The City and Architecture as Complex Systems – Research and Teaching Perspectives on Regeneration and Transformation Urban Futures

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The City and Architecture as Complex Systems – Research and Teaching Perspectives on Regeneration and Transformation Urban Futures

Release time：2025-07-11

The 5^th Symposium on Urban Design Research and Teaching

“The City and Architecture as Complex Systems – Research and Teaching Perspectives on Regeneration and Transformation Urban Futures”

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Time

2025.7.13-15

Venue

Faculty of Architecture, Technische Universität Berlin, Germay

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Symposium Background

Describing the complexity of cities and architecture reflects a common goal of both the natural and social sciences. Architecture itself has become increasingly complex with the expansion of functions, technological advances, the complexity of life, and changes in the built environment. Contemporary architecture is increasingly characterized by a multifaceted complexity that manifests itself as a complex relationship between architectural function, architectural representation, architectural technology, architectural aesthetics, architectural design, and even in combination with artificial intelligence. Urban design and urban planning are also characterized by complex systems, and complexity, as a paradigm for studying urban and architectural issues from a holistic point of view, shows complexity mechanisms with variations in different spatial scales of cities, buildings and infrastructures. Cities and architecture, as complex systems, are not arbitrary artifacts, but spatial practices in total. Complex systems as a concept in architecture and urban design research and teaching, especially in sustainable cities and human-centered design practices, has ultimately influenced the development of global international policy agreements such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The 5th Symposium on Urban Design Research and Teaching 2025 will be organized under the theme “The City and Architecture as Complex Systems – Research and Teaching Perspectives on Regeneration and Transformation Urban Futures”, will be held on July 13-15, 2025 at the Technische Universität Berlin. The symposium continues the academic convening mechanism of Tsinghua University, and is co-hosted by Tongji University and TU-Berlin. The symposium is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China under the framework of the broader program “Research on Architecture–Urban Integration in Sustainable Development” (Project No. 2023YFC3804100). The symposium invited experts and scholars in the field of architecture and urban design from Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Southeast University, Tianjin University, Technische Universität Berlin, Pusan National University, etc., to focus on the cross-scalar impacts of city, architecture, and infrastructures in complex systems, and to share the results of their cutting-edge researches, teachings, and practices in the field of architecture and urban regeneration, and explore the sustainable future of architecture and urban transformation.

Symposium

8:30-9:00, Symposium Registration

Host: Prof. LIU Kan

9:00-9:30, Welcome

Prof Angela Million, Director SMUS – Global Center on Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability, TU Berlin

Prof Zhuang Weimin, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Tsinghua University (Online)

Prof Li Xinggang, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, China Architecture Design & Research Group (Online)

Prof Zheng Shiling, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tongji University (Online)

9:30-9:40 Group Photo

Host: Prof. Angela Million

9:40-10:00, Keynote

Prof Peter Herrle, Habitat Unit, TU-Berlin, Germany

Host: Prof. Hua Xiahong

10:00-11:10 Speeches (10 mins/per X 7)

Dr. Andreas Brück, KLAB, TU-Berlin, Germany

Prof. Chen Jinxi, Deputy Director, International Cooperation/School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China

Prof. Jan Polivka, Urban Regeneration and Urban Planning, Institute of City and Regional Planning, TU-Berlin, Germany

Prof. Liu Kan, Vice-Director of Architecture, CAUP, Tongji University, China

Prof. Anke Hagemann, Habitat Unit, Institute of Architecture, TU-Berlin, Germany

Prof. Chung Jaehoon, Pusan National University, Korea

Prof. Angela Million, Urban Design, Institute of City and Regional Planning, CRC 1265, TU-Berlin, Germany

Symposium

11:10-11:20 Coffee Break

Host: Dr. Andreas Brück

11:20-12:30 Speeches (10 mins/per X 7)

Prof. Zhu Yuan, Vice-Dean, School of Architecture, Southeast University, China

Prof. Gesa Geißler, Environmental and Landscape Impact Studies, Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, TU-Berlin, Germany

Prof. Zhang Xinnan, Executive Vice-Dean, School of Architecture, Tianjin University, China

Prof. Lech Suwala, Urban Economics, Institute of City and Regional Planning, TU-Berlin, Germany

Prof. Hua Xiahong, CAUP, Tongji Univerisity, China

Prof. Kim Yoonjeong, Pusan National University, Korea

Dr. Juliane Heinrich, TU Berlin, Urban Design and Urban Development, Institute of City and Regional Planning, CRC 1265, TU-Berlin, Germany

12:30-12:50 Online Review

Prof. Peng Nu, Executive Editor-in-chief of Time+Architecture, China, (online)

Prof Yi Na, Deputy chief editor of The Architect, China, (online)

Prof. Angela Million and Prof. Liu Kan

12:00-13:00 Conclusion

Contributors