Spatial Visions Connecting China and the West: A Centennial Review and New Perspectives on Future Urban Environments

This project investigates the social and spatial structures of built environments as they reflect and promote interactions between China and the Western societies. In partnership with colleagues from Tsinghua University, Tongji University, and Southeast University, Principal Investigators of the project will work on several topics of history, design, and social studies to generate scholarship in Chinese architecture and city, placing special emphasis on a cultural discourse of the changing East-West relationship in urbanization, energy policy, environmental sustainability, and social inclusivity.