativity Between 

Architecture and Structural Engineering: 

Educating Collaborative Practitioners of the Future, 

Proceedings of The VI International Conference on 

Engineering Education without Borders, 20-22 June 

2018, Madrid, Spain, 2018, pp. 30-38 (double-blind 

peer reviewed, published 20-June-2018). 

Herr, Christiane M. 2019. Constructing Cybernetic 

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Hidalgo Arellano, José Ángel. 2019. Dwelling the 

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Krevaikas. 2019. A Cross-disciplinary Approach to 

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Lombardi, Davide and Theo Dounas. 2018. A CAD- 

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Exploration of Flexagons: Designing a Tetrahedron 

Based Responsive Daylight Control System. In Ji- 

Hyun Lee, ed. “Hello, Culture”- Proceeding of the 

18th International Conference on Computer Aided 

Architectural Design Futures, Korea Advanced 

Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 

Daejeon, Republic of Korea. 26-June-2019 – 28-June- 

2019 (ISBN: 978-89-89453-05-5). 

Sun, Yuan and Jiawen Han. 2019. Comparative Study 

on the Gated Communities of Suzhou Industrial 

Park and the Non-gated Communities of Singapore 

within Their Urban Forms. Conference proceedings, 

International Seminar on Urban Form Cit as 

Assemblages, Nicosia, 02-Jul-2019 – 6-Jul-2019. 

Troiani, Igea. 2019. “‘Global modernity’ in China 

and France: Flattening boundaries between 

Foreign. Brandscapes & Regional Urban Heritage,” 

in Architecture Across Boundaries Conference 

Proceedings. 

Waibel, Christoph and Thomas Wortmann, Georgios 

Mavromatidis, et al. 2019. Why we need a Testbed 

for Black-Box Optimization in Building Simulation. 

Building Simulation 2019 (peer reviewed; published 

02-Sept-2019. 

Westermann, C., An eco-poetic approach to 

architecture across boundaries. In Teresa Hoskyns, 

ed., Conference proceedings, Architecture Across 

Boundaries, International Conference, Xi’an 

Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 

June 19-10, 2019, (peer reviewed; published 

September-2019). 

Westermann, Claudia. 2019. A Poetics of Designing. 

In Fischer, T. and Herr, C. M. (eds. ) 2019. Design 

Cybernetics. Navigating the New. Springer, pp. 233- 

245 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18557- 

2_13, published 15-Jul-2019). 

Wortmann, Thomas. 2019. Architectural Design 

Optimization—Results from a User Survey. 

Architecture Across Boundaries. Suzhou, CN: Xi'an 

Jiaotong Liverpool University (peer reviewed; 

published 19-Jun-2019). 

Wortmann, Thomas, Thomas Schroepfer and Zuardin 

Akbar. 2018. Surveying Fitness Landscapes with 

Performance Explorer - Supporting the Design of a 

Better Tomorrow with Interactive Visualizations. 

In Anetta Kępczyńska-Walczak and Sebastian 

Białkowski, eds. computing for a better tomorrow 

- Proceedings of the 36rd eCAADe conference, 

621–630. Lodz, PL: eCAADe and Faculty of Civil 

Engineering, Architecture and Environmental 

Engineering, Lodz University of Technology (peer 

reviewed; ISBN: 9789491207150; published 19-Sep- 

2018). 

Wortmann, Thomas and Thomas Schroepfer. 2019. 

From Optimization to Performance-Informed 

Design. In: Rockcastle Shiobhan et al., eds. SimAUD 

2019 Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation 

for Architecture & Urban Design, 261–268. San Diego, 

CA: SCS (peer reviewed; published 07-Apr-2019). 

Yang, Jing. 2019. A Sense of Japanese Aesthetics: the 

Role of Materiality in the Work of SANAA. In Teresa 

Hoskyns, ed., Conference proceedings, Architecture 

Across Boundaries, International Conference, Xi’an 

Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 19- 

Jun-2019 – 21-Jun-2019, (peer reviewed; published 

September-2019). 

Guest Edited Journal Issues 

Troiani, Igea and Suzanne Ewing. eds. 2019. Architecture 

and Culture, Themed Issue entitled ‘Spaces of 

Tolerance’ 7(1) (DOI. 10.1080/20507828.2018.1556375; 

published Mar-2019). 

Journal Article 

Baron, Philip and Herr, Christiane M. 2019. 

Cybernetically informed pedagogy in two tertiary 

educational contexts: China and South Africa, 

Kybernetes 48 (4): 727-739. DOI: https://doi. 

org/10.1108/K-12-2017-0479 (double-blind peer 

reviewed, published 1-Apr-2019). 

Brillhart, Adam. 2018. The Boundless 

Workshop. Journal of the National Academy of Art, 

Vol. 39: 57–63 (peer reviewed; published: ISSN: 1674- 

2249, CN 33-1068/J; Print Version Published 01-Aug- 

2018. 

Fischer, Thomas. 2019. Transcomputability, 

(Glanville’s Corollary of) Ashby’s Law of Requisite 

Variety, and Epistemic Processes, Kybernetes, 48(4), 

793–804, open access, DOI: 10.1108/K-11-2017-0457 

(double-blind peer-reviewed, published 01-Apr-2019). 

Herr, Christiane M.: Curricula, Knowledge and 

Design in the Context of Radical Constructivist 

Education. Open peer commentary on the target 

article “Heterarchical Reflexive Conversational 

Teaching and Learning as a Vehicle for Ethical 

Engineering Curriculum Design” by Philip Baron. 

Constructivist Foundations, 13(3): 321–322 (non-peer 

reviewed, published 15-Jul-2018). 

Herr, Christiane M. and Fisher, Thomas, 2018: 

Building Information Modelling Adoption in the 

Context of the Chinese AEC Industries: An Extended 

BIM Adoption Model, Journal of Computational 

Design and Engineering, 6(2), 173–178, DOI: 10.1016/ 

j.jcde.2018.06.001 (double-blind peer reviewed, 

published 02-Apr-2019).

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314 


Janssen, Patrick, Herr, Christiane M. and Stouffs, 

Rudi: Editorial: Protocols, Flows and Glitches. 

International Journal of Architectural Computing 

16(3), pp. 181–182, 2018 (non-peer reviewed, 

published 13-Sept-2018). 

Kim, Moon Keun, Baldini, L, Leibundgut, H., 

Wurzbacher, J.A. 2019. Evaluation of the humidity 

performance of a CO2 capture device as a novel 

ventilation and energy saving strategy in buildings, 

Applied Energy, (SCI Journal; DOI:/10.1016/ 

j.apenergy.2019.03.074; published: 22-April-2018). 

Kim, Moon Keun, Choi, J.H., 2019. Impact of increased 

outdoor CO2 concentrations on the ventilation and 

energy in buildings: Case study in Shanghai, China, 

Atmospheric Environment, 210: 220-230 (SCI(E) 

journal; DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.04.015; 

published: Aug-2018). 

Kim, Moon Keun, Cha, J.H., Pham, V.H., Lee, S, Theer- 

Umpon, N. 2019. Advanced simplified neural network 

model design to predict electricity consumption in a 

commercial building, Energies, 2019, 12(7), (SCI(E) 

journal: DOI:10.3390/en12071201; published: 28- 

Mar-2018). 

Li, Xuemei Li, Weiye Li, Kendra S. Smith and Albert 

C. Smith. 2018. Hidden from the Wind and Enjoying 

the Water ( 藏风得水 ): Fengshui and the Shaping 

of Dong Villages in Southwestern China. Journal of 

Landscape Research, 44(5): 614-627 (peer reviewed; 

https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2018.1481935; 

published:19 June 2018). 

Li Xuemei, Xiao Dawei, Kendra Smith and Albert 

Smith. 2018. 匠杆 , 仪式和生命的桥 : 侗族风雨桥的营造 

及其文化内涵 (The Carpenter’s Rules, the Structural 

Rituals, and the Life Bridge: the Cultural Metaphors 

in Building up the ‘Wind and Rain’ Bridge of the 

Dong, Journal of Architecture). 建筑学报 , ISSN 

0529-1399, 105-108. (peer reviewed; published: June 


Ma, W., Kim, Moon Keun, Hao, J. 2019. Numerical 

simulation modeling of a GGHP and WSHP system 

for an office building in the hot summer and cold 

winter climate: A case study at Suzhou, China, 

Sustainability, (SCI(E) journal: in press; accepted: 10- 

Jun-2019). 

Motlib, Zayad, The Symbiotic Towers, published in 

Zukunftsreport2019-Presse, GolfFuturismus, Dec- 

2018, page 46. 

Raonic, Aleksandra and Westermann, Claudia. 2018. 

Framing indeterminacy: Pedagogical journey into 

experimental architectural thinking. Technoetic 

Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, 16(2): 137- 

151 (peer reviewed; DOI: 10.13-86/tear.16.2.137_1; 

published: December 2018). 

Troiani, Igea and Suzanne Ewing. 2019. 

“‘Spaces of Tolerance’: Editorial Introduction’”, 

Architecture and Culture, 7(1): 7-12. (DOI. 

10.1080/20507828.2019.1583967; print and online 

formats; published Mar-2019, double blind reviewed). 

Troiani, Igea and Suzanne Ewing. 2019. “Tolerance 

and the Publication of Interdisciplinary Research 

in Architecture”, Architecture and Culture, 7(1): 13- 

30. (DOI. 10.1080/20507828.2019.1584421; print and 

online formats; published March-2019 double blind 

reviewed). 

Waibel, Christoph, Thomas Wortmann, Ralph 

Evins, and Jan Carmeliet J. 2019. Building energy 

optimization: An extensive benchmark of global 

search algorithms. Energy and Buildings, 187:218–240 

(peer reviewed; DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.01.048; 

published 15-Mar-2019). 

Wortmann, Thomas. 2018. Genetic Evolution vs. 

Function Approximation: Benchmarking Algorithms 

for Architectural Design Optimization. Journal 

of Computational Design and Engineering (peer 

reviewed; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcde.2018.09.001; available 

online: 20-Sep-2018, in press). 

Yang, Jing. 2018. The Materiality of SANAA’s 

Diagram Architecture: A Case Study of Louvre-Lens 

Museum. Architectural Journal, Vol 602: 107–111 

(peer reviewed; published: 15-Nov-2018). 

Ye, Z., Kim, Moon Keun, 2018. Prediction of 

electricity consumption in a building based on 

optimized BP and LM-BP neural network: a case 

study at a shopping mall in China, Sustainable Cities 

and Society, 42, 176-183, (SCI(E) journal: DOI: 

10.1016/j.scs.2018.05.050; published: Oct-2018). 

Zhang, L., Liu, J., Heidarinejad, M., Kim, Moon 

Keun, Srebric, J. 2019. A two-dimentional 

numerical analysis for thermal performance of an 

intermittently operated radiant floor heating system 

in a transient external climatic condition, Heat 

Transfer Engineering, (SCI(E) journal DOI:10.1080/ 

01457632.2019.1576422; published: 27-Mar-2019). 

Zhu, Y., Kim, Moon Keun, Wen, H., 2019. Perturbation 

and observation-based self-adaptable step size 

maximum power point tracking strategy with low 

power loss for photovoltaics, Energies, 12(1), 92 

(SCI(E) journal: DOI:10.3390/en12010092; published: 

28-Dec-2018). 

Conference/Symposium/Workshop 

Presentations 

Berstrand, Tordis. 2019. The possibility of teaching 

Chinese students of architecture to write (a house). 

Presented at: International Conference, Architecture 

across Boundaries, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool 

University, Suzhou, China. 19-June-2019 – 21-June- 

2019 (presented on 21-June-2019). 

Berstrand, Tordis. 2019. What is an artist’s studio 

if not a living room in a house? Presented at: 

International Conference, 21st International 

Congress of Aesthetics, Possible Worlds of 

Contemporary Aesthetics: Aesthetics Between 

History, Geography and Media, The University of 

Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade, Serbia. 

22-July-2019 – 26-July-2019 (presented on 26-July- 


Bissoonauth, Chitraj, Christiane M. Herr and Thomas 

Fischer. 2019. Sustainable Architecture for Future 

High-Density Cities: An Applied Design Approach. 

In Teresa Hoskyns, ed., Conference proceedings, 



Suzhou, China, 19-Jun-2019 – 21-Jun-2019 (peer 

reviewed; published August-2019). 

Brillhart, Adam and Igea Troiani. 2019. ‘Surveying 

the Contextual and Projective Contingencies of 

Building’ Co-Chair of Roundtable Discussion at 

‘Architecture across Boundaries' International 

Conference, XJTLU, Suzhou, 21-Jun-2019.

315 

316 


Carlin, Peta. 2019. ‘Interweavings: Between 

Architecture & Textiles’. Presented at: ArcIntex 

International Symposium, XJTLU, Suzhou, 16-Apr- 

2019 – 17-Apr-2019. 

Carlin, Peta. 2019. ‘On Surface & Place’. Guest 

Lecture presented at Department of Architecture, 

Istanbul Bilgi University, 08-Apr-2019. 

Carlin, Peta. 2019. ‘Textile Metaphors: Urban Futures 

& Green Culture’. Presented at: ICCC Windsor 

Consultations, St Georges House, Windsor, UK, 03- 

Apr-2019 – 05-Apr-2019. 

Carlin, Peta. 2018. ‘On Surface & Place: An 

Introduction’. Keynote Lecture Presented 

at Practical Aesthetics: Yesterday & Tomorrow, 

Southeast University, Nanjing & China Academy of 

Art, Hangzhou, 03-Dec-2018 – 05-Dec-2018. 

Carlin, Peta. 2018. ‘Art, Craft & Music: Engaging 

the Elderly’. Presented at: ICCC Windsor 

Consultations, St Georges House, Windsor, UK, 05- 

Nov-2018 – 07-Nov-2018. 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos. 2018. Interrupted Landscapes, 

Presented at: UTE, Universidad Tecnica Equinoccial, 

Quito, Ecuador, (keynote 20-Sep-2018). 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos. 2018. Urbanscapes, Memorias 

Futuras, Team Leader at: WINAREQ 2018, 0°0’0’’ 

Making City, UTE, Universidad Tecnica Equinoccial, 

Quito, Ecuador. 17-Sep-2018 – 21-Sep-2018. 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos. 2019. Bai E Tan Ecological 

Park. Team Leader, at Bai E Tan Hub Complex 

Integrated development and planning International 

Workshop, Guangzhou, China, 05-Jun-2019 – 07-Jun- 

2019 (keynote: 06-Jun -2019). 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos. 2019. Between Architecture 

and Landscape. Presented at: International 

Conference New Landscapes, POLIMI, Milano Italy. 

(invited: 04-Feb-2019) 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos. 2019. Changzhou eco_ 

cultural island. Presented at: Bai E Tan Hub Complex 

Integrated development and planning International 

Workshop and Conference, Guangzhou, China, 06- 

Jun-2019. 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos., Kathpalia, Rajeev., Lombardi, 

Davide., Rolla, Sandro. 2019. Between Architecture 

and Landscape. Environmental and sustainable 

design for future cities. International Workshop at: 

XJTLU, Suzhou, China, 10-Jun-2019 – 18-Jun-2019. 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos. 2019. Stratified Landscapes 

-Aesthetic future. Presented at: Anagataa- 

Architecture Forays into the future, REVA 

University, Bangalore India, 30-Aug-2019 – 31-Aug- 

2019 (keynote: 31-Aug-2019). 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos., Wash, Glen. 2019. Creative 

Emergencies_Architecture that morphs, Education, 

Design and Practice. Presented at: International 

Conference Understanding skills in a Complex World, 

New York / New Jersey. 17-Jun-2019 – 19-Jun-2019. 

