The Art of Research: Words, Stories & Diagrams in the Design Process

Architecture and design belong to an anxious world. Thousands of design alternatives in thousands of cities and villages around the globe. Architecture and design students are exposed to infinite tools of research, and design languages that are available in a split of a second on the Internet. These design languages are deeply rooted in different … Continue reading The Art of Research: Words, Stories & Diagrams in the Design Process →

Measuring the Unmeasurable: Human Scale in Chinese Cities

Urban Constellations. This is a common metaphor that I have encountered in the fields of human geography and urban studies. The most comprehensive set of global data about urban expansion in the 21st-century(densities, areas, population, etc) considers The-City as a single unit of analysis that shape a Universe of cities. As of 2010, the world … Continue reading Measuring the Unmeasurable: Human Scale in Chinese Cities →

Architecture-Ecology-Cities

Environmental Sciences-Architecture-Urban Design. Over the last two years, I have explored this approach with my experience as Research Fellow at Project Drawdown, and as Senior Lecturer in China. The book Ecology and the Architectural Imagination has also served as the inspiration to integrate and expand these divorced disciplines. At Shanghai School of Visual Arts, I have designed the courses Architecture … Continue reading Architecture-Ecology-Cities →