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发布时间：2025-10-21

第五届全球院长论坛：

重构未来城市前沿

5th Global Dean’s Forum:

Reshaping Frontier of Future Cities

在全球城市系统不断重构的当下，气候变化、社会分化与技术变革交织，使未来城市的发展面临前所未有的复杂性。随着人口结构变化与城市收缩趋势的加剧，城市如何在经济、生态与社会层面实现再生？在智能技术不断渗透的时代，城市设计如何兼顾科学理性与人文关怀？面对气候危机，城市又该如何在追求韧性的同时保持长期的经济可持续性？当空间不平等与社会极化成为城市生活的底色，建筑与规划学科如何以新的方法论与跨界合作回应？为了探索这些关乎人类未来生存与发展的核心议题，同济大学建筑与城市规划学院开展主题为“重构未来城市前沿”的第五届全球院长论坛，邀请来自宾夕法尼亚大学、新加坡国立大学、同济大学、加泰罗尼亚理工大学及伦斯勒理工学院的五位世界顶尖学府院长与专家，共同展开深入探讨。论坛聚焦两大主题——“科学基础与未来生态”与“跨学科前沿与建筑文化”，从生态规划、智能设计、健康城市科学到建筑文化传播与空间创新，多维度展现城市未来的可能路径。嘉宾们的洞见为全球城市的转型与重塑提供了新的理论视角与前沿思考。

As global urban systems undergo profound restructuring, the interplay of climate change, social polarization, and technological transformation presents unprecedented challenges to the future of cities. With changes in population structure and the intensifying trend of urban shrinkage, how can cities regenerate economically, ecologically, and socially? In an era shaped by artificial intelligence and digital design, how can we reconcile technological rationality with humanistic care? As the urgency of climate resilience collides with long-term economic sustainability, how can cities achieve equilibrium between immediate adaptation and enduring growth? When spatial inequality and socio-economic fragmentation define the urban condition, how might architecture and urban planning disciplines cultivate new methodologies and interdisciplinary collaborations to respond? In response to these critical questions, the Forum topic on “Reshaping Frontier of Future Cities”, hosted by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, convenes deans and scholars from five leading global institutions—University of Pennsylvania, National University of Singapore, Tongji University, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The forum explores two interrelated themes: Scientific Foundations for Future Ecologies; Interdisciplinary Frontiers and Architectural Culture. Through discussions ranging from ecological planning and intelligent design to healthy city science, architectural culture, and spatial innovation, the participants collectively reimagine the pathways of urban transformation, offering theoretical insight and forward-looking perspectives for the sustainable and inclusive cities of tomorrow.”

2025年10月20日，第五届全球院长论坛“Reshaping Frontier of Future Cities”于建筑与城市规划学院钟庭报告厅隆重开幕。本次院长论坛邀请了美国宾夕法尼亚大学设计学院院长Frederick Steiner教授，新加坡国立大学设计与工程学院副院长Heng Chye Kiang教授，美国伦斯勒理工建筑学院院长Evan Douglis教授，西班牙加泰罗尼亚理工大学建筑学院院长Felix Solaguren Beascoa de Corral教授，同济大学建筑与城市规划学院院长王兰教授为主旨发言嘉宾。同济大学副校长李翔宁教授，建筑与城市规划学院党委书记王桢栋教授，党委副书记王敏，风景园林学系主任章明教授，及学院师生近300人出席了论坛。

On October 20, 2025, the Fifth Global Dean's Forum, Reshaping Frontier of Future Cities, was grandly opened at the Bell Hall of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning. The forum featured keynote speeches from Professor Frederick Steiner, Dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania (Upenn); Professor Heng Chye Kiang, Deputy Dean of the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS); Professor Evan Douglis, Dean of the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI); Professor Felix Solaguren Beascoa de Corral, Director of the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) at the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC); and Professor Lan Wang, Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) at Tongji University.