Dong,Yiping. 2018, Resources, Power, Capitals, 

Gentry and Outsiders: A Critical Analysis of the 

Historical Village Conservation Practices of China, 

ACHS 2018 Hangzhou (Association of Critical 

Heritage Studies) Hangzhou, China, 01-Sep-2018 – 

06-Oct-2018. 

Dong, Yiping. 2018, On Industrial Heritage and 

Critical Heritage Studies, Invited Keynote Speech, 

9th Symposium of Chinese Industrial Architecture 

Heritage, An’shan, China, 18-Oct-2018 – 20-Oct- 


Dong, Yiping. 2018, The Research on Jukou Heritage 

Resources, Seminar on the Origins of Yanping Art 

Harvest, Shanghai, China, 21-Oct-2018. 

Dong, Yiping. 2018, Cultural Visions for Rural 

Villages of Jukou, XJTLU Interdisciplinary Design 

Workshop: Imagining the Rural Future – Adaptation 

of a Mountain Village for New Challenges, Jukou 

County, Fujian, China, 04-Nov-2018. 

Dong, Yiping. 2018, Historical Cultural Landscape 

and Resources of Jukou County, Seminar on Rural 

Village and Art Harvest, Shanghai, China, 18-Nov- 


Dong, Yiping. 2018, Academic Moderator of Seminar: 

Awakening Villages with Art, Shanghai, China, 01- 

Dec-2018. 

Dong, Yiping. 2018, Awakening Villages with Art- 

Visions of China Yanping Art Harvest, Xiamen, 

Fujian, China, 15-Dec-2018. 

Dong, Yiping. 2019, Heritage Resource Survey of 

Jukou and Rural Revitalization, Yanping, Fujian, 

China, 11-Jan-2019. 

Dong, Yiping. 2019, Academic Coordinator, 

WHITRAP-XJTLU Cultural Heritage Day Forum, 

Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 

08-Jun-2019. 

Dong, Yiping. 2019, Academic Coordinator, 2019 

Advanced Course on Conservation and Restoration 

Techniques of Traditional Architecture for the Asia- 

Pacific Region – Built Heritage and Local Sustainable 

Development (Case Study of Tai Lake Region) 

Suzhou, China, 07-Jun-2019 – 14-Jun-2019. 

Dong, Yiping. 2019, Industrial Heritage Conservation 

and Regeneration under Mesoscale Perspective, 

2019 Seminar on the Protection and Development of 

Historic Industrial Towns, Nantong, China, 14-Jun- 

2019 – 16-Jun-2019. 

Dong, Yiping. 2019, Urban Nostalgia and Industrial 

Landmark – Thoughts on the Values of Industrial 

Structures Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, 

Shanghai, China, 23-Jun-2019. 

Fischer, Thomas. 2019. Temporality in a Theory 

of (and for) Enquiry. Presentation delivered at the 

Annual Conference of the American Society for 

Cybernetics at the University of British Columbia, 

Vancouver (presented on 26-Jun-2019). Online 

recording available at: https://www.youtube.com/ 

watch?v=Nxgawp6Ou7g 

Fischer, Thomas and Herr, Christiane M., 2019: 

Design Cybernetics and CAAD Research. Aspects of 

our Shared Interests. In Matthias Hank Haeussler, 

Marc Aurel Schnabel and Tomohiro Fukuda 

(eds.): CAADRIA 2019. Proceedings of the 24th 

International Conference on Computer Aided 

Architectural Design Research in Asia, Vol. 2, 

Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 541–550 (double-blind 

peer reviewed, presented 16-Apr-2019).

317 

318 


Fischer, Thomas, Herr, Christiane M. and Grau, 

Michael. 2019. Triangulated Shell Foam Structures 

Based on Robotic Hot-Wire-Cutting. A Design, 

Geometry Rationalisation and Fabrication Workflow. 

In Matthias Hank Haeussler, Marc Aurel Schnabel 

and Tomohiro Fukuda (eds.): CAADRIA 2109. 

Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on 

Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in 

Asia, Vol. 2, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 551–560 

(double-blind peer reviewed, presented 16-Apr- 


Herr, Christiane M. 2018: Creativity in Crossdisciplinary 

Collaborations between Architects and 

Structural Engineers in China, Proceedings of the 

IASS 2018 Boston Symposium: Structural innovation 

through interdisciplinary collaboration, 16-20-Jul- 

2018, MIT, Boston, USA, pp. 1-8(8) (double-blind peer 

reviewed, published 16-Jul-2018, ISSN 2518-6582 

(Online)). 

Hidalgo Arellano, José Ángel. 2019. Engawa: Space 

for contemplation between the sacred and the 

profane. Presented at: 9th Annual International 

Conference on Architecture. Athens, 8/11-July-2019 

(presentation date: 8-Jul-2019). 

Hidalgo Arellano, José Ángel. 2019. Redemption by 

beauty. Reflection of urban trauma in some Chinese 

contemporary artists. Presented at: International 

Conference. Narratives of Temporality: Continuities, 

Discontinuities, Ruptures. Cambridge, 27-July-2019 

(presentation date: 27-July-2019). 

Ku, Kihong. 2019. ‘Textile Material Strategies: Design 

Research in the Architectural Studio Curriculum’. 

Presented at: ArcInTex International Symposium, 

XJTLU, Suzhou, 16-Apr-2019 – 17-Apr-2019. 

Loehlein, Gisela. 2019. ‘Campus developments China 

versus Middle East, Presented at ‘Architecture 

Across Boundaries’ International Conference, 

XJTLU, Suzhou, 19-Jun-2019 – 21-Jun-2019. 

Lombardi, Davide, Christiane M. Herr and Isaac 

Galobardes. 2018. Parametric Design of Sculptural 

Fibre Reinforced Concrete Façade Components. In 

“Learning, prototyping and adapting” CAADRIA 

2018 International Conference, 17-May-2018 – 19- 

May-2018; Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China 

(double-blind peer reviewed, published 17-May- 


Lombardi, Davide 2018 “Data Driven Design”, invited 

keynote speaker at UDLAP – Universidad De Las 

Americas Puebla, Department of Architecture, 

Mexico (presentation date: 12-Apr-2018). 

Lombardi, Davide 2018 “Cellular Automata 

Densities”, presented at Yilong Futuristic City 

International Design Competition award ceremony 

(China), invited keynote speaker (presentation date: 

15-May-2018). 

Motlib, Zayad. Reparameterized Complexity 

01. A parametric design workshop at XJTLU – 

Architecture, Suzhou, 22-Dec-2018 – 24-Dec-2018. 

Quiroga, Sofia. 2019. Activating the ceiling with 

Cheng Tsung Feng; Bamboo and Rattan material 

workshop at XJTLU, Suzhou, China, 21-Jan-2019 – 

25- Jan-2019. 

Quiroga, Sofia. 2019. Understanding the CO2 

footprint, furniture design with recycled materials. 

Workshop at XJTLU, Suzhou, China, 10-Jun-2019 – 

14-Jun-2019. 

Quiroga, Sofia. 2019. The Model as an Experimental 

Tool: The Moholy Nagy's Lighting Devices. Presented 

at: International Conference The Matteria Prima of 

Architecture. Frascari Symposium IV. The Secret 

Lives of Architectural Drawings and Models: From 

Translating to Archiving, Collecting, and Displaying. 

Kingston School of Art, Department of Architecture 

and Landscape, London. 27-Jun-2019 – 29-Jun-2019 


Rajeev Kathpalia, Sandro Rolla, Juan Carlos Dall’Asta 

and Davide Lombardi. 2019. International workshop, 

Between Architecture and Landscape. Environmental 

and sustainable design for future cities. Balkrishna 

V. Doshi. XJTLU Design Building, Suzhou, China, 10- 

Jun-2019 – 18-Jun-2019. 

Raonic, Aleksandra, Raonic, Milos. 2019. Central 

greenmarket in Negotin, RAUM. Poster presented 

at: Architecture across Boundaries 2019 Conference 

at XJTLU - Xi’An Jiaotong - Liverpool University, 

Suzhou China. 19-Jun-2019 – 21-Jun-2019 


Sroka, Jeffrey and Ku, Kihong, 2019. A Geometry 

Exploration of Flexagons: Designing a Tetrahedron 

Based Responsive Daylight Control System, CAAD 

Futures 2019 Conference, KAIST, Daejon, Korea, 26- 

June-2019 – 28-June-2019 (presentation date: 26- 

June-2019). 

Troiani, Igea. 2019. Filming the City: Moving Image 

Making and Analysis. Presented at the Suzhou: 1 

City/7 Identities - Interdisciplinary Workshop of 

Urban Regeneration, XJTLU, Suzhou. 14-06-2019 - 

18-06-2019. (presentation date: 14-06-2019). 

Troiani, Igea. 2019. ‘Global modernity’ in China 

and Franc: Flattening Regional Urban Heritage for 

Foreign Brandscapes. Presented at the Architecture 

Across Boundaries Conference, XJTLU, Suzhou 19- 

06-2019 - 21-06.2019 (presentation date: 20-06- 


Troiani, Igea. 2019. On Smearing: Making ‘Essay 

films’ in a Sino-British School of Architecture. 

Presented at: Fielding Architecture: Practices for a 

Decolonised Pedagogy Conference, University of 

Brighton, UK. 24-06-2019 - 25-06-2019 (presentation 

date: 25-06-2019). 

Troiani, Igea. 2019. Celebrating Women’s 

Architectural Achievements: Balancing Gender 

in the Profession. Presented at: The International 

Women’s Day Symposium, XJTLU -School of 

Architecture, Suzhou. 06-03-2019 (presentation 

date: 06-03-2019). 

Troiani, Igea and Brillhart, Adam. 2019. ‘Surveying 

the Contextual and Projective Contingencies of 

Building’ Co-Chair of Roundtable Discussion at 

‘Architecture across Boundaries' International 

Conference, XJTLU, Suzhou, 21-Jun-2019. 

Wash, Glen and Juan Carlos Dall'Asta. 2019. Creative 

Emergency: Architecture that Reacts to Calamities. 

Presented at: Education, Design and Practice – 

Understanding skills in a Complex World. Stevens 

Institute of Technology. New York, 17/19-June-2019 

(presentation date: 17-June-2019).

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320 


Wash, Glen. 2019. ‘Tokyo’s Evolution to Modernity’. 

Guest Lecture presented at the Department of 

Architectural Technology, New York City College of 

Technology, 18-June-2019. 

Wash, Glen. 2018. Discussant. Research Symposium 

Building Resilient Environments, XJTLU Department 

of Architecture, Suzhou, China, 19-Oct-2018. 

Westermann, Claudia. 2018. Ecology, Cultural 

Perspectives in Dialogue with Science. Presented 

at: International Conference on Water Ecological 

Civilization and Green & Integrated Urban-rural 

Development, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 

Suzhou, China. 27-Oct-2018 – 27-Oct-2018 

(presentation date: 28-Nov-2018). 

Westermann, Claudia. 2019. Poiesis, Ecology and 

Embodied Cognition. Presented at: Bio-mind and 

Techno-Nature, Consciousness Reframed, CITAR 

Research Center for Science and Technology of the 

Arts, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, PT. 

06-June-2019 – 08-June-2019 (presentation date: 06- 

June-2019). 

Westermann, Claudia. 2019. An Eco-poetic Approach 

to Architecture Across Boundaries. Presented at: 

International Conference, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool 

University, Suzhou, China. 19-June-2019 – 21-June- 

2019 (presentation date: 21-June-2019). 

Wortmann, Thomas and Radoslaw Grymin. 

Recalibrating Architectural Design Optimization. 

Workshop at: ACADIA 2018: Re/calibration: on 

imprecision and infidelity, Universidad Nacional 

Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 18-Oct-2019 – 

20-Oct-2019 (invited; workshop dates: 15-Oct-2019 – 

17-Oct-2019. 

Wortmann, Thomas. Beyond Genetic Algorithm. 

Workshop at: eCAADe 2018: computing for a better 

tomorrow, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, PL, 

19-Sep-2019 – 21-Sep-2019 (workshop dates: 17-Sep- 

2019 – 18-Sep-2019). 

Yang, Jing. 2019. A Sense of Japanese Aesthetics: the 

Role of Materiality in the Work of SANAA. Presented 

at: ‘Architecture across Boundaries’ International 

Conference, XJTLU, Suzhou, 19-Jun-2019 – 21-Jun- 


Ye, Nan, Jiawen Han. 2019. Convergence and 

dissimilation: the “dialogue” of individualism and 

collectivism in architecture between China and 

Yugoslavia, 1949 – 1958. Presented at: International 

Conference, Distance Looks Back, Sydney, Australia. 

10-Jul-2019 – 13-Jul-2019 (presented on 12-Jun-2019). 

Conference/Symposium/Workshop 

Organization 

Dong, Yiping. 2018, with Andrew Johnston, Session 

Organizer, Conceptualizing Urban/Rural Heritage 

Connections, 2018 ACHS, Zhejiang University, 

Hangzhou, China, 01-Sep-2018 – 06-Sep-2018. 

Dong, Yiping. 2018, Organization Board Member, 

The 2nd International Conference on Heritage of 

China, Suzhou University of Science and Technology 

& Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, University of 

Liverpool, Suzhou, China, 06-Sep-2018 – 09-Sep- 


Dong, Yiping. 2018, Organizer, Seminar on the 

Origins of Yanping Art Harvest, Shanghai, China, 21- 

Oct-2018. 

Dong, Yiping. 2018, Organizer, with Christian Nolf, Claudia Westermann, 

Richard Hay, 2018, XJTLU Interdisciplinary Design Workshop: Imagining 

the Rural Future- Adaptation of a Mountain Village for New Challenges, 

Jukou County, Fujian, China, 01-Nov-2018. 

Dong, Yiping. 2019, Academic Committee, 2nd International Conference 

on Built Heritage Studies – Built Heritage Conservation in Rural 

Vitalization, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 19-Apr-2019 – 21-Apr-2019. 

Dong, Yiping. 2019, Organizer, with WHITRAP Suzhou, WHITRAP- 

XJTLU Cultural Heritage Day Forum, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool 

University, Suzhou, China, 08-Jun-2019. 

Dong, Yiping. 2019, Organizer, with WHITRAP Suzhou, 2019 Advanced 

Course on Conservation and Restoration Techniques of Traditional 

Architecture for the Asia-Pacific Region -Built Heritage and Local 

Sustainable Development (Case Study of Tai Lake Region) Suzhou, China, 

07-17-Jun-2019. 

Projects/Architectural or Artistic Practice 

Dall’Asta, Juan Carlos., Design Consultancy: HoWhy Architecture Studio 

Suzhou, Architectural and Urban Design, 2019–2021, New Research 

Centre ECO Shanghai (project 31-Jul-2019). 

Dall’Asta, Juan Carlos., Design Consultancy: HoWhy Architecture Studio 

Suzhou, Architectural and Urban Design, 2019–2021, S P A C E, creative 

co-working, Wuxi (project 31-Aug-2019). 

