Profile
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Studying for a PhD in Centre for Architecture and the Visual Arts (CAVA), University of Liverpool.
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MA in Urban Design at the University of Sheffield.
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BA in Landscape from Soochow University.
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An urban designer with five years of experience in China’s highly competitive construction industry.
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A researcher who has published one book and some articles.
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Bilingual in Mandarin (native) and English.
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Continuing involvement in voluntary activities; keen independent traveller and photographer.
Education
Research direction: Concentrating on urban screens as digitally augmented public spaces, this study plans to use immersive technologies (VR/MR) to replicate these environments in a simulated context. This immersive method aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of these spaces, thereby enriching our analysis and interpretation of urban screen clusters and their implications on urban public spatial practise.
Key modules: Urban Design Tools and Methods，Spatial Practice and Development, Participation in Architecture and Urban Design, History and Theory of Urban Design， Urban Design Project 1-3.
Key modules: Landscape Architecture Design, Environment Art, Site Design, Garden Project Management, CAD for Landscape, Landscape Expression skills, History of Chinese Landscapes.
Research experience
Research on the System and Measures for Overall Urban Design of Shanghai
- Having a sense of urban development direction of Shanghai
- Respecting the history of the city and improve the city’s space quality
Research on Demand of Industrial Community Facilities in 104 Industrial Area in Shanghai
- Analyzing the existing problems of facilities in 104 industrial Area in Shanghai
- Providing corresponding solutions to those problems
Publications
Award
- Project Name： Conceptual Planning and Urban Design Plan for Industrial Upgrading and Urban Renewal Planning Project in Zhuzhou Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao
- Project Name： Conservation planning of Mountain，water and historical and cultural buildings，Urumqi
Certificate
- Issues by Shanghai Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Management Committee
Work Experience
- Making conceptual plans for urban or architectural design projects; this involved receiving a basic briefing from the client, online and other research, site visits with photos and measurements and a subsequent site analysis followed by detailed discussions within the team prior to the first step plan.
- Producing sketches and presentation documents from conception through to completion of a project and making suggestions to the manager as to items that required in the contract for the works.
- Reviewing drawings and documentation; identifying and reporting problems to the departmental manager. Repeating all steps until a final plan is approved.
- Winning several awards for involvement in various high-profile and prestigious projects in different areas of China
- Involved in the landscape design for Guiyang Huaxia District Ten-Mile River Band Wetland Park.
- Compiling a plan of the population density of the Exhibition Area of Guanshanhu District to comply with government regulations.
- Producing analytical graphs, general rendering and the text and layout of the final plan for the Fushui River Ecological Tourism project.