YANG Chen

Associate Professor

Deputy Director of Academic Affairs, Assistant Dean

Tel: +86-21-65983044

Email：chen.yang@tongji.edu.cn

Chen YANG, PhD., Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Honorary Senior Fellow in the University of Queensland, Australia (2021-2023). He is the co-anchor for the 2021 Global Webinar on Transformational Impacts of Information Technology, Our World Heritage Initiative, Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (JCHMSD), and the Voting Member (representing China) of ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL) and the Expert Member of ICOMOS International Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA). Prof. Yang’s research and practice have focused on the digital conservation, management and interpretation of World Heritage and landscape heritage in different cultural and natural contexts. He has presided over or participated in research projects on digital heritage, including National Natural Science Foundation project, National Key Research and Development Plan, and Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project, and undertook the planning, design and digital protection practice of World Heritage sites and national cultural sites.

Education background

Queensland University of Technology, School of Design, Brisbane, Australia

- Ph. D, Landscape Architecture, School of Design, 2015

Tongji University, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shanghai, China

- M.LA, 2011

Work experience

Tongji University, Shanghai China

- Dean Assistant, College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), April 2024 – present

- Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), Jan 2022 – present

- Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), Sep 2015 – Dec 2021

The World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP), Shanghai, China

- Research Fellow, 2015

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

- Sessional Academic / Tutor, School of Design, 2012-2015

Tongji University, Shanghai China

- Research Assistant, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), 2009-2011

Awards

2022 Global World Heritage Education Innovation Award, Wulingyuan World Heritage Sustainable Tourism Demonstration Education Project (China), UNESCO Asia-Pacific World Heritage Training and Research Center, ranked first;

2022 Innovation and Application of Collaborative Technology for the Development of Natural Heritage Sites and Rural Communities, Science and Technology Progress Award of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, Second Prize;

2021 UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Project - Hunan Wulingyuan World Heritage Demonstration Research, Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture Science and Technology Progress Award, first prize;

2021 The second prize of the global competition, Our World Heritage – Transformational Impacts of Information Technology, Our World Heritage Initiative, ranked 2nd

2021 the first prize of Tan Yuan Young Teacher Award Course Competition, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

2019 Spatial Feature Recognition and Visualization Technology of Landscape Architecture Heritage Based on Point Cloud Data, Shanghai Landscape Architecture Society, Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Prize, Ranked 1st

2019 Method of Recording and Visualizing Rural Landscape Heritage Spatial Information Based on Point Cloud Technology, Shanghai Landscape Architectural Society, Science and Technology Award, Science and Technology Paper (Book) Award, Second Prize, Ranked 1st

2018 Advanced Studies Visiting Fellowships, the University of Western Australia, Australia

2018 Scientific Research Grant for Central University – Interdisciplinary Research, Tongji University, [number 22120180065] USD: 30,000

2017 National Natural Science Foundation of China [number 51608369]. USD: 30,000

2015 Young Talents Program of Tongji University [number 0100219170]

Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. And Key Laboratory of Ecology and Energy-saving Study of Dense Habitat (Tongji University), Ministry of Education under Grant [number 2015KY06]

2013 Postgraduate Grants-in-Aid Scheme, Creative Industries Faculty Conference Grant, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. PI. AU$1,800

Field Trip and Outbound Student Mobility Programme Grant, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. PI. AU$2,000

2011 State Scholarship Fund, China Scholarship Council. PI. AU$ 61,200

PhD Scholarship, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. PI. AU$ 84,750

The First Prize for the 2011 ‘Yuan Ye Award’ International Landscape Architecture Graduate Student Design/Thesis Competition

Excellent Graduate Student of Tongji University, China

Academic adjunct position

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) – Member [CHN 35053]

ICOMOS IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ISC CL) – Voting Member

International Scientific Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA) – Expert Member

Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture Cultural Landscape Committee (CHSLA CLC) – Deputy Secretary General

Member of the doctoral thesis review committee, School of Geography, Université de Lausanne (University of Lausanne), Switzerland

PhD supervisor, School of Architecture, the University of Queensland

Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development – Editorial Advisory Board

Built Heritage – Guest Editor (2020)

Landscape Research | Geographical Research | Landscape Architecture (Chinese) – Peer Reviewer

Research filed

Heritage Landscape Conservation and Management

Digital Heritage Landscapes

Spatial Pattern Recognition Technologies

AI and World Heritage interpretation

Publications

Book and Book Chapter

The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in the Asia-Pacific, Chapter: Use of Digital Technology in Mapping Rural Cultural Landscapes and their Human-Nature Interactions, London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023, chapter author

Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Practice， Chapter: Spiritscapes: The First Celestial Mountain in the World，New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge, 2022, chapter author

2020-2021 Landscape Architecture Discipline Development Report, Beijing: China Science and Technology Press, 2021, co-editor

Garden Heritage Digital Document: Heyuan Garden in Yangzhou, Shanghai: Tongji University Press, 2020, first author

Department of Landscape Architecture, Tongji University, (2018) Three Chapters of Gardening by CHEN Congzhou陈从周造园三章, Shanghai: Tongji University Press, 2018, executive editor 

Journal Article

Chen Yang, Xiaorong Han, Hangbin Wu, Feng Han, Chaoxu Wei, Leigh Shutter, Digital Characterization of the Surface Texture of Chinese Classical Garden Rockery based on Point Cloud Visualization: Small-Rock Mountain Retreat, Heritage Science, 2023,11:13

Wu Hangbin, Wei Zhaoxu, Chen Yang*, Han Xiaorong, Liu Chun, Quantitative Evaluation of Garden Rockery Heritage Features Based on Laser Point Cloud, Garden, 2022,39(10):28-35

Wang Zhiru, Chen Yang, Research on Digital Protection Strategy of Shanghai Lilong Blocks from the Perspective of Urban Living Heritage——Taking Tilanqiao Historical and Cultural Area as an Example, Proceedings of the 2022 Annual Conference of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, Beijing: China Architecture and Architecture Press, 2022

Feng Han, Xiaotong Guo, Chen Yang*, Collaborative Conservation and Development of Rural Landscape in China's World Natural Heritage Sites, Landscape Architecture, 2022,29(10):89-94.

Chen Yang, Xiaorong Han, Zhaoxu Wei, Hangbin Wu, Quantitative evaluation method for the aesthetic characteristics of stone peaks in Chinese classical gardens——Taking Yu Linglong in Yu Garden as an example, Ancient Architecture and Garden Technology, 2022 (Accepted)

Chen Yang, Fenghan, Xiaotong Guo, Research on the Documentation Method of Classical Gardens from the Perspective of Digital Heritage——Taking Heyuan Garden in Yangzhou as an Example, Urban Architecture, 2022 (Accepted)

Chen Yang, Zhiru Wang, Hongjun Zhou, Renewal Design and Value Presentation of Setting of Historic Architectural Heritage——Taking the Garden of Community Church on Hengshan Road, Shanghai as an Example, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2022

Lizhi Lou, Chaoxu Wei, Hangbin Wu, Chen Yang, Cave Feature Extraction and Classification from Rockery Point Clouds acquired with Handheld Laser Scanners, Heritage Science, 2022,10:177

Jing Li, Chen Yang*, Yichen Zhu, Fenghan*, How does the World Heritage Sustainable Tourism Programme Guide the Evolution of Rural Landscapes? Landscsape Research, 2023,07:1-14

Nancarrow, JH., Chen Yang*, Jing Yang, An Emotions-informed Approach for Digital Documentation of Rural Heritage Landscapes: Baojiatun, A Traditional Tunpu Village in Guizhou, China, Built Heritage, 2021, 5(11)

Xiaotong Guo, Chen Yang*, Feng Han, Research on Digital Record and Innovative Conservation of Cultural Landscape Heritage, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2020, 36(11):84-89

Chen Yang, Xiaorong Han, Ballarat 2.0: Research on the Digital Heritage Information Services of Historic Urban Landscapes, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2020, 36(10):29-34

Chen Yang, Kelly Greenop, Introduction: Applying a Landscape Perspective to Digital Cultural Heritage, Built Heritage, 2020, 4(2): 1-4

Chen Yang, Feng Han*, A Digital Information System for Cultural Landscapes: The Case of Slender West Lake Scenic Area in Yangzhou, China, Built Heritage, 2020, 4(3): pp. 1-14

Yujie Cao, Chun Liu*, Chen Yang, Yuan Zhou, Mengchi Ai, Pattern identification and analysis for the traditional village using low altitude UAV-borne remote sensing: multifeatured geospatial data to support rural landscape investigation, documentation and management, Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2019.12.013 1296-2074, (SCI, A&HCI)

Yang, Chen, Feng Han^*, Leigh Shutter, Hangbin Wu, (2019) Capturing Spatial Patterns of Rural Landscapes with Point Cloud, Geographical Research, 2019. Doi:10.1111/1745-5871.12381 (SSCI)

Yang, Chen, Feng Han^*, (2019) Experience on Developing Heritage Landscape Documentation Systems in America and its Implications, Chinese Landscape Architecture,2019(6): 20-24. 美国遗产景观档案系统化建设的经验及启示，《中国园林》