Dong, Yiping and Francisco Jose Mejias Villatoro, XJTLU Department 

of Architecture Design Research Centre. 2019. An Open Garden with 

an Open Programme, Suzhou Historical City Design Workshop, China, 

Competition Entry, 30-Mar-2019 – 10-Apr-2019. 

Fung, Philip. 2018. Qingli Fuxiao Hotel, Design Hotel, Beihai, China 

(project completion date: 1-Nov-2018).

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Hoskyns, Teresa, The Lunar Dome 1300 seat portable 

theatre for Apollo Moon Landings, opened in Los 

Angeles, USA in July 2019. 

Lian, Aloysius, Thomas Wortmann, Kian Peen Yeo, 

Jonathan Ng. 2018, Lalang, Interactive Installation, 

Singapore (competition entry; 31-Dec-2018). 

Loehlein, Gisela, Design Consultancy: Kloster Reute, 

Bad Waldsee, advising on scoping, master planning 

and design for the future of the convent 2017-2022. 

Motlib, Zayad. The Pearl. Design Research project. 

Developing a new typology of a mosque design at 

Dubai Creek harbor. Dubai, 2018–2019. 

Rian, Iasef Md, Rian Architects & Designers. 2019. 

‘Chapel of (Christ+Criss) Crosses’, International 

Open Design Competition, Rwanda Chapel, 

Organizer – YAC-Young Architects Competition, 

Competition Entry, 08-May-2019. 


‘Zero to Infinity Tower’, International Open Design 

Competition, ASCENSION: Zagreb Observation 

Tower, Organizer – EX-Development, Competition 

Entry, 10-Apr-2019. 

Rian, Iasef Md, University of Sharjah. 2018. Weaving 

the Mashrabiya Pavilion, Dubai Design Week 2018, 

Organizer: Dubai Design District, Dubai, U.A.E., 11- 

Nov-2018 – 16-Nov-2018. 

Rolla, Sandro, architectural and urban design 

consultancy, Gu Yun Architect, Shanghai. 2019, 

Watering Nanxun, Residential architectural design, 

Nanxun, Zhejiang, China (competition entry, 15-Aug- 


Vardy, David, Sanchez Sotes, Guillermo, Chen, 

Xiaohan, XJTLU Department of Architecture Design 

Research Centre. 2018. ‘Re-Cycling’, European Velo 

Stops, International Open Design Competition, 

Europe, Competition Entry, 12-Nov-2018. 

Vardy, David, Sanchez Sotes, Guillermo, Chen, 

Xiaohan, XJTLU Department of Architecture 

Design Research Centre. 2018. ‘Birds Nest’, Silent 

Meditation Forest Cabins, International Open Design 

Competition, Latvia, Competition Entry, 19-Nov- 


Vardy, David, Xu, Wenfeng, Ren, Chenjia, Zhang, 

Ran, Zhang, Zhao, Chen, Liqiong, XJTLU Department 

of Architecture Design Research Centre. 2019. 

‘The Bridge’, North Design Union Headquarters, 

International Open Design Competition, Tianjing, 

China, Competition Entry, 20-Mar-2019. 

Vardy, David, Dong, Chen, Ping, Yi, Li, Jiayi, XJTLU 

Department of Architecture Design Research Centre. 

2019. ‘Enfilade’, Suzhou Old Town Conservation 

Design Output Workshop, National Open Design 

Competition, Suzhou, China, Competition Entry, 30- 

Mar-2019. 

Vardy, David, Luhang, Shi, Xie, Haitian, Gao, 

Xingxin, XJTLU Department of Architecture Design 

Research Centre. 2019. ‘ISLAND; a Writers Retreat’, 

International Bamboo Construction Competition 

(IBCC) 2019, International Open Design Competition, 

Beijing, Competition Entry, 15-May-2019. 

Vardy, David, Nolf, Christian, Vannoorbeeck, 

Florence, Hay, Richard, Fung, Philip, Ku, Kihong, 

XJTLU Department of Architecture Design Research 

Centre. 2019. Suzhou: 1 City/ 7 Identities, XJTLU 

Department of Urban Planning and Design, XJTLU 

Department of Architecture Design Research Centre, 

Suzhou, China, Workshop, 14-Jun-2019 – 18-Jun-2019. 

Westermann, Claudia, Raonic, Aleksandra, Dong, 

Yiping, Cimillo, Marco, Fung, Philip, Huang, Ni and 

Zhu, Haoruo 2019. New Architectural Typologies for 

Ecological Education, concept design, Meixi Zhen, 

China (project proposal, submitted 15 January, 2019) 

Wortmann, Thomas, Zhao Zhang and Henry Pantin. 

2019, Bending Blossom, Bamboo pavilion, Beijing 

(competition entry; final 15; 15-May-2019). 

Wortmann, Thomas, 2019, Opossum 1.7, Software 

(released online; 28-April-2019). 

Exhibition 

Dall’Asta, Juan Carlos, Pico Perez, Daniela. 2019. 

Fragile Landscapes of China – spatiotemporal 

contrast, at OCiam International Exhibition, New 

sharing landscapes, Piacenza Italy (invited, 26-Aug- 

2019 – 07-Sep 2019). 

Dong, Yiping. Cultural Heritage Resource in Jukou 

County, 2018 China Yanping Art Harvest, Fujian 

China, 03-Nov-2018 – 03-Feb-2019. 

Fischbach, Martin. 2019. “Newfoundland”, Online 

exhibition, Series of 14 mixed media paintings, 17 

July 2019, permanent, https://martin-f-artist.wixsite. 

com/newfoundland 

Fung, Philip. 2019. Zootopia, Installation at the Hong 

Kong Heritage Discovery Centre at 16th Venice 

Biennale International Architecture Exhibition Hong 

Kong Response Exhibition, Hong Kong, 26-April-2019 

to 23-June-2019. 

Motlib, Zayad. Robotic 3d Printed Clay artifacts, 

exhibited at Dubai Design Week, Nov. 11-Nov-2018 – 

16-Nov-2018, Dubai, UAE. 

Quiroga, Sofia. 2018. Light and technified image, 

from Moholy-Nagy to CAVS. In Atxu Amann: 

Visual Display at the Spanish Pavilion at the 16th 

International Architecture Exhibition Venice 

Biennale Architettura, Venice Italy, 01-May-2018 to 

15-Nov-2018 (peer reviewed). 


greenmarket in Negotin, RAUM, PIRANESI 

AWARD 2018 / Exhibition, organizer: Piran Days of 

Architecture, Slovenia at the 14thBINA - Belgrade 

International Architecture Week, Gallery Kolektiv, 

Belgrade Serbia, 22-May-2019 – 29-May-2019 (peer 

reviewed). 


greenmarket in Negotin, RAUM, PIRANESI 

AWARD 2018 / Exhibition, organizer: Piran Days of 

Architecture, Slovenia at the ORIS – Oris House of 

Architecture, Zagreb Croatia, 12-Feb-2019 – 28-Feb- 

2019 (peer reviewed). 


greenmarket in Negotin, RAUM, PIRANESI AWARD 

2018 / Exhibition, at the 36thPIDA – Piran Days 

of Architecture, Obalne galerije Piran/ Gallerie 

Costiere Pirano, Piran Slovenia, 17-Nov-2018 – 13- 

Jan-2019 (peer reviewed).

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greenmarket in Negotin, RAUM, DANS 

INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2018 / Exhibition, 

organizer: DaNS – Association of Novi Sad 

Architects,at the 21st International Salon of 

Architecture Novi Sad, Macut Gallery, Novi Sad 

Serbia, 29-Sep-2018 – 06-Oct-2018 (peer reviewed). 

Rian, Iasef Md, University of Sharjah. 2018. Weaving 

the Mashrabiya Pavilion, Dubai Design Week 2018, 

Organizer: Dubai Design District, Dubai, U.A.E., 

11-November-2018 – 16-Nov-2018 (peer reviewed). 

Vardy, David, Xu, Wenfeng, Ren, Chenjia, Zhang, Ran, 

Zhang, Zhao, Chen, Liqiong. 2019. North Design Union 

Headquarters, Public Exhibition, North Design Union 

in association with Young Bird Plan, 2019 North 

Design Union Headquarters Architectural Design 

Competition Top 30+1 Exhibition, Tianjing Cultural 

Center Grand Theatre, Exhibition Hall of Tianjing 

University School of Architecture, Exhibition Hall 

School of Architecture and Art and Design Hebei 

University of Technology, Wanxiang Mall Tianjing, 

ChenTang Science and Technology Business District 

Administrative Licensing Centre Tianjing, 11-May- 

2019 - 05-Jun-2019 (peer reviewed). 

Vardy, David, Dong, Chen, Ping, Yi, Li, Jiayi. 2019. 

Suzhou Old Town Conservation Design Output 

Workshop, Conference Exhibition, Suzhou Municipal 

People’s Government in association with the 

Architectural Society of China, Symposium on 

reporting the results of the protection and design of 

the ancient city of Suzhou, Suzhou, China, 23-May- 

2019 – 24-May-2019 (peer reviewed). 


Florence, Hay, Richard, Fung, Philip, Ku, Kihong. 2019. 

Suzhou: 1 City/ 7 Identities, Conference Exhibition, 

XJTLU Department of Urban Planning and Design, 


Centre, Architecture Across Boundaries 2019: 

International Conference, Suzhou, China, 18-Jun- 

2019 – 22-Jun-2019 (non-peer reviewed). 

Vardy, David, Luhang, Shi, Xie, Haitian, Gao, 

Xingxin. 2019. International Bamboo Construction 

Competition (IBCC) 2019, Expo, International 

Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR), 

IBCC2019, International Horticultural Exposition 

2019, Beijing, 19-Jul-2019 (peer reviewed). 

Exhibition Curation 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos, Kathpalia, Rajeev., Lombardi, 

Davide., Rolla, Sandro. 2019. Between Architecture 

and Landscape. Environmental and sustainable 

design for future cities, exhibition. XJTLU, Suzhou, 

China, 18-Jun-2019 – 31-Aug-2019. 

Dong, Yiping, with Ding, Feng; Luo, Yongjing, Zhang, 

Jiaming, Cai, Jianxin, Alain Jullien, 2018 China 

Yanping Art Harvest, Jiulong Village, Jukou County, 

Yanping District, Nanping City, Fujian, China, 03- 

Nov-2019 – 03-Feb-2019. 

Dong, Yiping, with Kuang, Wei, Summer Diary in 

Jukou County-Exhibition on the Cultural Heritage 

Resource in Jukou County by ARC XJTLU, Urban 

Cross Gallery, Shanghai, China, 16-Nov-2019 – 04- 

Dec-2019. 

Motlib, Zayad. Tashkeel Design Gallery. Curated 

“Made in Tashkeel exhibition”, 28-Jan-2018, Dubai, 

UAE. 

Quiroga, Sofia. Temporary exhibition Bamboo 

and Rattan material workshop with the Taiwanese 

artist Cheng Tsung Feng at XJTLU, 1st floor Design 

Building, exhibition area, Suzhou, China, 25 January 

2019-1 April 2019, XJTLU. 

Quiroga, Sofia. Permanent exhibition Bamboo and 

Rattan material workshop with the Taiwanese artist 

Cheng Tsung at XJTLU, ground floor Design Building, 

workshop area, Suzhou, China, from 1 April 2019, 

XJTLU. 

Quiroga, Sofia. Designing furniture with recycled 

materials. Workshop outcomes at XJTLU. Terrace 4 th 

floor Design Building, Suzhou, China, from 14 June 


Sandro Rolla, Juan and Carlos Dall’Asta. Between 

Architecture and Landscape, XJTLU Design Building, 

Suzhou, China, 18-Jun-2019 – 06-Sep-2019. 


Florence. Suzhou: 1 City/ 7 Identities, Architecture 

Across Boundaries 2019: International Conference, 

XJTLU, Suzhou, China, 18-Jun-2019 – 22-Jun-2019. 

Project Funds Attracted 

Brillhart, Adam (PI), Dong Yiping, Martijn ten 

Bohmer, Feng Liu Rong, Gu Shuigem. Paperless 

Drawing Method and Vernacular Tectonic. Xi’An 

Jiatong Liverpool University Key Program Special 

Fund. RMB 314,000 07-Jul-2019 – 07-Jul-2021 

Cimillo, Marco (PI), Large scale rapid energy 

modelling of buildings. PhD scholarship, XJTLU 

Research Development Fund. Project code: RDF-17- 

01-40. Awarded in 2018, to be started in 2019. 240. 

RMB420,000. 

Dong, Yiping (PI), RDH10120190031, Built Heritage 

and Local Sustainable Development - Taihu Lake 

Bsin Historical Gardens and Traditional Villages 

Cooperation Project, RMB 298,000, 25-May-2019 – 

20-Aug-2019. 

Fischer, Thomas (PI), Christiane M. Herr, Rosa 

Urbano and Chitraj Bissoonauth. 2018: Toolmaking 

in Parametric Façade Design, XJTLU Research 

Development Fund / PhD Scholarship, project code 

RDF-17-02-43, RMB 366,000. 01-Sep-2018 – 31-Aug- 

2021. 

Han, Jiawen (PI) and Nan Ye. Research on the 

Change of Chinese Architects’ Professional 

Consciousness and Public Awareness in the Backdrop 

of Globalisation and Multinational Practices, 

Humanities and Social Science Programme of 

Ministry of Education, Young Scholar programme, 

China, project code: 19YJCZH045, RMB 80,000, 01- 

Jan-2019 – 31-Dec-2021. 

Jian Li Hao (PI), Fangyu Guo and Christiane 

Margerita Herr. 2019: Identifying critical factors to 

reduce construction waste during the design stage 

in China. XJTLU Summer Undergraduate Research 

Fund, project code SURF-201932, RMB 10,000. 01- 

July-2019 – 31-Aug-2019. 

Kim, Moon (PI), collaborators: Gisela Loehlein, Bing 

Chen, Huiqing Wen, Changhyun Jun, Stephen Sharples, 

David Chow, Juan Carlos Dall'asta, ‘SIP/XJTLU 

Research fund, 'Advanced Low Energy Technologies for 

Zero Emission Architecture', 2019-22.

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Ku, Kihong (PI), Marco Cimillo (ARC), and Martijn 

ten Bӧhmer (IND): Textile-Composite Self-Shading 

Module: A Prototype for the Design Building Atrium 

Skylight , XJTLU SURF, Suzhou, project code: SURF 

201936, RMB11,500. 10-June-2019 – 23-Aug-2019. 

Lombardi, Davide (PI) “Consolidating the BIM 

Concept in Architecture and Civil Engineering 

Curriculum”, XJTLU TDF 17/18 R16-107, RMB8,000, 

15-Feb-2019 – 15-Jun-2019. 

Westermann, Claudia (PI), Hai-Ning and Richard 

Carciofo. Strategies for integrating empirical 

approaches to embodied cognition into architectural 

design processes. RDF 18-01-35 and associated PhD 

scholarship PGRS 1819-1-035; 100 000 RMB and 450 

000 RMB. 01-Sept-2019 – 31-Aug-2022. 

Westermann, Claudia (PI), Yiping Dong, Paolo 

Scrivano, and Christina Malathouni. 

