Research Fields: 

history and theory of architecture, history of Chinese modern architecture

Research Profile: 

LU Yongyi is an architectural historian. Based on the city of Shanghai her research focuses on history of Chinese modern architecture of early to middle 20th century. By tracing how the western modern architecture accepted, resisted and transformed, her research aims to reveal the complexity of the forming of Chinese modern and modernity in specific historical and cultural context. She also extended such research to the preservation of modern heritage, a critical perspective to Chinese contemporary architecture, and recently to the historiography of modern architecture. Her writings, ranging from historical overview to studies on specific themes, architects, buildings and educators, have appeared in a number of Chinese journals such as Time and Architecture, World Architecture, Architect and also in a few western architectural journals and English publications. Her teaching experience on history and theory of western architecture can be found in the widely-used text book History of Modern Architecture and the Perspectives on Architectural Theories. She is an editorial board member of RIBA’s Journal of Architecture (regional editor), Journal of Tongji University (Human Science edition) and the Architecture Heritage. She is also a committee member of Docomomo China. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Foundations.

Current Courses:

1. History and theories of Architecture（the Western part）(undergraduate course )

2. History and Historiography of Modern Architecture (M.A. & Ph.D course)

3. Historical Dimension in Architectural Design (M.A. course)

Grants and Awards:

Awards:

1. 2004 History and Theory of Architecture won the Excellent Teaching Course Awards of Shanghai Education Committee (as the second contributor of the award).

2. 2008 History and theory of architecture won the ‘National Excellent University Course Awards’ of the National Ministration of Education (as the second contributor of the award).

Publications:

Edited books:

Safeguarding and Revitalizing the Local Heritage, Proceedings of the mAAN (modern architecture of Asia network) 4th International Conference, Tongji University Press, August, 2005

Perspectives on Architectural Theories, The China Building Industry Press, Dec. 2009.

(Co-ed.) Commemorative Accounts of Tan Yuan, ed. Wang Jiqing, Lu Yongyi and Qian Feng, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji Univerisity, The China Building Industry Press, Oct. 2010.

(Co-ed.) Commemorative Accounts of Huang Zuoshen, ed. Lu Yongyi and Qian Feng, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji Univerisity,, The China Building Industry Press, May, 2012.

(Co-ed.) Collected Works of Luo Xiaowei, ed. Lu Yongyi and Qian Feng, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji Univerisity, Tongji University Press. Oct. 2015

Book chapters

‘Chapter 6, Architecture after Modernism’ in Luo Xiaowei ed. History of Modern Architecture (text book for architectural schools in China), The China Building Industry Press, Sept. 2004. pp. 324-402

‘Section 6, The Influence of the Professional Magazines and the Mass Media in Architectural Development’, in Chapter 6, The Building Industry and the Modernization of Architecture (1905-1937), Volume tow, ed. Lai Delin,Wu Jiang,Xu Subin, Chinese Modern Architecture, , The China Building Industry Press, June. 2016, pp. 453-477

‘Chapter 13, The Introducing of Western Modern Architecture and the Influences’, (Co-author Xuan Lei, Zhao Ling) in Volume four; ed. Lai Delin,Wu Jiang,Xu Subin, Chinese Modern Architecture, , The China Building Industry Press, June. 2016, pp. 403-410, 415-422, 425-429, 443-479

‘The Cross Culture Dialogues and the Architectural Practice in China’ (Co-author Wang Kai, Qian Feng) in Part Two, Chapter 10, The Present and Future of Architectural Desig n in Contemporary Chin, The South-east University Publication, Nov. 2014. pp. 289-322

Articles in books:

“Quello che la Storia ci insegna. Un approccio comparativo per capire le citta italiane e cinesi”, ed. A. Bugatti, Urban Renewal and Town Culture, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, ALINEA editrice, Italy, 1998.

“Shanghai：Cosmopolitanism as its Identity?” (Co-author LI Dehua) in ed. Peter Herrle, Erik Wegerhoff, Architecture and Identity, LIT Verlag, 2008 , ISBN 978-3-8258-1088-7

“Tan Yuan’s Teaching Method on Architectural Design and its Beaux-Arts origin” in ed. Wang Jiqing, Lu Yongyi and Qian Feng, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji Univerisity, Commemorative Accounts of Tan Yuan, The China Building Industry Press, Oct. 2010.

“On the Modern Ideas of Architectural Education of Henry Huang”, in ed. Lu Yongyi and Qian Feng, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji Univerisity,  Commemorative Accounts of Huang Zuoshen, The China Building Industry Press, May, 2012.