The event was attended by Professor Xiangning Li, Vice President of Tongji University; Professor Zhendong Wang, Chair of CAUP; Min Wang, Vice Chair of CAUP; Professor Ming Zhang, Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture; as well as nearly 300 faculty members and students from the college.

开幕致辞

Opening Session

同济大学副校长李翔宁在开幕致辞中表示，建筑与城市规划学院在国际建筑与城市规划领域占据着举足轻重的地位，一直以来都坚定不移地秉持开放包容、创新进取的精神理念，积极且高效地搭建起国际交流与合作的高端优质平台。此次第五届全球院长论坛的举办，正是学院践行自身使命、发挥引领作用的关键且重要举措。

建筑与城市规划学院党委书记王桢栋也表达了自己的殷切期望，他希望以此次论坛为重要契机，冲破国界与学科的藩篱，与来自各地的各位院长、知名学者以及广大师生齐聚一堂，共同深入探讨行业前沿话题，激发思维碰撞，启迪深刻思考，携手共话未来城市与建筑发展的美好愿景。

In his opening speech, Vice President Xiangning Li of Tongji University stated that the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University holds a significant position in the international field of architecture and urban planning. It has always been committed to upholding the spirits of openness, inclusiveness, innovation, and progressiveness, and has actively built a high-end platform for international exchanges and cooperation. The hosting of the 5th Global Dean's Forum is precisely a crucial move by the college to fulfill its mission and take a leading role.

Zhendong Wang, Chair of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University, also expressed his earnest expectations. He hoped that this forum would serve as a great opportunity to break through the barriers of national borders and academic disciplines. He looked forward to gathering with deans, renowned scholars, and teachers and students from various places to jointly delve into cutting-edge topics, inspire in-depth thinking, and engage in discussions about the bright future of urban and architectural development.

上半场：主旨演讲

Keynote speech

Session 1 | Scientific Foundations for Future Ecologies

科学基础与未来生态

主持人：沈尧，建筑与城市规划学院国际合作部部长

Moderator: Yao Shen | Assistant Dean, CAUP

Frederick Steiner

Dean and Paley Professor, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

From Principles to Practice

Frederick Steiner教授表示，自己与中国建筑的渊源可追溯至林徽因和梁思成这两位标志性人物。他在演讲中系统阐释了其战略框架“In Principle & Practice”的学术内核与实践范式。该框架以设计的translational nature为核心，主张设计学科应将理论与方法论转化为解决现实问题的行动力，进而通过跨学科协作突破传统学科边界，构建创新生态。Frederick Steiner教授结合宾大设计学院的四大战略目标——健康城市设计，跨学科创新推动，气候行动方案，文化交流促进——深入剖析了上海、纽约、新泽西海岸、亚利桑那沙漠、塞内加尔达喀尔等地的实证研究案例，以及威尼斯建筑双年展的实践成果。其论述揭示了跨学科设计教育在应对全球性挑战中的关键作用，并为设计学科的知识生产与教育模式转型提供了具有理论深度与实践价值的宾大范式。

Professor Frederick Steiner's connection with Chinese architecture traces back to the iconic figures Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng. In his lecture, he systematically expounded on the academic core and practical paradigms of his strategic framework In Principle & Practice. Centered on the translational nature of design, this framework advocates that the design discipline should translate theories and methodologies into actionable capabilities for solving real-world problems, and further break through traditional disciplinary boundaries through interdisciplinary collaboration to build an innovative ecosystem. Integrating the four strategic goals of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design—designing healthy cities, promoting interdisciplinary innovation, advancing climate action plans, and facilitating cultural exchange—Professor Frederick Steiner conducted an in-depth analysis of empirical research cases from places such as Shanghai, New York, the New Jersey coast, the Arizona desert, and Dakar, Senegal, as well as the practical achievements of the Venice Architecture Biennale. His discussion revealed the key role of interdisciplinary design education in addressing global challenges, and provided a Penn model with theoretical depth and practical value for the transformation of knowledge production and educational models in the design discipline.

