Session A

Course Title: S025 Discovering Shanghai: Past and Future ——The Story of Li-Long

Duration: 2021.7.8-2021.7.23 (2 weeks)

Campus: Xuhui

Course Description

The city of Shanghai is like a vibrant living body. Looking down from a height: the criss-cross road is like an artery, dividing the city into several specific areas; small passages formed a community, which are densely covered with the whole city like capillaries. For these small passages and lanes, locals in the Jiangnan region calls it “Li-Long”. But one thing makes Li-Long famous in the world is because of the rise of a large number of early-modern Li-Long Residential Buildings. Therefore, this course aims to discover the culture and hidden stories of Shanghai Li-long through an architect, landscape architect, and urban designer’s perspective, highlighting the conservation and renovation of Shanghai regional culture.

Highlights

★Directly points to conservation and renovation of Shanghai regional culture.

★Stressing on low-impact design, minimizing the damage to the original construction and features of Li-Long residential area.

★Fascinating field trips to public spaces in Shanghai such as Shikumen, one of the most representative Li-Long residence style where the sophisticated Shanghainese lived until the early 1930s.

★Sufficient opportunities for cross-disciplinary group work and intercultural communication.

★In-depth interaction with local residents and actively involved in their daily life.

★By the end of this 2-week study experience, students will acquire basic knowledge and understanding of the rich history, flourishing present, and bright future of architecture and landscape of Shanghai.

Instructors

Prof. Xing RUAN

Email: x.ruan@sjtu.edu.cn

Xing RUAN is the Dean and Guangqi Chair Professor of Architecture at School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is a member of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Committee. He joined UNSW Sydney as a professor of architecture in 2004. He has been the Associate Dean International (2015-2018),  Director of Architecture (2014-16), Chair of Architecture Discipline, and Director of Master of Architecture (2005-09). Before his appointment to UNSW, he was the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney (2002-04). He teaches architectural design, history, and theory. He has been invited to give a keynote and public lectures at conferences and universities in China, South-East Asia, India, the USA, the UK, Italy, New Zealand, Argentina, and Australia.

Prof. Shengquan CHE

Email: chsq@sjtu.edu.cn

Shengquan CHE is a doctoral supervisor and the Vice Dean of the School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also the Director of Sustainable Ecological Design Center and Deputy Director of Key Lab of Urban Agriculture of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural.

He is a member of the National Master of Landscape Architecture Education Steering Committee and a member of the Landscape Architecture Committee, Chinese Society for Urban Studies. His research areas include the education and research of landscape ecological planning and design, landscape evaluation and protection, the relationship between structures and functions of urban-rural green space ecosystems, the evaluation of green space ecosystems, as well as relevant ecological planning, technology development, and policymaking.

Prof. Lin WANG

Email: wanglinalice@sjtu.edu.cn

Lin WANG is a professor of Architecture Department in the School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a researcher of China Urban Governance Institute, and the Director of the Center for Urban Studies focusing on regeneration, preservation, and innovation of cities. She was a Loeb Fellow 2009 at Harvard University. She has been intensively involved in key urban planning initiatives, including the preservation and regeneration of Shanghai's historical areas and industrial areas. Her research directions include Urban Design, Urban Regeneration, Urban Heritage Preservation, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Landscape.

Prof. Yun WANG

Email: wangyun03@sjtu.edu.cn

Yun WANG is a professor of Landscape Architecture, and the head of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He has a multi-disciplinary background in landscape planning and design and architecture. His research interests lie in landscape architecture history and theory, the application of traditional Chinese garden arts, waterfront landscape planning and design, landscape protection and evaluation, theoretical research, and practice of urban landscape refinement regulation and planning. In the practice of landscape planning and design, he emphasizes innovative fusion of tradition and modernity. He has led more than 200 practical projects, published more than 40 papers, 4 books, 1 patent of invention, and more than 20 awards of landscape planning and design.

Prof. George FRANTZ
Email: frantz@cornell.edu
George Frantz is an associate professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University, where he teaches classes in land use planning and community development and environmental impact review. His primary areas of expertise are in urban design and master planning, with particular emphasis on green infrastructure and the protection of agriculture and environmentally sensitive lands and water resources. In addition to teaching, he has over 30 years of experience in planning and design consulting for municipal governments in New York state. Frantz received his B.S. in landscape architecture and his M.R.P. from Cornell University in 1980 and 1991 respectively.

Dr. Dan CHEN

Email: danchen.gator@sjtu.edu.cn

Dan CHEN is the Program Director of Master of Landscape Architecture (International) and in charge of undergraduate courses including preliminary design, landscape planning and design, and planting design at the School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Florida. Her major research areas are landscape planning and design, ecological protection and restoration, classical Chinese gardens, and urban green space issues.

Dr. Qian DU

Email: qian.du@sjtu.edu.cn

Qian DU is a researcher at the Department of Architecture and Program Director of Master of Architecture(International) of School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research focuses on conservation theory, techniques of restoration, and the application of GIS in built heritage conservation. The publication includes several papers in professional journals and articles in Cultural Relics Management Review, Heritage Sites in Contemporary China Cultural Policies and Management Practices, etc.

Assessment

Attendance: 20%

Participation in Discussion: 20%

Field Trip & Group Work: 30%

Final Design Project: 30%

Contact

Program Director: Prof. Shengquan CHE (chsq@sjtu.edu.cn)

Program Coordinator: Ms. Siyi CHEN (siyichen@sjtu.edu.cn)