“Huang Zuoshen, Feng Jizhong and the Exploration of the Modernism” in ed. Jianfei Zhu, Chen Wei and Li Hua, Routledge Handbook of Chinese Architecture , Routledge, 2017. (forthcoming)

Articles in journals:

Italian Architect Carlo Scarpa, World Architecture (China) , No.2, 1998.

Bei Wundern ist Vorsicht geboten (on the new development of Shanghai city),  Stadt Bauwelt, Juni 1999, Germany.

Re-understanding Le Corbusier , Time & Architecture (China), No.5, 2002.  Shanghai Biennale as a critical start, Time & Architecture (China), No.1, 2003.

Dancing in Light, the expansion of Cannova’s Museum by Carlo Scarpa, Time & Architecture(China), No.6, 2003.

An Interview with Luo Xiaowei on Teaching History of Western Architecture, Time & Architecture (China), 2004 , No.6

Looking back to Weissenhofsiedlung, (Co-author Ling Yingsong) , Time & Architecture (China), 2006 , No.1

Historic Preservation and the Difficulty of Authenticity, Journal of Tongji University (social science) , 2006, No.5

A Critique on the Critical Regionalism , (Co-author Wang Ying), Architect (China), No.129, 2007.

Another ‘modern’, a space reading in Tongji Faculty’s Club, Time & Architecture (China), 2007 , No.5

A Historical View on Regionalism and Cultural Identity in Architecture, Journal of Tongji University (social science) , 2008，No.1

Building the Shanghai Modern , works of A. Leonard, P. Veysseyre and A. Kruze Architects in early 20th C. in Shanghai, (Co-author Feng Chen), eaV, Journal of the Versailles School of Architecture. No.14, Jan. 2008-2009.

Critical Thinking on the Multi-values of Urban Heritage and the Conservation Practices, Journal of Tongji University (social science) , 2009，No.5

Between the Glorious Past and the Splendid Future, at the opening of the World Expo 2010 China, Territorio, Milano, No.143 , Sept-Oct, 2010

The China Pavilion, Architecture and the National Identity, Journal of Tongji University (social science) , 2011. No. 1

Tan Yuan’s Architectural Design Teaching and a Reflection on the Beaux-Arts Method, South Architecture (China), 2011, No.3

The Early Exploration in Modern Architectural Education in Tongji University, Time & Architecture (China), 2012, No.3

Beyond the“Zeitgeist”: rethinking the teaching of history of modern architecture in China, Chinese Architectural Education (China), No. 11, 2015.

Mass media and professional magazines in Shanghai in early 20th Century: their influence on the evolution of Chinese modern architecture, (Co-author Xuan Lei, Zhao Ling) ,World Architecture (China) , No.1, 2016.

Urban Narrative between the Old and the New: on the restoration, rehabilitation and expansion of the Yan Tongchun House, Journal of Architecture (China), 2016.07，No.574, pp. 44-51

Practicing and Imagination, the Early Influence of Western Modern Architecture in Shanghai, Time & Architecture (China), 2016, No.4

The Restoration and Rehabilitation of l’Observatoire de Zi-kawei, on the historical dimension of authenticity in historic preservation, Time & Architecture (China), 2016, No.6. pp. 76-85

Articles in conference proceedings:

Understanding the historical space, A case study of a historic area in the Former French Concession in Shanghai, ed. Lu Yongyi, Proceedings of the mAAN (modern architecture of Asia network) 4th International Conference, Tongji University Press, August, 2005

On the Influence of Western Modern Architecture in China from 1920s to 1950s, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on the Teaching and Research of Architectural History, Tsinghua University, Dec. 2009

On the text book of History of Modern Architecture and its Historiography, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the Teaching and Research of Architectural History, Tianjin University, Nov. 2011.

On the Multiple Narrations of History of Modern Architecture, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Teaching and Research of Architectural History, Chongqing University, Nov. 2013. 

Three Kinds of Reading on Palladio’s Work: a case on teaching history of architecture in an information and pluralism age, Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Teaching and Research of Architectural History, Harbin Institute of Technology, Oct. 2015.

Book Translation:

Xierde Hainen (Hilde Heynen), Jianzhu yu Xiandaixing, Pipan (Architecture and Modernity. A Critique), Translated by Lu Yongyi, Zhou Minghao, in ‘A Study on Modernity Series Books), Shangwu Yinshuguan Press, April, 2015.

Book Translation:

Xierde Hainen (Hilde Heynen), Jianzhu yu Xiandaixing, Pipan (Architecture and Modernity. A Critique), Translated by Lu Yongyi, Zhou Minghao, in ‘A Study on Modernity Series Books), Shangwu Yinshuguan Press, April, 2015.