Heng Chye Kiang

Deputy Dean and Provost’s Chair Professor, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore

Integrating Science and Design: Foundations for Future Habitats

Heng Chye Kiang教授以新加坡城市规划与公共住房政策为实证案例，系统剖析了科学理性与设计思维如何协同塑造宜居城市。Heng Chye Kiang教授从新加坡1960年代至今的产业空间演变、工业园区转型及公共住房规划三大维度切入，结合土地集约利用、产学融合布局、循环经济产业集群等创新策略，揭示了多学科交叉方法在解决城市复杂问题中的核心作用。例如，新加坡通过“工业上楼”与地下基础设施开发，将土地利用效率提升；而“混合空间利用”与“工业白地”政策则促进了科技走廊与大学资源的动态整合。Heng Chye Kiang教授强调：“未来栖息地的设计需以数据为驱动，但最终需回归人文关怀——科学界定边界，设计创造价值。”此讲座为跨学科城市研究提供了新加坡范式，对中国新型城镇化背景下的规划实践具有重要参考价值。

Professor Heng Chye Kiang took Singapore's urban planning and public housing policies as empirical cases to systematically analyze how scientific rationality and design thinking can collaboratively shape livable cities. Starting from three dimensions of Singapore's urban development since the 1960s—industrial space evolution, industrial park transformation, and public housing planning—Professor Heng Chye Kiang, integrating innovative strategies such as intensive land use, industry-academia integration layout, and circular economy industrial clusters, revealed the core role of interdisciplinary approaches in addressing complex urban issues. For instance, Singapore has improved land use efficiency through industrial spaces going upstairs and underground infrastructure development; meanwhile, the mixed-space utilization and industrial white site policies have promoted the dynamic integration of technology corridors and university resources. Professor Heng Chye Kiang emphasized: The design of future habitats must be data-driven, but ultimately return to humanistic care—science defines boundaries, and design creates value. This lecture provided a Singaporean paradigm for interdisciplinary urban research, and holds significant reference value for planning practices in the context of China's new-type urbanization.

Lan Wang

Dean and Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

AI for Healthy Cities Science

王兰教授阐述了人工智能如何通过跨学科融合重塑健康城市建设。她指出，AI技术可整合环境监测、医疗记录和移动轨迹等多源数据，动态预测健康风险、优化资源配置并分析行为模式，从而提升城市规划对公共健康的干预效能。以上海杨浦区和云南曲靖市为例，AI驱动的规划方案通过改善步行环境、绿地可达性和污染治理显著提升了居民健康水平，同时借助自然语言处理工具分析居民反馈，推动了规划过程的民主化参与。王兰教授强调，健康城市建设需融合城市规划、公共卫生与计算机科学，构建跨领域数据共享平台，并培养兼具健康、技术与政策能力的复合型人才。她的展望凸显了AI在构建适应性、公平性和韧性健康城市中的潜力，为可持续城市发展提供了实践路径。

Professor Lan Wang explored how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing healthy city development through interdisciplinary integration. She highlighted AI’s capacity to dynamically predict health risks, optimize resource allocation, and analyze behavioral patterns by leveraging multi-source data such as environmental sensors, medical records, and mobility tracking. Using case studies like Shanghai’s Yangpu District and Yunnan’s Qujing City, she demonstrated how AI-driven urban planning enhances public health outcomes by improving walkability, green space accessibility, and pollution management, while also fostering democratic participation through natural language processing tools that analyze resident feedback. Professor Lan Wang emphasized the necessity of cross-disciplinary collaboration among urban planning, public health, and computer science to address complex health challenges, advocating for open AI platforms that integrate cross-sector data and cultivate talent proficient in health, technology, and policy. Her vision underscores AI’s potential to transform healthy cities into adaptive, equitable, and resilient systems, offering actionable strategies for sustainable urban development.

