7/30/2019 Tsinghua - Study on the Situation of Skyscrapers in
Chinese Cities - Prof Zhu Wenyi
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StudyonthesituationofskyscrapersinChinesecitiesZhuWenyi,WangHui
SchoolofArchitecture,TsinghuaUniversity
Theskyscraper
isoneofthesymbolsoftheverticaldevelopmentofthecity.
Inrecentyears,alongwithrapidurbanization,alargenumberofskyscrapershavebeenbuiltinChinesecities.Theseskyscraperscanbetheimportantnodesintheurbanspaceandprovidethepossibilityofhighdensitydevelopment
for the city.Thisarticle introduced the situationof skyscrapers
inChinese cities, including thenumberanddistributionof the
skyscrapers, the analysisof
themorphologicaltypes,theroleoftheskyscrapersintheurbanspace,aswellasthecasestudiesandexperienceofKaipingDiaolou.
Prof. ZHU Wenyi
ZHUWenyiisprofessoranddeanofSchoolofArchitecture,TsinghuaUniversity.HeisDirectorof
NationalBoardofArchitecturalAccreditationofChinaandCoDirectoroftheBoardforArchitectural
EducationoftheAcademicDegreesCommitteeoftheStateCouncil.
Hesbeenworkinganddoingresearchontheoryandpracticeofarchitectureandurbandesign,which
reflectsinhispublicationsandprojects.Hehascompletedmanyimportantpapersandbookssuchas
Space,SymbolandCity:ATheoryofUrbanDesign
in1995,Gaeta:100YearOldUnitedNations in
2006,Discourse
on
the
Contemporary
Architecture
of
China
in
2007,
etc.
He
has
been
involved
for
manyyearsinthepracticeofarchitectureandurbandesigninChina
includingreconstructiondesign
ofTsinghuaAuditorium,urbanmasterdesignofTianjinBinhaiNewArea,
reconstructiondesignof
TangshanQixinCementFactory,etc.Hisdesignworkhas receivedmany
internationalandnational
competitionprizesanddesignawards
Wang Hui, Assistant Professor
WangHuiisnowengagedinteachingandresearchinSchoolofArchitecture,TsinghuaUniversity.
He started studying in 1997 at the School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University and received
bachelor'sdegree,master'sdegreeanddoctorateinengineeringthere.Hisresearchandteaching
focusesincludearchitecturaldesigntheoriesandpracticeinChina,urbandesignandaestheticsof
architecture. The research projects he took part in include City
Planning, Construction andGovernment in Beijing, Architecture and
Landscape Design on Campus of GuangdongUniversity of Technology,
etc.HewroteAdministration Spaces in Beijing and participated
ineditingofotherbooksincludingSOFTNewYork,10thVeniceBiennale,InternationalWorkshopandDiscourseontheContemporaryArchitectureofChina.
