Research Fields

• Theory and Design of Built environment Renovation;

• Research of Chinese Vernacular Settlements

Research Profile

• Renovation and Regeneration Design of Built environment;

• Research of Chinese vernacular buildings and Settlements;

• Research and Application Design of Chinese wooden structure.

Current Courses

• Conservation and Renovation Design of Architectural Heritage

• Architectural Design

• Management and Legislation of Built heritage

Grands and Awards

Research Grants

1. 2013 Chinese National Social Science Research Grants, “Research of Architectural Preservation Management System of Chinese Citi’s”

2. 2011  Shanghai Social Science Research Grants, “Research of Architectural Preservation Management System of Chinese Citi’s in perspective of real property right”2009         Chinese National Post-doctor Research Grants, “Public right regulation and private right protection in architectural preservation”.

3. Awards on Preservation and Renovation Works

4. 2013 “Rehabilitation Design of Cui Lake area in Kunming, Yunnan Province” won the Second Price of Shanghai Excellent Urban Planning of 2013

5. 2010 “Conservation and Revitalization of North Xinjiao Street in Taizhou” won the 2010 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation.

6. 2009 “Preservation and Rehabilitation of China Merchants Steam Navigation Building on the Bund of Shanghai” won the Third Prize of 2009 National Engineering survey and Design Award.

7. 2007 “Preservation and Rehabilitation of China Merchants Steam Navigation Building on the Bund of Shanghai” won the Second Prize of 2007 Excellent Architectural Project Design of Shanghai.

Publications

Recent Publication

Book:

1. 2008 “Research on Architectural Preservation Movement in America: With Analysis of Four Thematic Events and Their correlation”, Southeast University Press. 2008.

Paper:

2015

1. Basic Exercise: Dialogue on “Urban Hotel ” design course of Innovative Talents Program in Tongji University, Time Architecture 2015.6

2. A Basic Exercise on Specific Purpose: Teaching Experiment on 2nd year Design Studio of Innovative Talents Class in Tingyi University

2014

1. Thinking of Subjectivity in Heritage Preservation: A Review of “Contemporary Theory of Conservation”, Time Architecture, 2014.6

2. Preservation design and thinking that based on Integrative Cognition: sidelights of final design course of Historic Architecture Conservation Program in Tingyi University, Proceedings of 2013 National Congress of Architectural Education

2013

1. Historic preservation and restriction of property rights: with the analysis of Penn central decision, Architectural Journal, 2013.11

2. “Architecture of Additions” as Paradigm: A Review of “Architecture of Additions: Design and Regulation”, Time Architecture, 2013

3. Study on the course teaching of “Design of historic architecture conservation and renovation” in Tingyi University”, Proceedings of 2013 National Congress of Architectural Education

4. Shanghai Taikang Road: Rethinking transformation of historical quarters in new urban form, Symposium of International Conference on “Changing Cities”: Spatial, Morphological, formal & socio-economic dimensions in Skiathos island, Greece.

2012

1. Discrimination of “public interest” in architectural preservation, Symposium of the 2012 Annual Conference of Architectural Society of china

2. “The ‘thickness’ of a small building: Pavilions in Lake Yangcheng Park, Kunshan”, Time Architecture

2011

1. “The right Structure of heritage building in perspective of public property”, Symposium of the sixth International Congress on Chinese Architectural History

2010

1. “Procedural rights in private architecture heritage registration”, Symposium of the Fifth International Congress on Chinese Architectural History

2007

1. “’Historic District’: An integrity method of urban architectural heritage preservation in America”, Community Design

Recent Works on Architecture Preservation

1. 2013  Preservation and renovation of “Main Land Bank Mansion” in Shanghai

2. Rehabilitation Design of “Cui Lake” area in Kunming, Yunnan Province

3. 2012  Industrial Heritage Preservation Planning of Jiangxi District, Luoyang, Henan Province

4. 2010  Conservation and Revitalization of Zhongshan Road Historic District, Haikou, Hainan Province

5. 2003  Rehabilitation of China Merchants Steam Navigation Building on the Bund of Shanghai

6. 2002  Concept Design of preservation and Revitalization of the “Bund Origin” area in Shanghai

7. 2000  Conservation and Revitalization of North Xinjiao Street, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province