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Research

Topics
We focus on sustainable human habitat and the design of environmentally and socially sound built environment. Namely, we are interested in the

  • ecological and social performance of designed architectural and urban spaces, functions and services;
  • environmental up­grading of desolate or inconvenient pieces of architecture, land-, water-, and city­scape;
  • assessing and interpreting of cultural and societal circumstances for integration into design and for the creation of place-specific and locally sustainable projects;
  • investigation, understanding and creation of biomimetic design, which we are bringing into China via the BiDL (Biomimietic Design Lab) at Tongji University;
  • developing sustainability methods and tools to integrate above issues into design teaching and professional practice in China;



Research Projects
Jan 2013 –
Dec 2014
Biomimetic Design
RMB 187,000 granted. Establishment of a biomimetic design research lab (BiDL). Lab Co-Directors. College of Design and Innovation, TongJi University. The goal is to push our college to the forefront of sustainable innovation, to create crucial knowledge for future designers and to foster cross-disciplinary and cross-boundary working methods.
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May 2012 –
Mar 2013
Rural Low-Carbon Mobility
RBM 750,000 granted. Low-Carbon Rural Mobility, Shaxi Valley, Yunnan, China. Project Leaders. Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC), within Low Carbon City China (LCCC) framework and with Swiss Hiking Association (SWW). Research, design and planning of rural low-carbon transportation with realization of selected features, e.g. hiking network, bike rental, donkey trekking, maps & brochures, low-carbon paths, etc.
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1.2010 - 12.2012

Rural Surplus Space Employment
RMB 220,000 granted. 国家自然科学青年基金 (National Natural Science Fund China): 长三角乡村家庭剩余空间公共使用的设计类型研究 (Design type study of the surplus space of rural families of the Yangtze River Delta for public use). Team members under Professor Lou Yongqi.
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1.2012 –
1.2015

Rural Low-Carbon Infrastructure
RMB 180,000 granted. TongJi University, sponsored by Central Government: 低碳乡村基础设施研究- 沙溪坝可持续的公共与旅游设施研究 (Research on Rural Low-Carbon Infrastructure – Sustainable Public & Tourism Facilities in Shaxi Valley). Project Co-Directors.
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