Actualizing Chinese Conceptions of Space: 

Theories and Strategies for the Design of Resonant 

Architecture. PhD scholarship PGRS1906008, 

450,000 RMB. 01-Sept-2019 – 31-Aug-2022. 

Yang, Jing (PI), Bing Chen, Adam Brillhart, Nan 

Yang, and Yaqin Zuo. Weak Tectonics: the Role of 

Materiality in the Work of Japanese Architects 

SANAA. Jiangsu University Natural Science 

Research Programme, Nanjing, project code: 

18KJB560018, RMB30,000, 01-Sep-2018 – 31-Aug- 

2020. 

Formal/Funded Project Completed 

Berstrand, Tordis (PI), Yiping Dong (OI), Yaqin Zuo 

(OI). Suzhou Courtyard – the Void That Holds the 

House, XJTLU SURF, Suzhou, project code: SURF 

201940, RMB9,750, 17-June-2019 – 23-Aug-2019. 

Kurul, Esra (PI), Maurizio Sibilla, Marco Cimillo, 

Ying Long. Users and Distributed Renewable and 

Interactive Energy Systems. Oxford Brookes 

Global Challenges Collaborative Research Award. 

GBP12,319. 01-Jan-2018 – 31-Aug-2019. 

Kung, Kihong (PI) and Marco Cimillo: Textile- 

Composite Self-Shading Module: A Prototype for the 

Design Building Atrium Skylight. Collaboration with 

Kihong Ku (PI), ARC, and Martijn ten Bhömer (IND) 

RMB11,500. 01-Jul-2019 – 31-Aug-2019. 

Schroepfer, Thomas (PI) and Thomas Wortmann. 

Interactive, Multi-Objective Optimization Tools for 

Parametric Modelling and Environmental Simulation. 

SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, Singapore, 

project code: IDG2170010, SGD147,000, 01-Oct-2017 

– 28-Feb-2019. 

ten Bhömer, Martijn (PI), Thomas Wortmann and 

Eva de Laat. Exploring computational fabrication 

techniques for the design of high-performance wear, 

XJTLU SURF, Suzhou, project code: SURF 2019, 

RMB9,500, 10-Jun-2019 to 16-Aug-2019. 

Wash, Glen. Drawing the invisible: Understanding 

the occupation of public spaces in Shanghai, XJTLU 

SURF, Suzhou, project code: SURF 201929, RMB 4311, 

17-June-2019 – 23-Aug-2019. 

Wortmann, Thomas (PI). Multi-objective 

Optimization, Exploration, and Visualization. 

Spyrosoft, Wroclaw, Poland, EUR24,000, 

01-March-2019 – 31-May-2019. 

External Liaisons 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos. External PhD Examination 

board member, Ph.D. Program in Architecture and 

Territory, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di 

Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy. 


board member, Ph.D. Program in Advanced 

Architecture, University of Seville, Escuela Técnica 

Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla and Istituto 

Universitario de Arquitectura y Ciencias de la 

Construcciòn, Sevilla, Spain. 


board member, Ph.D. programme in Architecture 

and Urban Planning, UPC Univesitat Politècnica 

de Catalunya_BarcelonaTECH, Escuela Tecnica 

Superior de Arquitectura ETSAB 

Barcelona, Spain 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos. Scientific Committee member. 

The 2019 5th International Conference on Advanced 

Materials and Construction Engineering (ICAMCE 

2019), Suzhou, 29-Mar-2019 – 31-Mar-2019. 

Fischer, Thomas, Invited Panelist at the 2019 

CAADRIA Postgraduate Student Consortium in 

Wellington New Zealand 15-Apr-2019. 

Fischer, Thomas, Vice President Electronic 

Publishing, American Society for Cybernetics (ASC), 

2018–2021. 

Fischer, Thomas, Conference co-organiser, Acting 

Cybernetically, Annual Conference of the American 

Society for Cybernetics 2019. 23-Jun-2019 – 27-Jun- 

2019, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 

Canada. 

Fischer, Thomas, Visiting Associate Professor at 

the School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic 

University 01-Feb-2018 – ongoing. 

Herr, Christiane M. President, Association for 

Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in 

Asia (CAADRIA), 2018-2020. 

Herr, Christiane M. Vice President Membership, 

American Society for Cybernetics (ASC), 2018–2021. 

Herr, Christiane M. Chair, CAADRIA 2019 

Postgraduate Student Consortium in Wellington New 

Zealand 15-Apr-2019. 

Hidalgo Arellano, José Ángel. External PhD 

Examiner, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 

Barcelona, Spain, 4-Dec-2018. 

Ku, Kihong, Associate Professor of Architecture, 

College of Architecture and the Built Environment, 

Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas 

Jefferson University), Philadelphia, USA. 

Loehlein, Gisela, External advisor for Professor 

position, Newcastle University, UK, 2019. 

Loehlein, Gisela, External reviewer for new 

architecture department development, Zayed 

University, UAE, 2018/19. 

Loehlein, Gisela, FA 2018 Emerging architect award 

– Design is power (architects under 40 years of age), 

jury member, Spring 2019, Shanghai. 

Loehlein, Gisela, International Bamboo Construction 

competition, 19th July 2019, Beijing. 

Loehlein, Gisela, Tongji International Construction 

Festival, Juror, 7-9th June 2019, Tongji University, 

Shanghai. 

Motlib, Zayad, Course convenor of CODE 3100, 

Digital Collaboration Studio – Biomimicry inspired

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design, CODE 2120, Building Data – Performancedriven 

design and Urban Data Studio –Computational 

Urbanism, at UNSW at UNSW, Sydney, June 01 – 

August 21, 2019. 

Quiroga Sofia. Reviewer Bac, Academic peer 

reviewed Journal. Contemporary architecture 

and research magazine ISSN 0213-3474. Coruña 

University, La Coruña, Spain. From 2017. 

Rolla, Sandro, Doshi: a conversation. Talking about 

Architecture and Landscape, Sangath, Ahmedabad, 

India. 04-Oct-2018 (Shooting, Aditya Seth, New 

Delhi. Editor, Jason Bevan. Producer/Director, 

Garrabost Donal Jayalakshmi). 

Vardy, David. External Reviewer. Wuhan University, 

Wuhan, China. 01-Nov-2018– 02-Nov-2018. 


Wuhan, China. 04-Jan-2019. 


Wuhan, China. 11-Apr-2019 – 13-Apr-2019. 

Vardy, David. External Reviewer. Wenzhou-Kean 

University, Wenzhou, China. 19-Apr-2019. 

Vardy, David. External Reviewer. Wenzhou-Kean 

University, Wenzhou, China. 27-May-2019. 

Wortmann, Thomas. Design studio critic. Zhejiang 

University, Hangzhou, China, 16-Dec-2018. 

Wortmann, Thomas. Master thesis critic. Tongji 

University, Shanghai, China, 27-Mar-2019. 

Research or Practice Awards/Prizes 

Dall'Asta, Juan Carlos. 2018. Urbanscapes, Memorias 

Futuras, Team Leader at: WINAREQ 2018, 0°0’0’’ 

Making City, UTE, Universidad Tecnica Equinoccial, 

Quito, Ecuador. 17-Sep-2018 – 21-Sep-2018. Best 

project, Best presentation. 

Dong Yiping. Heritage-zation in contemporary 

conservation practice in rural villages of China – 

Case study in Jukou, Fujian, Best SURF Project, Xi’an 

Jiaotong Liverpool University, 12-Sep-2019. 

Fischer, Thomas. Named “Certified Talent” of the 

International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic 

Sciences (IASCYS). 

Fung, Philip. Excellence Prize for CG Media Office, 

Hong Kong Global Design Award 2018, 27-April-2019 

Fung, Philip and Lau, Edward, Excellence Prize for 

YEWN Jewellery Shop, Hong Kong Global Design 

Award 2018, 27-April-2019 

Fung, Philip. Interior Design Silver Prize, Shenzhen 

Global Design Award 2019, 19-April-2019 

Fung, Philip. Social Innovation and Service Design 

Award, 2018 China Design Power 100, 12- Jan-2019 

Hu, Qixuan, Shuyu Ni, Lu Song, Haoning Zhang, 

Christiane M. Herr and Thomas Fischer: Best 

Structure Design Prize, IDEERS2018, NCREE, Taipei, 

Taiwan, 15-Sep-2019. 


Christiane M. Herr and Thomas Fischer: Best 

Architecture Design Prize, IDEERS2018, NCREE, 

Taipei, Taiwan, 15-Sep-2019. 


Christiane M. Herr and Thomas Fischer: Earthquake 

Resistance Certificate, IDEERS2018, NCREE, Taipei, 

Taiwan, 15-Sep-2019. 

Ku, Kihong, Provost Award for Applied Research, 

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA. 02- 

May-2019. 


greenmarket in Negotin, RAUM, DANS 

INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2018, the 21st 

International Salon of Architecture Novi Sad, Novi 

Sad Serbia, 29-Sep-2018. 


greenmarket in Negotin, RAUM, PIRANESI AWARD 

2018 nomination, the 36th PIDA – Piran Days 

of Architecture, Piran Slovenia, 17-Nov-2018. 


Winner - International Open Design Competition, 

ASCENSION: Zagreb Observation Tower, 

Title- ‘Zero to Infinity Tower’, Organizer – EX- 

Development (Winning Letter received on 20-May- 


Vardy, David, Xu, Wenfeng, Ren, Chenjia, Zhang, 

Ran, Zhang, Zhao, Chen, Liqiong, XJTLU Department 

of Architecture Design Research Centre. 2019. 

Final Shortlist, Certificate of Honor, North Design 

Union Headquarters International Open Design 

Competition, Tianjing, China, 04-Apr-2019. 

Vardy, David, Dong, Chen, Ping, Yi, Li, Jiayi, XJTLU 

Department of Architecture Design Research Centre. 

2019. Shortlist, Suzhou Old Town Conservation 

Design Output Workshop National Open Design 

Competition, Suzhou Municipal People’s Government 

in association with the Architectural Society of 

China, Suzhou, China, 31-Mar-2019. 

Vardy, David, Luhang, Shi, Xie, Haitian, Gao, Xingxin, 


Centre. 2019. Finalist, International Bamboo 

Construction Competition (IBCC) 2019 International 

Open Design Competition, International Bamboo and 

Rattan Organisation (INBAR), Beijing, China, 08- 

Jun-2019. 

Wortmann, Thomas, Roger Ko and Chu Wy Ton. 

Winner Black Box Optimization Competition 

(BBComp), expensive two-objective track, Genetic 

and Evolutionary Computation Conference 

(GECCO) 2019, 14-Jul-2019.

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TOOLMAKING IN 

PARAMETRIC FAÇADE 

DESIGN 


Chitraj Bissoonauth 

PhD Candidate 

Department of Architecture 


With the growing importance of expressive landmark architecture 

and digitalisation of the design practice in fast-developing countries 

like China, parametric façade design often requires custom-developed 

digital tools and specific design workflows. Toolmaking in parametric 

façade design processes has only recently gained importance and despite 

its relevance in practice, remains mostly unexplored in academic 

research. The study focuses on the possibilities and limitations of 

generalisation of façade design strategies at different stages in the design 

process to determine possibilities of toolmaking for wider application 

areas. Findings generated from this project will be of immediate 

value in academic research into digital design toolmaking as well as 

in architectural design practice, both informing and offering insights 

into an emerging industrial specialism. With its focus on parametric 

design workflows in practice, it parallels the Chinese Government’s 

emphasis and encouragement of research related to digital tool use in the 

Architecture, Construction and Engineering (AEC) industry. 

Research

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ARCHITECTURAL DEVICES 

AS CATALYSTS FOR URBAN 

TRANSFORMATION 


Guillermo Sánchez Sotés 

PhD Candidate 



Chinese urban environments are experiencing significant changes due 

to rapid modernisation. The prevalence of top-down planning results 

in generic urban environments that presume generic inhabitants 

and remain indifferent to their inhabitants’ ways of living. On closer 

observation, citizens can, however, be observed to adapt these generic 

urban spaces, often with simple but effective means. Socio-Economic 

entropy is seen in Chinese urban development; for creating order, 

some degree of disorder is inevitable in somewhere1. One can observe 

a range of objects and devices on various scales – from small furniture 

to temporary structures – being used to transform spaces to produce 

markets, breakfast spaces, sites for entertainment and learning, and 

much more. 

Very often chemical and biological analogies are used for illustrating 

the city such as ‘catalyst or metabolism’. Growing and reproducing are 

attributes of the constant change of the cities, where the adaptation 

of public space by informal artefacts/activities can be seen as an 

autopoietic system where the system as a whole produces and replaces 

its components. This project investigates these artefacts as indicators of 

shortcomings in current urban planning approaches and aims to clarify 

the notion of autopoiesis in its various applications in (architectural) 

theory. The urban process and the role of temporary/mobile architecture 

in Suzhou Industrial Park will serve to illustrate and exemplify this 

discussion. 

1 Rudolf Clausius in 1855 defined entropy as a way of describing how the things 

interact by interchanging energy and resources. 

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INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE IN THE 

CONTEXT OF COLLECTIVISM 

— a historical review of private architectural 

offices in China 1949 onwards 


Nan Ye 

PhD Candidate 



From its establishment to the 1950s, the People's Republic of China 

gradually completed a process of Socialist transformation. All private 

sectors were either dismissed or reformed to fit the public-owned 

economic system. The practice form of private architectural design 

offices encountered a temporary termination. It took decades for the 

architectural profession to reclaim the freedom of private practice, and 

this happened in the 1980s after the government implemented reform 

and opening policies. From then on, the small-scale private practice 

began to flourish and multiply in number. 

This research reviews the decline and revival of private architectural 

practices in the 1950s and the 1990s in China and reinterprets the role 

of architects in the design process in the context of collectivism. It 

examines, in Mao’s era when individualism was criticised, how the 

independence claimed by architects survive in the collective design 

system. Meanwhile, this research further reflects the so-called 

“independent practice” after the 1990s when China’s market economy 

brought back the freedom of private practice. Based on case studies on 

the architects and their built works, it explores the hidden restrictions 

to individual practice in an “open era”. Furthermore, the ideological 

contradiction between private and public, and between individualism 

and collectivism behind this scene is revealed. 

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ADVANCED DEMAND 

CONTROL VENTILATION 

SYSTEM IN OFFICE 

BUILDINGS ACCOMMODATING 

THE VARIOUS OUTDOOR AIR 

QUALITY. 


Nuodi Fu 

PhD Candidate 



This study explores how outdoor air pollutants impact on Indoor Air 

Quality (IAQ) in buildings and shows strategies on how to improve IAQ 

using typical ventilation strategies and novel active system designs 

in urban areas. The most significant impact of ventilation occurs 

during supply outdoor air and use indoor. According to the literature 

and reports, observed atmospheric outdoor air pollutant levels have 

increased every year. China also suffers from diseases due to air 

pollution. This study has measured outdoor air pollutants, such as Carbon 

dioxide (CO2), Carbon monoxide (CO), PM2.5, and PM10, and analyzed 

existing air ventilation performance using the passive or active system 

in a building when space is exposed to severe outdoor air pollutants. 