Session 2丨Interdisciplinary Frontiers and Architectural Culture

跨学科前沿与建筑文化

主持人: 卓健，城市规划系主任，建筑与城市规划学院

Moderator | Jian Zhuo, Head of Urban Planing Department, CAUP

Félix Solaguren-Beascoa de Corral

Director and Professor, Barcelona School of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña

Ways of seeing

Félix Solaguren-Beascoa de Corral教授结合二十年教育实践，提出建筑师需以历史为镜、以创新为刃，通过平衡理论深度、研究实验与专业实践实现突破。他以巴塞罗那加泰罗尼亚拱顶的现代转译为例，阐释传统技艺如何激发结构创新，并深入解析其团队研发的Memory FOAM技术——通过可降解材料记录场地历史，在临时展馆中实现生态责任与文化记忆的共生。针对教育革新，他批判“重形式轻感知”的教学倾向，倡导培养学生成为“多感官观察者”，通过触觉实验、声学分析与时空记录，理解建筑作为触觉、听觉与时间的综合体。实践层面，他以智慧城市实验室的跨学科项目为例，展示如何通过算法优化社区日照的同时保留文化标识，并强调建筑师应兼具历史学家、工程师与诗人的角色：“用理论解构问题，用研究寻找答案，用实践赋予温度。”这场讲座以丰富的案例与深刻的洞察，勾勒出一个更具人文关怀与创造力的建筑未来——让空间成为连接过去与未来、个体与集体的媒介。

Professor Félix Solaguren-Beascoa de Corral argued that architects must balance theoretical rigor, research-driven experimentation, and professional context to achieve transformative design. Drawing on Barcelona’s adaptive reuse of Catalan vaulting techniques, he demonstrated how historical craftsmanship can inspire structural innovation, while detailing his team’s Memory FOAM methodology—which embeds site-specific histories into biodegradable materials for temporary installations, merging ecological ethics with cultural memory. Critiquing education’s focus on visual formalism, he advocated training multisensory observers through tactile material studies, acoustic analysis, and temporal documentation of spaces. His Smart City Lab projects illustrated how algorithms can optimize urban sustainability while preserving community identity, emphasizing that architects must act as historians, engineers, and poets: deconstructing problems with theory, finding solutions through research, and infusing them with humanity through practice. The lecture envisioned a future where architecture bridges past and future, individual and collective, through spaces that are both intellectually profound and emotionally resonant.

Evan Douglis

Dean and Professor, School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Accelerating Towards Abundance: Planetary Strategies in the Era of the Anthropocene

Evan Douglis教授以跨学科视角重构了建筑在生态危机中的角色。他提出，面对资源枯竭与气候异变的“人类世”挑战，建筑师需超越传统范式，转向“行星尺度”的设计思维——通过生物材料研发、碳负排放技术及分布式能源网络，将建筑转化为生态系统的积极参与者而非被动消费者。Evan Douglis教授以学院实验室的项目为例，展示了菌丝体基复合材料如何实现建筑构件的自修复与碳封存；同时，他结合纽约州“气候韧性社区”计划，论证了模块化水力基础设施如何通过动态适应极端天气，重构城市与自然的共生关系。他强调，丰裕并非无限索取，而是通过技术伦理与创新协作，实现“资源循环的闭环”与“社会公平的再分配”。这场讲座以严谨的数据模型与先锋实验为支撑，为建筑领域指明了一条从危机响应到生态共生的转型路径——唯有将设计思维嵌入行星生态系统的代谢逻辑，方能真正迈向可持续的丰裕未来。

Professor Evan Douglis redefined architecture’s role amid ecological collapse. Arguing that the Anthropocene demands a paradigm shift from extraction to regeneration, Douglis proposed planetary-scale design—leveraging biotechnologies, carbon-negative materials, and decentralized energy grids to transform buildings into active agents of ecological restoration. He highlighted his lab’s research, where mycelium-based composites enable self-healing infrastructure and carbon sequestration, alongside New York State’s Climate-Resilient Communities initiative, which uses modular hydraulic systems to dynamically adapt to extreme weather. Rejecting notions of abundance as infinite consumption, he framed it as a closed-loop resource economy and equitable social redistribution, achieved through ethical innovation. Backed by rigorous data models and experimental prototypes, the lecture outlined a transformative path for architecture: embedding design within planetary metabolic systems to achieve a sustainable, regenerative future.

