| Education: | |
| 1982 - 1985 | Tianjin No. 45 High School. |
| 1985 - 1988 | Nankai High School. |
| 1988 - 1992 | Architecture Department of Tianjin University; Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture. |
| 1993 - 1996 | Architecture Department of Tianjin University; Master of Engineering in Architectural Science and Technology. |
| 1997 - | Faculty of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich); CAAD - Postgraduate Program. |
| Experience: | |
| 1992 - 1993 | Tianjin Metallurgical Architectural Design Institute. |
| 1996 - 1997 | Tianjin Meixin Architectural Design Co. Ltd. (Sino-US Joint Venture). |
| Projects: | (involved in design) |
| 1996 -
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Tianjin Evening News, 36 stories, 90,000
square meters
Makro Store in Beijing, 22,000 square meters. Tianjin World Trade Center, 53 stories, 190,000 square meters. |
| 1997 -
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Tianjin Hengda Real Estate.
Design Competition of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Landmark (second prize). Tianxin Financial Center, 28 stories, 40,000 square meters. |
| Renderings: | |
| 1996 - | Three computer architectural renderings appeared in the magazine China Panorama. |
| 1997 -
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Six computer architectural renderings were published in Collection of Computer Architectural Renderings, Tianjin University Press. |
| Master Thesis: | |
| 1996 - | Lighting CAD and Visualization. |
| NDS Thesis: | |
| 1998 - | Navigation in Virtual Architectural Space. |
| Autobiography
I was born in Beijing, 1970. When I was in high school I was interested in mathematics, physics and fine arts because they intrinsically pursue what I like deeply: the harmonious, the true and the beautiful. In 1985, I received a Second Prize in Middle School Mathematics Competition in Tianjin Municipality, China and Honorable Mention in the National Middle School Mathematics Competition. Upon graduation from Nankai High School in 1988, I was admitted into Tianjin University. I chose architecture as my major because I thought architecture was a combination of art and science. I studied architectural design, architectural history and theory, architectural technology, fine arts, descriptive geometry, engineering (structural and mechanical), calculus, CAD, BASIC, FORTRAN 77, behavioral science, philosophy and so on. In 1991, I did survey and drawing in East Mausoleum of Qing Dynasty. The Chinese ancient architecture was very impressive. After graduation with a Bachelor Degree of Engineering in Architecture, I practiced in Tianjin Metallurgical Architectural Design Institute, where I participated architectural design projects. I began to realize that computer would play an important role in architecture. In 1993, I came back to the Department of Architecture at Tianjin University as a graduate student in Architectural Science and Technology. My primary interests were architectural lighting and computer aided design (CAD). I took courses in linear algebra, probabilistic method, computer principle, architectural physics (lighting, acoustics, and heating). The topic of my degree thesis was Lighting CAD and Visualization. I programed a lighting CAD application using AutoLISP and Visual BASIC. The results of this research were reported in the conference of Lighting Society of China, 1995. In March of 1996, I obtained a Master Degree of Engineering and joined Tianjin Meixin Architectural Design Co., Ltd. which was a Sino-US joint venture (The partner was Wou and Partner's Inc.). I worked in some large scale projects which were the key projects in Tianjin. I could use many CAD programs skillfully in my work, such as AutoCAD, 3D Studio, Photoshop, etc., on the DOS or Windows platform. In 1996 and 1997, my three computer architectural renderings appeared in the magazine China Panorama and six in Collection of Computer Architectural Renderings, Tianjin University Press. However, I began to think besides drawing tools what other roles computers could play in architectural design. In October 1997, I entered the Faculty of Architecture at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). I studied in the Nachdiplomstudium CAAD-Postgraduate Program (NDS - CAAD). The main courses were Structures and Programing (in winter semester), Alvar Aalto: A Conceptual Analysis and Design with Computers (in summer semester). In this program I obtained new ideas in CAAD, architectural theory, representation, philosophy, and computing. I learnt UNIX, HTML, VRML, CGI, Perl , Database, AutoLISP, Open Inventor, C++, Java, etc. I concentrated on the applications of Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) in architecture, shape generation, and interactive presentation. Now I am working on my NDS thesis. The topic of my thesis is to build a navigator in virtual architectural space. My goals are to study the viewpoint's movement in architectural space and to develop an Internet-based interactive application to guide people to walk through the space and perceive it. The application will be helpful for architects to experience and organize the spatial sequences, to evaluate the quality of space and finally refine the design. The main tools used are VRML, Java and CGI. I expect to finish my NDS thesis and graduate in January 1999. |