As long as the atmospheric air pollution level increased, ventilation 

strategies have to consider to improve supplying outdoor air quality 

and to maintain an acceptable indoor air pollution level depending on 

seasonal change, building location, height, air pollutants’ type. And 

ventilation rates also should be considered in relation to the surrounding 

environment. This study presents how the outdoor air pollution level 

rises impacts on IAQ and building energy consumption, and how to 

develop novel ventilation strategies to adapt to polluted environmental 

condition for human health. 

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RESEARCH ON THE ELDERLY’S 

DAILY LIFE AND THEIR LIVING 

ENVIRONMENT: A COMPARISON 

OF SUZHOU OLD TOWN AND 

SUZHOU INDUSTRIAL PARK 


Qian Lin 

PhD Candidate 



With a growing number of elderly people, ageing is becoming a crucial 

social issue in China. The "One Child Policy" of the 1980s limited the 

number of newborns and resulted in a 4-2-1 structural morphology of 

population. Due to the pressure of fast-paced life, the younger generation 

born later than the 1980s tends to live a life that is different from their 

predecessors. Regardless of choosing a late marriage, or establishing 

Dink (Double Incomes No Kids) families, the younger generation’s way 

of living leads to a rapid population ageing. However, the methods and 

the approaches for dealing with this issue are insufficient, and thus can 

hardly meet the demands of this group of the population. 

In China, “Home-based Care” is advocated by the government at the 

policy level. Besides, given the custom and living habits of Chinese 

people, many elders prefer ageing at home. As such, this research seeks 

to study the ageing issue by looking at the living condition of Suzhou 

elders who age at home, and drawing a comparison between those living 

in the Suzhou Old Town and Suzhou Industrial Park, thereby laying a 

foundation for proposing strategic and tactical measures on housing and 

community for the Suzhou elderly. 

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1 

2 

View From Bei Si Pagoda towards Ren Min Road, 1982, photo taken 

by Shizhao Liu, source: http://sz.xinhuanet.com/ 

View From Bei Si Pagoda towards Ren Min Road, 1940, photos from 

Xu.(ed), Traditional Suzhou Street and Lanes,2005, Yangzhou, access 

by http://szjy.szlib.com/ 

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5 

6 

Jie Jia Qiao, 1980s, photos from Xu.(ed), Traditional Suzhou Street and 

Lanes, 2005, Yangzhou, access by http://szjy.szlib.com/ 

Yin Ma Qiao, 1950s, photos from Xu.(ed), Traditional Suzhou Street and 


Yin Ma Qiao, 1980s, photo from Xu.(ed), Traditional Suzhou Street and 

ANOTHER MODERNIZATION: 

URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS 

OF SUZHOU, 1949-1986 

3 

Jie Jia Qiao, 1960s, photos from Xu.(ed), Traditional Suzhou Street 


and Lanes, 2005, Yangzhou, access by http://szjy.szlib.com/ 


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5 

2 

4 

6 

Quanqing Lu 

PhD Candidate 



The research is aiming to understand how Suzhou's urban form was 

transformed during the Socialist period. It spans from the founding of the 

People's Republic of China in 1949 to 1986 when planning and practices 

of urban conservation were first initiated with the announcement of the 

national law for conservation, with Suzhou then identified then as one of 

the nation's historic and cultural cities. Current research and literature 

on urban form in Suzhou indicates, however, that this period has been 

less discussed and there is a significant lack of information on the city's 

urban history. 

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THE ENERGY RETROFIT OF 

THE EXISTING RESIDEN- 

TIAL BUILDING STOCK IN 

JIANGSU PROVINCE 


Xi Chen 

PhD Candidate 



The operational energy use in buildings in China represents over 1/5 

of the total national energy consumption, from which urban residential 

buildings takes over 23% in building sector (space heating in north 

China does not included). It is predicted that the energy consumption 

and carbon emission for housing sector will increase sharply in the 

near future. As one of the biggest energy consuming country, China 

has committed to established policies to promote clean and renewable 

energy and energy efficiency buildings, to decrease carbon emission by 

60% to 65% by 2030. 

The low-energy retrofit of the existing housing stock can significantly 

reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. The study focuses on 

the main existing residential apartment building typologies constructed 

between 1979 to 1999 in Jiangsu Province both at both building and the 

stock level. Thus, this research is expected to investigate the applicability 

and the potential of innovative measures, policies and approaches to 

low energy retrofit for the residential building stock in Jiangsu Province 

that fit different future social and climate context scenarios through 

an innovative energy model that is able to perform different analysis 

with particular regard to sustainability, adaptation and resilience of the 

housing stock retrofit. 

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MAPPING ARCHITECTURAL 

CRITICISM IN CHINA 


Architectural criticism in the early stage of the People’s Republic of China: 

Based on the documents from People’s Daily and Architectural Journal in 1950s 

Xiaohan.Chen 

PhD Candidate 



At the early stage when the People’s Republic of China was found, 

the Chinese architecture field has reached a peak moment in 

which the discussion of "National style," "Socialist new style" and a 

radical ideological transformation happened. Besides, the subject of 

“Architectural criticism” is an area that has not been fully developed or 

given particular attention in China. For the moment, historical research 

on Chinese architectural criticism is still limited to some pioneering 

studies, and also the number of Chinese architecture scholars whose 

topic is relevant to Chinese architectural criticism is minimal. In this 

case, this research focuses on the architectural history and criticism in 

the first decade after the founding of new China, that aims to undertake a 

first step toward the construction of a historical overview of architectural 

criticism in the period between 1949-1966. (From the founding of new 

China to the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.) 

After a preliminary analysis of general questions about the history 

of architectural criticism as well as the pilot research and selection 

of architectural and social publications. The research was decided to 

conduct mainly based on the analysis of architecture debates/articles/ 

discourses and keywords that appeared in Architectural Journal - 

the authority professional architectural publication in the 1950s and 

People’s Daily - the mainstream social media in 1950s. Through the 

identification of the key themes that were considered in parallel by the 

two publications, this resulted in outlets to construct the knowledge 

framework of Chinese architectural criticism in the 1950s. 

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PROMENADE AND YI BU YI 

JING: MOVEMENT, DISCOVERY 

AND SCENERY IN LE 

CORBUSIER'S VILLA AND 

THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE 

LITERATI GARDEN 


Yaqin Zuo 

PhD Candidate 



The forces of rapid urbanization and globalization have made 

homogenous, low-cost, mass-produced housing the norm in 

contemporary China and beyond. Architects provide the design when 

commissioned and base their theories and strategies on a rational 

logic often alien to local traditions. As such, modern high-rise housing 

typologies have become the norm in Asia despite originating from 

elsewhere, and the dwelling experience in this part of the world has been 

greatly affected by the development. One protagonist of experimentation 

with new housing formats is Le Corbusier who advocated Functionalism 

in the 20th century. 

The aim of the research is to explore what the rational logic of modern, 

Western architects might have suppressed in regards to the dwelling 

experience associated with a given space. It is especially the possibility 

of aesthetic experience as part of the dwelling experience that calls for 

attention since particularly this aspect would appear to fall short of the 

scientific method underpinning Functionalism and related orientations. 

The yi bu yi jing in the traditional Chinese literati garden and the 

promenade in Le Corbusier’s villas are chosen as case studies for a 

parallel study of aesthetic experience as part of the dwelling experience. 

Questions are raised about how aesthetic experience becomes an integral 

part of the dwelling experience in both cases with the implications that 

this might have for concepts of dwelling in the Chinese and European 

tradition, respectively. The thesis aims to explore the possibility of a 

contemporary concept of dwelling in China and beyond that incorporates 

aesthetic experience as an integral part. It further intends to broaden 

the discourse on dwelling as an increasingly globalised practice and 

intellectual challenge. 

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RESEARCH ON THE 

TYPOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF 

MASS HOUSING IN SUZHOU 

INDUSTRIAL PARK, 

FROM THE 1990S 


Yuan Sun, Estella 

PhD Candidate 



The Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) is the development district constructed 

by China and Singapore in 1994. The town planning system and the 

urban model from Singapore were adapted into SIP development from 

the beginning. In contrast, the housing communities and housing units 

in SIP are highly different from the one in Singapore. The research 

concentrates on the house types of SIP to provide insight into housing 

reform. The study aims to leverage Singapore's experience and provide 

insights for future massive housing development in SIP. To achieve this 

end, the research investigates the typological evolution of mass housing 

in SIP from the 1990s by considering selected mass housing projects 

within certain periods, and study the mechanisms for defining housing 

types in the various social, historical and political contexts in SIP. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE 

XI'AN JIAOTONG-LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY 

STUDENTS 


Deng Yusheng 邓禹晟 Lu Jialing 陆家羚 Chen Zhaoyuan 陈昭元 Zou Wei 邹伟 Lyu Xiaohui 吕晓慧 Wu Danyang 吴丹阳 Sun 

Zhiwei 孙志伟 Qiao Jiatun 乔稼屯 Li Rui 李睿 Xu Yile 徐乙乐 Zhou Yinuo 周宜诺 Wang Ducheng 王渡程 Wu Yiyang 吴艺扬 Xu 

Mingyang 徐铭阳 Huang Yu 黄羽 Gong Lingfei 龚凌菲 Wang Hongmeng 王鸿蒙 Wang Zehao 王泽浩 Jiang Yi 蒋翌 Qiu Mingyu 

仇明玉 Liu Jiazheng 刘家正 Wang Zhihan 王知涵 Yu Miao 禹淼 Zhou Xiaoyang 周笑阳 Yu Xinning 郁歆宁 Chen Fanyun 陈凡云 

Di Yang 狄扬 Lu Yizhe 陆怡哲 Wang Yuzhou 王煜洲 Ye Chenwei 叶宸维 Wang Yu 王煜 Yang Ruizi 杨蕊滋 Zhou Yili 周依黎 

Huang Shangtong 黄上桐 Zhang Xiaoxuan 章晓萱 Zhuo Jinbing 卓锦冰 Wu Yan 伍衍 Dan Xinrui 但欣芮 Li Dexin 李德馨 Li 

Ziyi 李子懿 Tong Xuan 童轩 Zhang Weizhen 张伟臻 An Yicheng 安奕丞 Xue Wenya 薛温雅 Ye Wenxuan 叶文轩 Zhang Lingke 

张零可 Dai Yiqing 戴怡青 Tu Kaixi 涂凯茜 Jiang Ruochen 蒋若辰 Tong Shuoyu 佟朔宇 Zhang Xinyi 张馨艺 Chen Haokun 陈昊 

坤 Yao Wenxuan 姚文萱 Chen Zitong 陈梓橦 Zhang Yining 张怡凝 Ha Ziyu 哈姿羽 Zhang Yi 张亦 Cai Shiyu 蔡诗雨 Qiao Kefei 

乔柯斐 Shui Shumin 水淑敏 Chen Menghan 陈梦晗 Cui Qichen 崔琦琛 He Yuxin 何昱欣 Jia Yifei 贾逸飞 Xu Ziying 许子莹 Yao 

Yuzheng 姚羽筝 Shi Luhang 时露航 Zhang Zixuan 张子璇 Li Linmei 李林镁 Zhao Zihao 赵子豪 Zhang Yang 张洋 Shang Yixiu 

尚奕秀 Zhang Tao 张陶 Li Qianru 李倩茹 Yan Haonan 鄢淏南 Cheng Jingyuan 程婧媛 Fang Tianyuan 方天圆 Ze Mingxuan 则 

铭暄 Jiang Kunhui 蒋坤辉 Qi Simiao 漆思淼 Wang Ruihao 王睿豪 Ding Yuxin 丁宇欣 Ma Dongjie 马东杰 Ma Mingxun 马铭勋 

Wang Lingyu 王聆雨 Li Yunyan 李昀燕 Liu Weikang 刘唯康 Lyu Yidi 吕祎迪 Wei Shubo 魏书博 Wu Yunxi 吴韫希 Zhang Zijing 

张紫荆 Ge Tiantian 葛田田 Li Keyan 李可言 Liang Yuhaoyuan 梁玉皓元 Wang Qiaosheng 王乔生 Mu Congyu 穆聪雨 Luo Tian 

罗恬 Li Peijia 李佩珈 Sun Weicheng 孙炜程 Christy Natasha Yan Chut Hang Fong Choy Bryan Jonatan Nursalim Ivan 

Permana Wong Derry Wibowo Zhou Yingtong 周映同 Xiao Yixin 肖奕欣 Xue Qi 薛骐 Xue Ningzi 薛宁紫 Liu Zecheng 刘则呈 

Hu Wenxuan 胡文轩 Li Shuqi 李书琦 Ren Chenjia 任晨嘉 Shao Ziyi 邵紫怡 Wu Yelun 吴冶仑 Yang Kaiwen 杨楷文 Huang 

Wenyi 黄文逸 Chen Ying 陈颖 Yang Jiaye 杨佳叶 Zhan Xiang 詹翔 Lin Zhaoyuan 林赵圆 Qian Jieyu 钱婕虞 Shen Yingying 沈 

迎莹 Zheng Qi 郑琦 Ni Shuyu 倪抒予 Shi Xiongzhe 施雄哲 Liu Yichang 刘奕苌 Lyu Jiaheng 吕佳恒 Miao Yiyuan 苗译元 Li 

Jianuo 李佳诺 Gu Yu 古钰 Li Lun 李伦 Chen Yimu 陈怡沐 Feng Tinghao 冯庭淏 Zhang Jinyu 张锦宇 Zhao Xinzhuo 赵鑫卓 Lin 

Wei 林蔚 Jiang Xinping 蒋心平 Li Yilun 李逸伦 Shi Yue 施越 Song Lu 宋鹿 Cheng Runhao 程润昊 Cheng Yiming 程奕明 Li Xu 

李栩 Wang Bingyao 汪丙尧 Lin Yuanyuan 林园园 Zeng Muyuan 曾慕远 Hu Qixuan 胡启铉 Mao Xuesong 毛雪松 Luan Chenqi 

栾晨琦 Song Jiahui 宋家辉 Xu Xiaotong 许晓彤 Zhao Jinsong 赵劲松 Jia Haochun 贾皓淳 Wang Shen 王申 Li Rongcheng 李 

容丞 Wang Yixuan 汪逸轩 Ye Yuhan 冶钰涵 Li Yurui 李禹锐 Liu Ziyu 刘梓钰 Mu Hongyuan 穆宏源 Gong Yifu 弓益夫 Li Yusong 

黎雨松 Qiao Yuhe 谯雨荷 Wang Lilin 王俪霖 Zhang Haoning 张昊宁 Yao Yiming 姚艺铭 Hou Wenyu 侯文钰 Wang Mingyu 王茗 

宇 Wang Yingzhuo 王樱焯 Xue Haotian 薛皓天 Zhang Hanzheng 张涵峥 Liu Mengting 刘梦婷 Gopari Ricky Nachimuthu 

Senthilkumar Sachin Kumar Pandowo Andrew Sadien Iohans Shekar Tjahjadi Deilsika Liu Xinyi 刘心颐 Zhu Xiangqi 朱湘 

琪 Deng Yilin 邓伊琳 Sun Puyuan 孙浦元 Zhou Xinyi 周心怡 Pan Yanhao 潘彦昊 Zhong Yueying 钟玥盈 Cai Yinzhe 蔡胤哲 

Zhou Yuqi 周钰颀 Yang Jingwen 杨菁雯 Cao Yuqi 曹雨奇 Liu Shiyun 刘诗韵 Cao Jingyi 曹憬怡 Feng Diya 冯迪雅 Song 