Yang, Chen, Feng Han*, Hangbin Wu, Zhuo Chen, (2019) Heritage Landscape Information Model (HLIM): Towards a Contextualised Framework for Digital Landscape Conservation in China, the International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLII-2/W15, 2019, 27th CIPA International Symposium ‘Documenting the past for a better future’, 1-5 September 2019, Avila, Spain

Yang, Chen, Feng Han, (2018) Digital Heritage Landscapes: Research on Spatial Character of the Grand Rockery of Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai based on 3D Point Cloud Technologies, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2018(11):20-24. 数字化遗产景观:基于三维点云技术的上海豫园大假山空间特征研究,《中国园林》

Ren, Wei, Feng Han, Chen Yang, (2018) Sustainable Development of Rural Landscape Heritage in UK--Taking Chastleton House and Garden in England as an Example, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2018(11): 15-19 英国乡村景观遗产可持续发展模式——以英国查尔斯顿庄园为例，《中国园林》

Yang, Chen, Feng Han, Chun Liu (2018). Digital Methods for Recognizing Spatial Patterns of Rural Landscape Heritage with Point Cloud Technology, Landscape Architecture, September 2018(05):37-42. 基于点云技术的乡村景观遗产空间信息记录与可视化方法研究,《风景园林》

Yang, Chen (2018). Experiences on Developing Heritage Landscape Documentation Systems in America and Its Implications, Chinese Landscape Architecture, December, 2017 (accepted) 美国遗产景观档案系统化建设的经验及启示,《中国园林》

Yang, Chen, Feng Han, Leigh Shutter (2018). Capturing Spatial Patterns of Traditional Rural Landscapes with 3D Point Cloud – Case Studies of Tunpu Villages in Guizhou Province, China, Conference Proceedings, Digital Cultural Heritage: Future Visions 2017 Conference, Brisbane, Australia. April 2017

Yang, Chen (2017) Digital Heritage Landscapes – The Digital Historic Urban Landscape Practice in Ballarat Australia and its Innovativeness, Chinese Landscape Architecture, June 2017(6):83-88. 数字化遗产景观—澳大利亚巴拉瑞特城市历史景观数字化实践及其创新性,《中国园林》

Yang, Chen (2016) Extracting Spatial Information of Heritage Gardens from Boundary Paintings based on 3D Mapping Technologies, Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Archaeology, Computer Graphics, Cultural Heritage and Innovation, Valencia (Spain), Sept 2016

Yang, Chen (2016) Towards a Contextualised Framework of Heritage Landscape Information Modeling (HLIM) in China, Conference Proceedings, 4th International Symposium on Cultural Heritage Conservation and Digitization, Beijing, August 2016

Yang, Chen (2016) Preliminary Study on Heritage Landscape Information Modelling, Conference Proceedings, 2016 Annual Meeting of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CHSLA), Nanning, Sept 2016

Yang, Chen, Jeannie Sim, & Gillian Lawson (2016) Deciphering Historic Landscapes: A Case of Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, China, Landscape Research, 41(1):95-112. (SSCI)

Yang, Chen, Feng Han (2015). A GIS-Based Approach for Heritage Landscape Assessment and Conservation, The 2nd Symposium of Digital Landscape Architecture, Nanjing, 47-56

Yang, Chen (2015) Using an ‘Interpretative Model’ for Contextual Design of Heritage Landscape Database: The Case of St Helena Island National Park in Queensland Australia. Geographical Research, 53(3):321-335. (SSCI)

Yang, Chen, Gillian Lawson, Jeannie Sim (2015) Digitisation of Scenic and Historic Interest Areas in China, Conference proceedings, ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume II-5/W3, 2015, 25th International CIPA Symposium 2015, 31 August – 04 September 2015, Taipei

Han, Feng, Chen Yang, Hong Li, (2015) Global Trends and Local Responses: WHITRAP is Promoting UNESCO World Heritage Sustainable Tourism Program in China, World Heritage, 7:90-91

Yang, Chen (2014) Using a Multi-Purpose GIS to Integrate Intangible Heritage into Cultural Landscape Management. Conference Proceedings of the 18th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Florence, Italy

Yang, Chen, Jeannie Sim (2013) Deciphering Historic Landscapes: A Case of Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, China, Conference Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, USA

Yang, Chen (2011) Interpretation of Landscape Character in the Chinese Cultural Context. Proceeding of the Forum of Graduate Students of Tongji University, Shanghai: Tongji University Press, pp335-339