圆桌论坛：跨学科协作与未来人居

的讨论

Round-table: Dialogues on Interdisciplinary

Collaboration and Future Habitation

主持人：沈尧，建筑与城市规划学院国际合作部部长

Moderator: Yao Shen | Assistant Dean, CAUP

Cross-disciplinary Future or a New Discipline

Sustaining Innovation

在圆桌论坛上，一系列关于城市设计与发展未来的关键问题得到了深入探讨。论坛首先聚焦于建筑教育在21世纪面临的挑战与跨学科合作，强调了建筑不仅是实用基础设施，更是记忆、仪式和意义的载体，需要打破学科壁垒，与工程、景观设计和规划等领域紧密协作，以应对气候变化和新技术（如人工智能、响应性材料）带来的复杂问题，并探讨了是否需要创建全新学科或改革现有体系以保持紧密关联；接着探讨了技术与建筑教育的融合，包括人工智能、响应性材料等新兴技术的应用如何重塑建筑设计，同时警告避免过度依赖技术而忽视建筑的情感、精神和文化层面，随后分享了建筑教育的创新与实践案例，如工程与建筑设计结合、社区参与和全球合作，以及通过跨学科研究中心和课程调整推动教育创新，并强调了建筑教育的伦理与社会责任，特别是在应对气候变化和社会不平等中的作用，致力于培养学生的伦理意识和社会责任感，最后讨论了从STEM到STEAM的教育转变，突出了艺术和设计在建筑教育中的重要性，以培养学生的创造力、设计思维和平衡技术与人文精神的能力。

At the round-table forum, a series of key issues regarding the future of urban design and development were deeply discussed. The forum first focused on the challenges and interdisciplinary collaboration in architectural education in the 21st century, emphasizing that architecture is not only practical infrastructure but also a carrier of memory, ritual, and meaning, and the need to break down disciplinary barriers and collaborate closely with fields such as engineering, landscape design, and planning to address complex issues like climate change and new technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, responsive materials), while exploring whether to create a new academic discipline or reform existing systems to maintain relevance; then explored the integration of technology and architectural education, including how emerging technologies like AI, responsive materials, and planetary computing are reshaping architectural design, while cautioning against over-reliance on technology and neglecting the emotional, spiritual, and cultural dimensions of architecture, followed by sharing innovative practices and cases in architectural education, such as the integration of engineering and architectural design, community engagement, and global collaboration, as well as promoting educational innovation through interdisciplinary research centers and curriculum adjustments, and emphasized the ethical and social responsibilities of architectural education, particularly in addressing climate change and social inequality, aiming to cultivate students' ethical awareness and sense of social responsibility, and finally discussed the educational shift from STEM to STEAM, highlighting the importance of art and design in architectural education to foster students' creativity, design thinking, and the ability to balance technology and humanistic spirit.

谅解备忘录签署仪式

MOU signing ceremony

同济大学建筑与城市规划学院与三所知名院校——意大利威尼斯建筑大学（IUAV）、美国伦斯勒理工学院（RPI）以及法国巴黎美丽城国立高等建筑学院（ENSA-PB）共同见证了谅解备忘录（MOU）签署仪式，学院与伦斯勒理工学院于现场签署谅解备忘录。此次合作标志着学院与三所院校在学术与科研领域的深度合作迈入新阶段。

根据协议，各院校将积极推动学生与教师的学术交流，营造多元文化教育环境；携手开展联合研究项目与创新实践，聚焦建筑、城市规划及风景园林领域的前沿课题；探索联合培养项目及学术工作坊的举办，促进学术成果的共享与应用。

The College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) at Tongji University joined hands with three renowned institutions to hold a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony. This event marks a significant leap forward in deepening academic and research collaborations among the institutions：

Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville (ENSA-PB)

During the ceremony, CAUP and RPI signed their memorandum on site. Under the agreements, the participating universities will actively promote cross-border exchanges of students and faculty, fostering a multicultural educational environment. They will also engage in joint research projects and innovative practices, focusing on cutting-edge topics in architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture. Furthermore, they aim to explore the establishment of joint degree programs and academic workshops, facilitating the sharing and application of academic achievements.