Zhixuan 宋祉萱 Lyu Ruqing 吕如清 Zhang Jianan 张嘉楠 Jin Zhenhao 金臻豪 Tang Yining 唐一宁 Yuan Lingfei 袁灵飞 Chen 

Nuo 陈诺 Liu Xinyu 刘欣雨 Chen Xiaochi 陈小池 Guo Yunfan 郭云帆 Yang Jiayi 杨嘉怡 Wang Tianyu 王天煜 Xiao Yunxuan 萧 

芸萱 Xie Ruilin 谢睿琳 Xiong Ziting 熊子婷 Zeng Siqi 曾思祺 Qin Zhichuan 秦之川 Chen Weining 陈维宁 Wang Hao 王浩 

Zhang Zheng 张正 Fan Xinyi 范心怡 Gao Fan 高梵 He Lanxin 赫兰鑫 Hu Ruwen 胡薷文 Qian Jiayi 钱嘉祎 Chen Meiying 陈玫 

颖 Chen Shuhan 陈书瀚 Dai Chenglu 戴承露 Gu Yihui 顾逸晖 Hu Xiaoan 胡晓安 Li Wei 李薇 Liu Jiawei 刘嘉炜 Liu Jian 刘渐 

Liu Junzhi 刘君知 Luo Zijin 罗子衿 Shen Wanting 沈宛亭 Shen Zelun 沈泽伦 Wang Junhao 王俊豪 Xiao Yuyin 肖语吟 Xu 

Yixing 许怡行 Yang En 杨恩 Zhang Wenyi 张文易 Zhang Zixuan 张子轩 Zhong Qiuxuan 仲秋璇 Qian Kexin 钱可歆 Lin 

Fangqing 林芳青 Bai Zhongxuan 白仲玄 Li Zhizheng 李至正 Tong Yan 童言 Ye Yiran 叶怡然 Yu Qingyun 俞青芸 Zhang Yu 张羽 

Cui Zhifan 崔之凡 Luo Shiran 罗仕然 Li Jialin 李佳琳 Zhao Zechuan 赵泽川 Su Yangmin 苏杨珉 Jin Jiawei 金嘉维 Feng Yu 冯 

宇 Li Yujia 李雨佳 Chen Xi 陈曦 Chen Hongye 陈虹烨 Fan Zidong 范紫东 Lyu Mengjie 吕孟洁 Xie Ruoying 谢若颖 Ying 

Rundong 应润东 You Xin 游欣 Zhu Guijie 朱桂杰 Chang Jiaming 常家铭 Chen Siqi 陈思奇 He Yue 贺越 Zhao Yibo 赵以波 Zhao 

Yihui 赵伊慧 Huang Weiqi 黄炜琪 Shao Jingfei 邵静非 Tang Haozhe 唐浩哲 Zhao Xiayi 赵夏怡 Zeng Hongyi 曾弘毅 Zhou 

Jiani 周佳霓 Li Xinyi 李昕怡 Luo Youji 罗友辑 Shi Jiafuyi 石佳馥伊 Wang Chuling 王楚灵 Wang Yixuan 王奕璇 Xiao Zipeng 肖 

子鹏 Chen Ming 陈鸣 Chen Qiyun 陈绮昀 Chen Sheng 陈升 Zhang Xiangyang 张向阳 Zhao Zhujun 赵竹君 Zheng Fengyi 郑凤 

仪 Zheng Yuejia 郑悦佳 Zou Dengyu 邹登宇 Yu Yiming 于义铭 Yang Lanxin 杨兰馨 Yin Ziyue 殷子越 Zhang Jingjing 张晶晶 

Zhang Xiaofeng 张啸丰 Wang Yanfei 王雁飞 Zhao Weihang 赵伟航 Li Hanning 李晗宁 Zhuo Yingfei 卓莺飞 Liu Yangxi 刘洋茜 

Xia Yangan 夏杨安 Liu Yu 刘昱 Shan Zhijian 单志健 Hou Xiaoqing 侯笑轻 Lu Xingyu 陆星宇 Wei Shichong 魏世翀 Zhou 

Junping 周隽平 Zhu Dazhen 朱大桢 Cao Yuhui 曹毓晖 Chen Yanhao 陈彦昊 Cui Mingyuan 崔铭苑 Fu Houwei 傅厚苇 Jing Hao 

景灏 Liu Jialin 刘佳琳 Liu Meijun 刘玫君 Wang Tian 王田 Yang Jiahe 杨笳禾 Hu Xin 胡欣 Tan Yitian 谭倚天 Tian Anan 田安安 

Zhang Huanzhong 章欢中 Ma Jiaru 马嘉儒 Han Yuqing 韩雨晴 Sun Simeng 孙思萌 Wang Yakun 王雅琨 Zhang Jiahui 张佳晖 

Zhou Jianfeng 周剑枫 Fan Yuhuan 樊宇桓 Deng Yucheng 邓玉成 Lan Haotian 蓝浩天 Xing Zhaoyun 邢照昀 Yang Peilin 杨培 

琳 Sun Ye 孙野 Wang Xingqiao 王星乔 Suo Feiya 索菲娅 Zhao Xinyi 赵心怡 Cui Xinyue 崔馨月 Chen He 陈禾 Gao Yuqian 高雨 

乾 Hu Anbo 胡安播 Liu Yutong 刘雨彤 Yue Xinyuan 岳新原 Zhang Kaiyi 张恺译 Hu Ruixian 胡瑞显 Xue Mengzhe 薛梦哲 Zhang 

Jiayu 张家钰 Meng Xiangfei 孟祥菲 Fang Haotian 方浩天 Dai Yiying 戴昳颖 Li Haowen 李灏雯 Wu Kai 吴凯 Feng Wei 封伟 Wu 

Quancheng 吴泉铖 Xiao Cai 肖偲 Park Minseok Alibek Alisher Mario Joshua Reynard Stanley Hu Jing-Wen 胡竞文 

Jenness Benjamin Colin Madiarova Aimeerim Pantin Henry Fretigny Wiyani Devina Lee Jiyeon Florencia Grace Iwe 

Chen Xinchi 陈欣池 Ru Xinyue 褥心悦 Zeng Zhiqing 曾芷晴 Tan Tianjun 谭天俊 Hu Qianye 胡千烨 Lu Ruochen 卢若辰 Yao 

Yuqiu 姚裕秋 Hu Weikang 胡维康 Xie Haitian 谢海天 Xu Zihan 徐子涵 Huang Hong 黄泓 Wang Xinyu 王欣瑜 Zhang Jingbo 张 

景博 Zhong Yuxuan 钟宇轩 Jia Bao 佳宝 Shi Qingbo 史晴波 Zhang Yuxiao 张钰潇 Xu Qihang 徐启航 Huang Ruoxue 黄若雪 

Jia Wenqing 贾文清 Chen Hao 陈豪 Wang Zhenhuan 王振寰 Yang Yixiao 杨轶潇 Zhao Zemin 赵则敏 Wang Jiaxin 王佳鑫 Bao 

Guyu 包顾宇 Wang Yuchen 王宇琛 Zhu Chen 朱宸 Wang Ziyi 王子依 Mao Qinyun 毛沁芸 Wu Xinying 吴歆颖 Qu Yang 瞿扬 

Chen Yuxin 陈雨昕 Dai Chenxue 戴晨雪 Dai Yunchen 戴云辰 Tian Wenkang 田文康 Bai Fan 白帆 Huang Kenan 黄可楠 Dai Yue 

戴越 Wu Zhengyu 吴政谕 Bo Haowen 薄昊雯 Li Chengxuan 李承轩 Li Mingkun 李明坤 Chen Shoushu 陈寿澍 Gu Yuhang 顾雨 

航 Wei Qi 魏奇 Liang Jinyuan 梁晋源 Liu Qiaodan 刘乔丹 Jin Zhifei 金知非 Liao Haoran 廖浩然 Dai Tong 戴曈 Wang Yifei 王一 

非 Li Bing 李冰 Ye Lanshan 叶兰珊 Liu Yifan 刘一凡 Chen Sizhe 陈思哲 Sun Jinlin 孙晋林 He Yining 何依凝 Yu Xiaoyi 虞小漪 

Weng Quan 翁泉 Ye Yu 叶雨 Yang Zehao 杨泽昊 Wen Dongyu 温东宇 Zhang Yifei 张亦斐 Chen Kexin 陈可心 Chen Ruiqi 陈瑞 

骐 Xu Xinyi 许昕怡 Zhang Yang 张扬 Fei Yuhao 费禹豪 Song Sijie 宋思捷 Wang Haoge 王浩歌 Liu Yuxi 刘雨希 Li Xuanbing 李玄 

冰 Zhang Ayue 张阿玥 Zhang Wenxi 张文熙 Zhao Keming 赵可铭 Deng Yixuan 邓祎璇 Chen Ye 陈晔 Cai Minjie 蔡敏捷 Zheng 

Li 郑力 Huang Shuna 黄舒娜 Wang Shiyu 王诗雨 Huang Yunyi 黄韵宜 Wu Ji 吴极 Xian Junren 先俊任 Ren Leyi 任乐仪 Yu 

Bingjie 喻冰婕 Gao Yuze 高瑜泽 Jian Yulin 简宇霖 Luo Cheng 罗程 Luo Liujiahe 罗柳佳禾 Yang Ziyu 杨紫昱 Pan Hongke 潘红 

棵 Li Yujun 李昱均 Zhang Yunshen 张云深 Yang Jinke 杨金珂 Gan Yujia 甘雨佳 Li Molong 李墨珑 Xu Xinchang 徐心畅 Gao 

Fanyu 高璠玉 Yang Hanyu 杨晗宇 Chen Yue 陈越 Zhou Xuanchen 周宣辰 Li Rui 李睿 Li Xiaochen 李晓辰 Ma Xiaohan 马小涵 

Zhan Yongqi 詹咏琦 Tang Yiqun 唐逸群 Xuan Xueqi 玄雪祺 Wu Buwei 吴布唯 Gao Qingqing 高晴晴 Guo Ziqian 郭子谦 Zhu 

Zhengyuan 朱正元 Hou Jinyu 侯金雨 Chi Yuanlong 迟元龙 Cui Xishan 崔喜善 Gao Ziyi 高子毅 Jiang Yining 姜怡宁 Cai Xinran 

蔡欣冉 Yan Zhaoyi 颜赵祎 Shi Geyu 石戈煜 Han Yujie 韩钰洁 Liu Fulong 刘福龙 Zhang Zihan 张子晗 Shen Shiyue 申诗玥 Wen 

Zichen 文子晨 Jiang Ziyi 蒋子仪 Yang Jing 杨菁 Lu Yuchen 卢雨辰 Wu Zhiyuan 吴致渊 Jiang Lanhui 姜兰蕙 Wu Jingyi 吴静怡 

Gong Xinyi 龚昕怡 Wu Tiantian 伍甜甜 Hou Qifeng 侯淇峰 Song Qining 宋齐宁 Wang Chen 王辰 Li Jiayao 李佳瑶 Huang 

Yanjie 黄彦杰 Gao Mengfei 高梦菲 Wen Xinchu 温欣初 Wang Zhengshen 王政申 Pei Zhuoyang 裴卓洋 Xie Lingfeng 谢凌枫 

Tang Ruize 唐睿泽 Luo Chenxi 罗晨淅 Wu Yuxin 吴雨鑫 Zeng Xiaoyi 曾潇仪 Yi Xiaoxuan 伊笑漩 Li Yidi 李奕迪 Zhao Yuan 赵煜 

安 Wang Luyu 王鲁毓 Zhang Jingshu 张婧抒 Zhang Zexu 张泽旭 Wang Sizhe 王思喆 Teng Yuxin 滕雨辛 Gu Lifan 古立凡 Qu 

Boyu 屈柏宇 Hu Wenqing 胡文清 Li Ruoxi 李若汐 Xia Nianxue 夏念雪 Chen Yuchen 陈雨晨 Jiang Yue 蒋悦 Li Yansheng 李炎 

昇 Xi Wang 奚旺 He Zihao 何梓豪 Ren Tianran 任天然 Li Qianrui 李茜蕊 Wang Shaojun 王绍骏 Su Yihan 苏奕涵 Yang Yifan 杨 

一帆 He Yuchen 何宇辰 Chen Lingwei 陈凌蔚 Qiang Yuhui 强毓惠 Wang Bo 王博 Yeh Yu-Hsuan 叶育瑄 Setiadjie Alvioletta 

Geraldine Joselim Wilbert Yang Hsu-Ting 杨绪庭 Lee Junho Chu Han-Yu 朱涵羽 Jung Woosik Anurugvongsri Pathorn 

Lau Kuen Wing Christian Shyan Fen Eugene Reynard Kuzma Adam Alan Shen Zhiye 沈知晔 Zhu Yilun 朱逸伦 Tang 

Qianzhe 唐仟喆 Tong Yan 童研 Lyu Yanlin 吕炎琳 Huang Xinyi 黄欣怡 Xu Qianshu 徐千澍 Shoo Kundaeli Grephson Barikieli 

Lim Joyann Min Eusebi Mie 

Duan Yawen 段雅文 Wang Yitong 王乙童 Chen Jiaci 陈嘉词 Zhang Zhao 张钊 Lu Menghan 鲁梦晗 Huang Lihan 黄丽涵 

Zhang Ran 张然 Ten Stanislav Seewoo Nikhil Yangzom Tshering Lai Tong Cindy Wei Ping Purmah Ghashil Singh Ward 

Iii Robert Edward Liu Zhaorui 刘赵蕊 Pico Perez Daniela Marilu Yan Limei 严丽玫 Espitia Garcia Camilo Eduardo Dong 

Tiantian 董恬恬 Zhu Simeng 朱思蒙 Han Ni 韩霓 Xu Wenfeng 徐文丰 Sleep James Geoffrey Chang Xiying 常晰颖 

Xi Chen 陈曦 Chitraj Bissoonauth Aura-Luciana Istrati Quanqing Lu 卢泉清 Xiaohan Chen 陈笑寒 Qian Lin 林谦 Nan Ye 叶 

南 Yuan Sun 孙缘 Yaqin Zuo 左雅琴 Guillermo Sanchez Sotes Simon Car Wah Yue Nuodi Fu 傅诺迪

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DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE 

XI'AN JIAOTONG-LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY 

ACADEMIC STAFF 



Head of Department 

Ph.D., Welsh School of Architecture, 

Cardiff University (UK) 

B.Eng. Hons. Architectural Engineering, 

Cardiff University (UK) 


Ph.D., Architecture, University of Kent 

(UK) 

M.Sc., Architectural History, Bartlett 

School of Architecture, UCL (UK) 

M.Arch., Architecture, Royal Danish 

Academy of Fine Arts (DK) 

Licensed Architect (DK) 


Ph.D., China Academy of Art (CN) 

M.Sc., Columbia University (US) 

B.Arch., New Jersey Institute of 

Technology, Albert Dorman Honors 

College (US) 

Peta Carlin 

Ph.D., RMIT University (AU) 

M.A. (Media Arts), RMIT University (AU) 

B.A. (Hons) (Visual Communications), 

RMIT University (AU) 

Marco Cimilo 

Ph.D., Sapienza University of Rome (IT) 

