PEOPLE-
Rossana Hu
Professor
21532 @tongji.edu.cn
Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Research Fields
1) Architectural Practice and Theory
2) Design Research
3) Architectural Criticism and Theory
Research Profile
Rossana is Chair and Professor of Architecture Department at College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University. She is also the Founding Partner of Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, an inter-disciplinary architectural design practice based in Shanghai. Hu received her Master of Architecture and Urban Planning at Princeton University and her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture at UC Berkeley with a minor in music.
Through her practice, Hu has reinforced a core vision: to respond to a global worldview incorporating overlapping design disciplines for a critical paradigm in architecture, while believing strongly in research as a design tool, as each project bears its unique set of contextual issues. Alongside her design practice, Hu has been deeply committed to architectural education, and has taught and lectured in numerous universities. She was appointed the John Portman chair at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2019 and 2022, the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor in 2022 and Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor Chair in 2018 at the Yale School of Architecture.
Grants and Awards
2022 Brick Awards Building outside the Box, Wienerberger, Austria
2021 Dezeen Awards Architecture Studio of the Year, Dezeen, UK
2021 Frame Awards Lifetime Achievement Awards, Frame, The Netherlands
2021 Architizer A+Firm Awards Best Firm, Architizer, USA
2020 Madrid Design Festival Award, Madrid Design Festival, Spain
2020 Design for Asia Grand Award, Hong Kong Design Center, Hong Kong
2019 Blueprint Overall Award for Design, Blueprint Magazine, UK
2018 The Plan Award Overall Winner, The Plan Magazine, Italy
2017 ICONIC Awards Interior Designers of the Year, German Design Council, Germany
2017 ELLE Decor International Design Awards Designers of the Year, ELLE Decoration
2017 INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors Awards, INSIDE Festival, Germany
2016 ELLE Decor Japan Design Awards Designers of the Year, Elle Décoration Japan, Japan
2016 Dezeen Hotlist, Dezeen, UK
2015 Maison&Objet Asia Designers of the Year, Maison&Objet, France
2015 Future of the Past, ARCASIA, Thailand
2014 Wallpaper* Designers of the Year, Wallpaper* Magazine, UK
2014 Far Eastern Architectural Design Award First Prize, Far Eastern, Taiwan
2013 Hall of Fame, Interior Design Magazine, US
2010 Emerging Architecture Award, Architectural Review, UK
2010 Red Dot Award, Red Dot, Germany
2009 Design Vanguard, Architectural Record, US
Current Courses
1) The Interdependence of Theory, Practice, and Criticism in Architecture (for graduates)
2) Design studios (for graduates)
Publications
Books
1. Hu, Rossana, and Lyndon Neri. Reflective Nostalgia. Berlin: Aedes Architecture Forum, 2022.
2. Hu, Rossana, and Lyndon Neri. Thresholds: Space, Time and Practice. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2022
3. Hu, Rossana, and Lyndon Neri. Thresholds: Space, Time and Practice. London: New York: Thames&Hudson, 2021
4. Hu, Rossana, and Lyndon Neri. Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: Works and Projects. Zurich: Park Books, 2018
5. Hu, Rossana, and Lyndon Neri. Persistence of Vision: Shanghai Architects in Dialogue. Hong Kong: MCCM Creations, 2017
Articles
1. Rossana Hu and Lyndon Neri, “Working Title,” Architectural Design Journal, no. 9 (2023)
2. Rossana Hu, “Working Title,” Place Journal, no.9 (2023)
3. Rossana Hu and Lyndon Neri, “Working Title,” UED, no.4 (2023)
4. Rossana Hu, “What About ‘What About Learning’,” Time+Architecture, no.3 (2022)
5. Rossana Hu and Lyndon Neri, “Singapore Residence,” Architectural Journal, no.9 (2022): p48-56