结语

Peer into the future

我们共同探寻：在这个全球城市系统深刻重构的时代，如何精准捕捉生态、技术与社会的交织脉搏，构建起面向未来的理想城市范式？又该如何借助跨学科协作的强大合力，在人工智能、生物材料等科技突破与人类情感、文化记忆之间找到完美平衡，让创新真正服务于包容、健康且富有韧性的城市生态？“科学基础—跨学科实践”，作为本次论坛的核心驱动力，犹如强劲双轮，推动着建筑、规划、景观与工程领域的知识不断流动、深度融合，激发出应对气候危机、社会公平与空间创新的无限可能。来自全球顶尖学府的智慧在此汇聚、碰撞，闪耀出跨越边界的思维火花。我们坚信，通过这一场场深入的对话与思想交锋，能够凝聚起国际社会的智慧力量，为未来城市的转型绘制出一幅幅具有实操性的行动蓝图。这幅蓝图不仅勾勒出智慧、健康与生态共生的城市形态，更承载着对人类美好生活的深刻洞察与不懈追求，引领我们向着更加可持续、公平、韧性的未来城市稳步迈进，共同书写属于全人类的城市发展新篇章。

In this era of profound restructuring of global urban systems, we're on a shared quest: how can we accurately capture the intertwined pulses of ecology, technology, and society to construct an ideal urban paradigm for the future? How can we leverage the powerful synergy of interdisciplinary collaboration to strike a perfect balance between technological breakthroughs—such as AI and bio-materials—and human emotions and cultural memory, ensuring that innovation truly serves inclusive, healthy, and resilient urban ecosystems? Scientific Foundations—Interdisciplinary Practice, as the core driving force of this forum, functions as a robust dual engine, propelling the continuous flow and deep integration of knowledge across architecture, planning, landscape, and engineering fields, igniting infinite possibilities for addressing climate crises, social equity, and spatial innovation. Wisdom from the world’s leading institutions converges and collides here, sparking boundary-transcending insights. We firmly believe that through these in-depth dialogues and intellectual exchanges, we can unite the wisdom of the global community to draw actionable blueprints for urban transformation. This blueprint not only outlines the form of intelligent, healthy, and ecologically symbiotic cities but also embodies a profound insight and relentless pursuit of a better human life, guiding us steadily toward a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient urban future, and jointly writing a new chapter in urban development for all humanity.

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院长论坛背景介绍

About the Global Dean’s Forum

同济大学建筑与城市规划学院于2021年发起了全球院长论坛（Global Dean’s Forum），旨在搭建一个全球对话平台，汇聚世界知名院校院长及学科带头人，共同擘画建筑、规划、景观领域的变革蓝图。直至2025年，院长论坛已成功吸引近30所国际顶尖学府的参与，成为分享前沿思想、促进学术交流的国际平台。

In 2021, the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University initiated the Global Dean’s Forum, aiming to establish a global dialogue platform that brings together deans and researchers from renowned institutions worldwide to jointly outline a blueprint for change in architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture fields. By 2025, the Dean’s Forum has successfully attracted the participation of nearly 30 top international universities, becoming an international platform for sharing cutting-edge ideas and promoting academic exchanges.

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在此特别鸣谢所有参与院长论坛的师生。

感谢行政团队搭建沟通桥梁，摄影团队定格精彩瞬间，学生志愿者传递热情，新媒体团队配合宣传，后勤团队保障每个细节——是所有人的默契配合，让这场论坛从构想成为现实。
As ideas sparked here, thank you to the photography team for capturing moments, the international and admin teams for building connections, the student volunteers for spreading enthusiasm, the media team for amplifying impact, and the logistics crew for perfecting details—your seamless collaboration turned this vision into reality.

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