M.Arch., Sapienza University of Rome 

(IT) 

Registered Architect (IT) 


Ph.D., Politecnico di Milano (IT) 

M.Arch., Politecnico di Milano (IT) 

B.Arch., Politecnico di Milano (IT) 


Yiping Dong 

Ph.D., Tongji University (CN) 

M.Arch., Tongji University (CN) 

B.Arch., Tongji University (CN) 


Ph.D. Fine Arts, Paris 1 P-Sorbonne 

University (FR) 

MA Fine Arts, Paris 1 P-Sorbonne 

University (FR) 

M.Arch., ENSArchitecture Paris- 

Belleville (FR) 

Registered Arch DPLG (FR) 


Ph.D., Royal Melbourne Institute of 

Technology University (AU) 

Ph.D., University of Kassel (DE) 

MEd equiv., University of Kassel (DE) 

Philip Fung 

M.Arch., Chinese University of Hong 

Kong (CN) 

BS.Sc. (Architectural Studies), 

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CN) 

RIBA 

Christian Gänshirt 

Ph.D., Brandenburg University of 

Technology (DE) 

Dipl-Ing. Arch., Universität Fridericiana 

zu Karlsruhe (DE) 

Licensed and registered Architect, 

Berlin Chamber of Architects (DE) 

Jiawen Han 

Ph.D., Architecture, University of New 

South Wales (AU) 

M.Arch., Dalian University of 

Technology (CN) 

Richard Hay 

MA, Royal College of Art (UK) 

BA (Hons), Kingston University 

London (UK) 

ARB RIBA 


Ph.D., University of Hong Kong (HK) 

M.Arch., University of Hong Kong (HK) 

Dipl.-Ing. Arch., University of Kassel 

(DE) 

José Ángel Hidalgo Arellano 

Ph.D. Universidad Politécnica de 

Madrid (ES) 

M.Arch., Universitat Politécnica de 

Catalunya, Barcelona (ES) 

Registered Architect (ES) 


Ph.D., The Bartlett, University College 

London (UK) 

MA, Royal College of Art, London (UK) 

Moon Keun Kim 

Ph.D., Architecture, Swiss Federal 

Institute of Technology Zurich (CH) 

M.Sc., Architectural Engineering, 

Pennsylvania State University at 

University Park (US) 

M.Sc., Engineering Acoustics, 

Technical University of Denmark (DK) 

M.Sc., Architecture, Yonsei University 

(KR) 

Kihong Ku 

DDes, Architecture, Harvard University 

Graduate School of Design (US) 

MDesS, Architecture, Harvard 

University Graduate School of Design 

(US) 

M.S.Eng, Architecture, Seoul National 

University (KR) 

B.S.Eng, Architecture, Seoul National 


Xuemei Li 

Ph.D., Sheffield University (UK) 

M.Eng., South China University of 


B.Eng., south China University of 



Ph.D., School of Advanced Studies 'G. 

d'Annunzio' (IT) 

BA and MA, Università degli Studi 

Gabriele d'Annunzio, Department of 

Architecture (IT) 


Zayad Motlib 

M.Arch., University of Auckland (NZ) 

B.Arch., University of Baghdad (IQ) 

RAIA, NZIA Registered Architect (AU 

and NZ) 

Sofia Qiuroga 

Ph.D., Polytechnic School of 

Architecture, ETSAM (ES) 

Dipl. Arch + M. Arch., Polytechnic 

School of Architecture, ETSAM (ES) 

Registered Architect COAM. (ES) 


Ph.D. Candidate, Universitat 

Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, 

2015 - (ES) 

M.Arch., Staatliche Hochschule für 

Bildende Künste, Frankfurt (DE) 

Dipl.-Ing. Arch., University of Belgrade (RS) 

Sandro Rolla 

MArch, University of Genoa (IT) 

BArch, University of Genoa (IT) 


Iasef Md Rian 

Ph.D., Architecture and Building Design, 

Politecnico di Torino (IT) 

M.Eng., Architectural Design, INHA 


B.Arch., Architecture, Aligarh Muslim 

University (IN) 

Licensed Architect (IN) 


Ph.D., Politecnico di Torino (IT) 

Dipl. Arch., Politecnico di Torino (IT) 

Igea Troiani 

Ph.D., Architecture, Queensland 

University of Technology (AU) 

B. Arch [Masters], Royal Melbourne 

Institute of Technology (AU) 

B. App. Sc. [Built Env./ Architecture], 

Queensland University of Technology (AU) 

Registered Architect (AUST) 

Li-An Tsien 

Dipl. Arch., ISACF-La Cambre (BE) 

Dipl. Cand. Arch., ISACF-La Cambre (BE) 

Licensed Architect (BE) 

David Vardy 

M.Arch., Scott Sutherland School (UK) 

B.Sc. (Hons) Architectural Studies, 

Strathclyde University (UK) 

Chartered Architect (UK) 


Ph.D., Universidad Politecnica de 

Madrid (ES) 

M.Sc., Universidad Europea de Madrid 

(ES) 

M.Arch., Universidad Politecnica de 

Valencia (ES) 

Registered Architect (ES) 

Glen Wash 

Ph.D., University of Tokyo (JP) 

MEng, University of Tokyo (JP) 

Dipl. Arch., Catholic University of 

Valparaiso (CL) 

Licensed Architect (CL) 


Ph.D., University of Plymouth (UK) 

Pgr Dipl Media Art, Karlsruhe University 

of Art and Design (DE) 

Dipl.-Ing. Arch., University of Karlsruhe, 

TH (DE) 

Chartered Architect (DE) 


Ph.D., Singapore University of 

Technology and Design (SG) 

M.Sc., Design and Computation, 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

(US) 

Dipl.-Ing. Arch., University of Kassel (DE) 

Registered Architect (NL) 

Jing Yang 

Ph.D., University of Nottingham (UK) 

M.Arch., Southeast University (CN) 

B.Arch., Southwest Jiaotong University (CN) 

Part-time Tutors 


Dong Chen 

John Latto 

Jue Qiu 

Kevin Sun 


Liang Xu 

Liwen Zhu 



Rafael Cabonero 

Teo Hidalgo Nacher 

Victor Njo 

Xiani Wang 

Yiwen Zhang 

Teaching Assistants 

Nan Ye 

Xiaohan Chen 

Yaqin Zuo 

Lihan Huang 

Wenfeng Xu 

Simeng Zhu 

Tiantian Dong 

Lihan Huang 

Yuan Sun 

Nuodi Fu 

Xi Chen 

Guillermo Sanchez Sotes 

Supporting Staff 

Lili Chen, Departmental Secretary 

Wenxi Ma, Departmental Secretary 

Yao Chen, Intern 

Jian Chen, Fab Lab Manager 

Liqiong Chen, Lab Technician 

Fukang Li, Lab Technician 

Hailin Zhao, Lab Technician 

Dongyong Yu, Assistant Technician 

Bo Cheng, Assistant Technician

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ALUMNI 

XJTLU Degree 

BEng(Hons) Architecture, July 2016 

Year Out 

KCA, Kostas Chatzigiannis Architecture 

Further Studies 

Master of Architecture and Urban 

Design, Part 2 equiv., Politecnico di 

Milano, since 2017 

Chen Jiamiao | 陈佳苗 


Architecture Alumni Exhibition – 

December 8-15, 2018. 

Alumni exhibition oversight: 


Exhibition set-up: 

Chen Jian and assistants 

Special event organization: 

Chen Jian 

Photo: 


Since the first graduation of students from the Bachelor degree in 2014 

and the Master’s degree in 2017, our network of alumni continues to 

grow. Future graduates of XJTLU’s Department of Architecture can 

now look forward to joining a global network of successful alumni who 

are making a difference in universities, organisations and recognised 

award-winning architecture practices – all over the world. Many alumni 

have stories to tell that are extraordinary and provide evidence of their 

excellence. 

Last year, we introduced a new section to the yearbook to give our 

alumni space to tell their stories. This year, we continue this practice. 

On the following pages, you will find the stories of twelve exemplary 

graduates of the Bachelor degree. They give a sense of the achievement 

that has come to typify XJTLU’s Architecture alumni in general. 

In December 2018, we held our first Architecture Alumni Exhibition. 

It was a great opportunity for us to meet with our former students, for 

the alumni to catch up with each other, and for the current students 

to see the excellence of the architecture alumni and the variety of 

careers they have been embarking on. Our thanks go to all the alumni 

who contributed works to the exhibition, and the following alumni 

for coordinating the event with their classmates: Huang Chien-hua – 

graduate of 2014, Zhu Haoruo – graduate of 2015, Dai Anni – graduate of 

2016, Qian Shiyu – graduate of 2017, and Huang Yifei – graduate of 2018. 

If you are a graduate of our Architecture programmes but are not yet 

connected to our alumni WeChat groups, please contact the Department’s 

alumni coordinator Claudia Westermann at Arc.Alumni@xjtlu.edu.cn, 

so you can be added. Claudia will also be happy to receive updates from 

you. E-mail to let her know where you are and what you do. We look 

forward to hearing from you. 

The four years of studying at XJTLU are a great treasure for me. I learned to open my mind to the word 

‘architecture,’ how to design both realistic architecture and dream architecture. And I have missed the freedom 

in design, the close relationship with professors, the nice environment of XJTLU when I worked, and now 

studying in Milan. 

After graduation, I worked as an architect assistant for one year, and then went to Milan in Italy for my Master’s 

degree. Studies at the Politecnico are nice. I have two studios each semester. It is stressful, but you can be 

involved in more project types. The studios here are different from XJTLU’s. Almost everything is done in 

groups. It is good to work in groups, you can learn from your group members. Although there will always be 

disagreements between group members, eventually the group will turn the design in a good way. But I also 

notice the weakness. It seems, in a group, you will probably focus on the work, which you can do very well. 

Over time, your strengths will become stronger, but you will have only little opportunities to improve on your 

weaknesses. And sometimes you will miss the freedom of designing a project individually. 

▲ A section of the Palazzo Ducale showing the exhibition layout that 

my group designed in the architectural preservation studio at the 

Politecnico 

A rendering of the middle courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale showing 

the new circulation that my group designed in the architectural 

preservation studio at the Politecnico 

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BEng(Hons) Architecture, 2016 


Master of Architecture, Part 2 equiv., Delft 

University of Technology, since 2017 

Chen Yu | 陈雨 



Year Out 

Skew Collaborative, Shanghai 

Current Employer 

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, London 

Master Degree 

MArch RIBA/ARB Part II (Dist), The 

Bartlett School of Architecture, London, 

2017 

RIBA/ARB Registration 

Part III Architecture, University of 

Westminster, 2019 

Freja Bao Lijia | 包利佳 


After graduating from XJTLU, I chose to work for one year before the Master’s. The work experience of one year 

helped me to clarify what my weaknesses and my interests are, and assisted me to choose design studios in the 

Master’s study. 

At TU Delft, there are many design studios, each with a different focus. The first studio I chose was ‘Interiors, 

Buildings and Cities.’ This studio helped me to focus on the detailed design of space and pay more attention to 

the atmosphere of space. Then, I chose the ‘Global Housing’ studio to design housing in Africa with design scales 

ranging from the urban to the interior. In this studio, I experienced a totally different culture. I learnt how 

architectural design reflects culture, politics, economy and morphology etc. For my final year project, I chose 

‘Heritage Design.’ I want to learn how to do renovation design in a systematic way. Also, studying in Europe 

gives me the opportunity to visit many examples of excellent architecture. These experiences deepen my 

understanding of what good quality of space is. Studying at TU Delft broadens my horizon, and improves the way 

I think about design and presentation. 

Street view -- Expandable Dwelling in Tema, 

team work by Yu Chen & Yu Li. 

Courtyard view of low income dwelling after 

expansion -- Expandable Dwelling in Tema, 

team work by Yu Chen & Yu Li. 

During the three year architecture study at XJTLU, I have developed my interest in the complex cultural and 

social contexts that inform architectural propositions, and in the possibilities of drawing as a tool to create new 

relationships between space, form and function. The critical thinking environment at XJTLU has prepared me well 

for my further studies at the Unit 10 CJ Lim group the Bartlett School of Architecture. The academic identity and 

ethos that I learned from my architecture education has enabled me to delve deeper into the various practice aspects 

I am experiencing in my career. After two years working in London, I have been involved in a few major projects 

in the city of London. Meanwhile, this year I will be receiving my British Registered Architect qualification. This 

is only the start of my career path and looking back to 8 years ago makes me appreciate how far I have come. I am 

grateful for the experiences that I had at XJTLU and will continue to pursue my passion in architecture. 

The two drawings are from my MArch Final Year Project at the Bartlett School of Architecture. The original 

collection contains six drawings. The collection was inspired by a memoir called Eastern Capital: A Dream of 

Splendour. Written in 1147, the Eastern Capital was referring to the capital city of China during the Northern Song 

period. In the book, ‘A sphere of perfect job and harmony’ was unfolded by the narrator, yet the sudden decline and 

the end of the splendour knocked readers back to the ‘perfect’ shambles. 

Winter – Plum Blossom [ 冬梅 ] 

This drawing captures the winter scene of the new capital city of 

Greater China Region. The plum blossoms form a veil and mask the 

service zone below; therefore, the capital always depicts a prosperous 

joyful image to the tourists visiting the area. 

Summer – Bamboo [ 夏竹 ] 

This drawing depicts an early summer morning upon arrival of the 

capital city gate. An endless bamboo colonnade leading to the entry 

canopy, alongside the colonnades are the fish farms and seaweed 

farms.

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Master of Architecture, Part 2 equiv., Aalto 

University, since 2016 

Gu Mengxue | 谷梦雪 



Year Out 

Atelier Archmixing and More Design 

Office 


Master of Architecture, Part 2 equiv., 

University of British Colombia, since 2017 

Jin Tian | 金恬 


I have enjoyed discovering the purity of the architectural spaces since I began to study for my Master’s degree at 

Aalto University in Finland. This purity might be evoked by the material, the light, or the activities of the users. 

I am especially interested in wooden constructions and the design of light, so I took several related courses, 

designing projects on various scales during my study period. 

In 2018, I undertook an exchange year to AHO, The Olso School of Architecture and Design. I enrolled in the 

scarcity and creativity studio. We worked as a group to design a bookshop in Oslo and then constructed the 

building by ourselves in Louna village in China. Witnessing how the building developed, from designing it on 

paper to constructing it on site, was a valuable experience for me. I learned how each specific material has its 

construction method and understood how design details and construction processes influence each other. 

Louna Bookshop – interior view, 

SCS studio, AHO (Photo by UED) 

Louna Bookshop – exterior view, 

SCS studio, AHO (Photo by UED) 

After graduating from XJTLU, I practiced in the architectural industry for one year before entering my Master’s 

program at the University of British Columbia. The professional experience I gained from Atelier Archmixing 

and More Design Office convinced me that graduate studies have to be the next step, making part of the growth 

of an architect. 

Since getting enrolled in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) at the University of 

British Columbia, I have been working on several design studios dealing with First Nation issues in Canada. As 

a country of immigrants, the Canadian government has been working on reconciliation with the indigenous 

communities dealing with Indian residential schools, repatriation of indigenous artefacts from museums etc. 

SALA demonstrates great concern on First Nation issues and provides studio opportunities with real First 

Nation clients and brief scenarios. 

JIN Tian, University of British Columbia, Master of Architecture, Year 1 studio, Yuquot Whalers’ Shrine

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Master of Architecture, Part 2 equiv., Delft 

University of Technology, 2019 

Shao Fuwei | 邵富伟 



Year Out 

TEAM BLDG 



University of Melbourne, since 2018 

Shen Yue | 沈越 


Being a student at XJTLU’s Department of Architecture was one of the best moments in my life. I was given 

the opportunity to gradually develop and find a position in relation to architecture and its indeterminacy. I am 

thankful for the support of my excellent mentors. 

Immediately after graduating from XJTLU, I began my Master of Architecture at Delft University of 

Technology (TUD) in 2017. From the very technical study of materials and structures, to research on contextual 

relationships and on how people dwell and occupy spaces in global contexts, during my Master graduation 

project on ‘architecture indeterminacy’ I was able to build on my educational experience at XJTLU. 

As I just graduated from my Master’s studies at TUD, considering all my prior experiences, I would argue for an 

architecture position of indeterminacy that re-questions precise meanings and limits of any precise meanings. I 

am open-minded and ready to accept further challenges in my career as an architect. 

Mapping of indeterminacy 

Fragmented model of Indeterminacy 

Recap of architecture indeterminacy 

My passion for architecture derives from personal concerns. It is meaningful to me that architecture can work 

as a medium to convey stories of context and create various possibilities for people. My studies at XJTLU have 

shaped my understanding of architecture and cultivated my ability to explore new fields. After graduation, 

I worked at an architectural design firm named TEAM BLDG and developed professional skills in schematic 

design as well as in practical problem-solving. During this period, I also worked on interior design projects. 

The work experience changed my understanding of architecture as a holistic subject and of how to coordinate 

projects with people in other disciplines. 

I am currently studying at the University of Melbourne. I have been exposed to studios ranging from landscape 

architecture, to student housing, to research projects rooted in the Middle East. They allowed me to form an 

understanding of people and their different views and cultures in a new dimension. All the experiences so far 

have shaped the diversity of my thinking and provided more possibilities for my future career. 

THE VOYEUR – A dormitory design project starting 

from the desire of making films, and then revealing 

its essence as voyeurism and finally translating this 

quality into spatial language. 

Explorations in the essence of desire, part of a 

larger set.

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BEng (Hons) Architecture, 2016 


Foster + Partners, Beijing 

Sun Chenxing | 孙晨星 




Arata Isozaki & Huqian Associates 

Wang Xiaoyu | 王肖瑜 

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Master Degree 


The University of Hong Kong, 2019 

Master Degree 

MArch, RIBA Part 2, University of 

Brighton, 2018 


Architecture is a broad topic, and as an architecture student I appreciated that XJTLU and HKU offered me 

chances to explore it from various perspectives: from the modern skyscraper to vernacular architecture, 

from elaborated details to urban level masterplans, from the hand-crafted physical model to computer-aided 

parametric design. 

No matter where I will be in the future, XJTLU is the origin of my lifelong architectural journey. I will always 

remember the architecture education I had at XJTLU, which empowered me not only to develop essential skills 

in architectural practice, but more importantly, to embrace the mindset of a critical thinker. 

Thesis Project: The Symbiosis of Urban and Rural, MArch at HKU 

The thesis project explores the transition of the future countryside in the context of Hong Kong’s rural islands. 

XJTLU provides a great learning environment that always felt free and fresh to me. I was always encouraged to 

address the difficulties of a design task in my own unique way, and have truly appreciated the three-years of 

architectural studies that provided me with so much freedom and passion to follow my dreams. Without a year 

out in practice, I went to Brighton, UK, for my Master’s degree. The following studies in the UK provided a good 

but also a hard lesson. The tutors at XJTLU were always so helpful and willing to answer our questions. In the 

UK, I had to deal with all my doubts on my own. Nevertheless, I am more than thankful for this tough period. It 

assisted me in becoming a more confident architect. 

This year I joined Isozaki & Huqian in Shanghai. Arata Isozaki comes to our office from time to time, when he 

gives a lecture or visits a site in China. I have worked on several projects so far: a 5-star hotel design in Jinhua, 

Zhejiang; a historic building renewal in Tonglu, Zhejiang, and a design competition in Wuhan. We work long 

hours every day, not for economic gain, but for the advancement of culture. As one of the first graduates of 

the Department of Architecture, I am glad to see excellent students starting their architectural journey in this 

unique international environment in Suzhou. I am so proud to be an XJTLUer. 

Wang Xiaoyu, MArch final studio project, 2018. Floodable 

Utopia Village. Exploring a flood resilient strategy in the 

flooding plain in Shermanbury, West Sussex, UK.

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Master Degree 


Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2018 

Occupation 

Architectural Assistant 


anOtherArchitect (aA), Berlin, Germany 

Yang Tao | 杨涛 



Year Out 

LVDU Real Estate Company, and 

MIXPACE 

Further studies 


University of Melbourne, since 2018 

Zhang Yanzhe | 张艳喆 


The experience at XJTLU was the starting point of my career as an architect. I learnt the basics of architecture. 

I am interested in projects, which have a connection with urban and cultural aspects. During the year out, I have 

developed my skills and improved my understanding of the challenges that architectural practice is facing. 

The study life at the Politecnico di Milano focused on the reality of architectural practice, such as structures but 

also humanistic concerns. One of the exams consisted of designing a health post in Africa, which required me to 

have a deep understanding of the materials and technique used in this local area. Besides all this, observing the 

demands and traditions of Africa did not only provide for the inspiration of the concept for this project but also 

gave me some ideas for architecture in other developing countries. 

Social Housing in Milano. 2 nd year design studio, Master of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano. 

After graduation, I worked as an architectural designer for LVDU Real Estate Company for half a year. I focused 

on renovation projects in Shanghai. I participated in the whole design and construction process of an office 

building, and I was responsible for conceptual design for another eight projects during that period. Later, I 

worked for MIXPACE as a project manager for one year. The company renovates old buildings and transforms 

them into co-working spaces. Here I participated in many projects and spent most of the time on construction 

site. In practice, architectural design is only a very small part in the life cycle of a project. It is crucial for me to 

learn and understand the whole system. 

In the beginning of 2018, I started my Master’s at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne School of Design 

(MSD) offers me a wide range of studios and electives. It encourages me to study from bold conceptual design, 

tectonics and construction to theory of contemporary architecture and parametric design thinking. Studios in 

MSD use more than half of a semester for self-oriented research, thus requiring an intensive learning process 

and high proficiency in design modelling and representation. I am currently researching on wars and crimes 

against culture in the Middle East, including countries of Syria, Palestine, Israel and Lebanon, etc. 

▲ Study of decentralized stalls in Aleppo, Syria 

View, plan, section and detail of Mohammad Shawash sitting 

outside his tablecloth shop in the devastated streets of Aleppo's old 

city on July 22, 2017 

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Year Out 

DnA_Design and Architecture 

Master Degree 


University of Virginia, 2018 


CallisonRTKL Beijing Office 

Zhu Haoruo | 朱昊若 

ACADEMIC POSITION 

STATEMENT 


What role do we play in a design project, and what role do we play in a larger context? Are we just solving 

problems, or are we creating different perspectives? As architecture professionals, are we making our 

statements in a large but mute debate, or are we individuals obsessed in unbeknown labyrinths? 

All of these questions were raised and have entangled me ever since graduation from XJTLU, which may be 

painful from time to time but also an enjoyment. Starting from the undergraduate study in XJTLU until now, 

these questions have changed their form and shape many times, but always remained unsolved. Few answers 

appear and more questions arise, and one day a thought came to me, maybe the purpose of this profession was 

never to answer anything but to make questions. 

ZHU Haoruo(Collaborate with Fang Nan), University of Virginia, Master of Architecture, Folded Barcelona(AIA Washington Unbuilt Award 2018), 2018 

Introduction 

Founded in 2011, the Department of Architecture at Xi’an Jiaotong- 

Liverpool University (XJTLU) is part of a young Sino-British university 

situated in Suzhou, a city which falls within the greater Shanghai area. 

With construction of the university’s new South Campus underway, in 

2016, the Department moved into its new Design Building two years, 

which it shares with the Department of Industrial Design, the building’s 

facilities of the highest international standards. 

Set in China, but closely connected with the University of Liverpool and 

the UK framework of architectural education, the Department’s aim is 

to offer a new global model of architectural education. The fostering 

of the students’ creative and critical thinking skills is an important and 

distinctive characteristic of its Bachelor, Master and PhD programmes. 

In an environment that is fast-changing, the Department seeks to 

educate students in order to enable them to take advantage of arising 

opportunities. This includes the possibility of working as a “liberal 

professional,” which has only recently become an option in China, 

and offers new ways of practicing architecture for current and future 

generations of architects. 

As a relatively new and uniquely positioned architecture school, the 

Department thus affirms and advances the merits of architectural 

education as vital to developing critical thinking skills for the longerterm 

future. 

Department Identity and Vision 

With a faculty that contributes experiences in practice and research 

in more than twenty countries, the international make-up of the 

Department of Architecture at XJTLU is unique in China. It brings 

together traditions and opportunities from the East and the West, and 

seeks to provide the best of both perspectives in architectural and urban 

design, offering new views on the local context as well as on global 

issues.

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As China continues to undergo processes of 

modernisation, the Department is particularly aware 

of its responsibility in educating a new generation of 

architects who face enormous challenges. There is an 

emerging interest in topics such as the environment, 

building tectonics, cultural heritage, and usercentred 

design, as well as growing recognition of the 

necessity to reinvest in the extant built environment 

through urban regeneration and the refurbishment 

of existing building stock. 

These issues and concerns are viewed by the 

Department as a challenge and as an opportunity, and 

it responds through its focus on new human-centred 

approaches to learning, practicing and researching 

architectural design, in order to nurture attitudes 

that will prove valuable in the future. For there is a 

need – not only in China – for Architects who are 

critical thinkers and highly qualified professionals. 

Both the undergraduate and the postgraduate 

programmes centre on applied architectural design 

studio modules (50%), which are supported by a 

balanced mix of humanities-based and technical 

modules (25% each). 

The Department’s research concentrates on three 

headline research areas: 

● History, Theory and Heritage offers 

connections with Suzhou and other heritage sites in 

China, addressing, in particular, questions pertaining 

to multiculturalism and trans-nationalism. 

● Computational Design and Fabrication 

develops partnerships with innovative high-tech 

industries in the context of China and beyond. 

● Urban Ecologies engages with the changing 

nature of global urbanisation, with a focus on 

radically new approaches to the study of cities and 

their environment that are informed by inter-and 

trans-disciplinary research between the humanities, 

science, technology and sustainability. 

The Department is also committed to Research by 

Design, an experimental form of research that is 

specific to the architectural discipline, with less 

conventional research outcomes, such as prototypes, 

projects, buildings, components, and exhibitions. 

To this end, the Design Research Centre has been 

established to facilitate small-scale pilot projects. It 

has a practice and research academics staff structure, 

and involves a number of permanent faculty 

members, along with local professional architects 

who will contribute their specific competences in 

architectural design, planning, sustainability and 

construction. 

Academic Agenda 

The following key points are based on staff views, 

student feedback, internal University reports, and 

external reports by examiners and professional 

bodies: 

Recent exceptional areas of activity 

● The following key points are based on staff views, 

student feedback, internal University reports, and 

external reports by examiners and professional 

bodies: 

● International validation of the MArchDes degree 

in our Architectural Deisgn programmme at Part 

2 level by the Royal Institute of British Architects 

(RIBA) in February 2018, this also a first for a 

mainland Chinese University. 

● In the Summer 2018, the first time in mainland 

China that the RIBA Part 3 MEAP course was 

offered by a Chinese University, 100 years ago our 

partnering university in Liverpool offered this 

course for the first time in the UK. 

● Excellent profile of an international faculty with 

experience in practice and research in more than 

20 countries directly supporting undergraduate and 

postgraduate learning. 

● Location of the Department in a new building, 

shared with the Department of Industrial Design, 

with a strong architectural identity, offering an ideal 

showcase for its staff and students in spaces with a 

particular character. 

● Initiatives such as international workshops, 

student competitions, and, summer research 

projects within the framework of XJTLU’s Summer 

Undergraduate Fellowships (SURF), positively 

impacting the programmes’ development. 

● Establishment of the first online architectural 

magazine in English in China, Masterplanning the 

Future (MPTF), which is student-led and has a 

continuously growing number of students actively 

participating.

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Individuality of the learning environment in the 

Chinese context 

● Positioned in Suzhou, both a heritage city (classical 

gardens recognised as UNESCO World Heritage 

Sites) and an extremely dynamic new city, now the 

fourth largest concentration of economic activity in 

China in terms of GDP. 

● Unique offering of undergraduate and 

postgraduate programmes in English in China, taught 

by international educators. 

● Excellent resources on a new campus, open to the 

vibrant life of one of China’s flagship development 

projects, the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), within 

which the University and more than 100 Fortune 500 

companies operate, offering a high quality of life. 

● Excellent building resources supporting a vibrant 

studio culture, with dedicated spaces for design 

studios, reviews, and physical modelling, as well as 

for a materials library. 

● Recruitment of students from amongst the top 5% 

of Chinese high school graduates, and a progressive 

increase of international students. 

Differences between Bachelor and Master 

degrees 

● BEng programme: provides a clear sequence of 

design studios with the gradual introduction of 

ideas and skills, with a focus on the attainment of 

personal and professional confidence in order to take 

advantage of practice experience. 

● MArchDes programme: fosters student autonomy 

and responsibility in pursuing individual interests 

in view of future professional career development 

opportunities, with the second year framed as a 

“research by design” year. 

● MArchDes programme: connection with XJTLU’s 

Master programmes in Urban Planning and Urban 

Design (with the Urban Planning and Design 

Department) in year one creates unique possibilities 

for interdisciplinary design research. 

Relevance to professional practice 

● Design studio themes are strongly connected with 

real-world problems and necessities in China and 

beyond; lecture courses and coursework are related 

to contemporary issues and current concerns. 

● Practicing architects in Suzhou and Shanghai 

contribute as part-time tutors and visiting critics, 

and present guest lectures, lead site visits, and offer 

internships for students. 

● The Design Research Centre which seeks to 

actively involve staff, students and local practicing 

architects in the development of pilot projects. 

● Establishment of the Built Environment Physics 

Lab, to offer cutting edge research in the realm of 

sustainability. 

● Graduates work in top architectural offices, 

and assist in strengthening the connections of the 

Department to local practice. 

Creative criteria delivering course content 

● Innovative learning environment that fosters 

independent, creative and responsible designers with 

a thoughtful, research-led and imaginative approach 

to place-making. 

● Close collaboration with the two other 

Departments of the Built Environment Cluster 

(Urban Planning & Design and Civil Engineering), 

as well as with the Department of Industrial 

Design (with shared facilities in the new Design 

Building), developing a culture of teamwork and a 

multidisciplinary approach to design. 

● Flexible programme design, with the active 

participation of a dynamic faculty, delivering 

responsive, changing projects that complement and 

extend core learning whilst still maintaining criteria 

fulfilling content.

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野积极探讨中国以及世界的建筑与城市问题。我们传授创新力、批判性思维、 

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