
The concerns of culture, urbanism, environmentalism, and productivism reflected in my projects are the by-products of my multidisciplinary exploration. My exploration allows me to identify the interconnections between these macro-systems, as well as the role of soft, dynamic landscapes amid immortal urban symbols. Nature's alluring power has a deep effect on me, and I see urban planning and design as a tool to make land use more complicated, a mechanism to manage resources that balances efficiency and equality, and a way to give responses to evolving urban challenges with indigenous wisdoms.
During my studies at GSD Landscape Program, my interests lean towards the role of design as a continuous shaping process of “surface”, from my prompts to imagine walking atop a steel net to evoke tensive feelings, to creating a self-determined urban plaza with adaptive utilization and spontaneous gathering patterns, to restructuring the flows of people and water through two pathway systems that connect a park’s urban and littoral edges.
Education
Experiences
Awards
Community Services
In progress | Harvard Graduate School of Design, MA, US
First Class | University of Liverpool, UK
First Class | Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
Project: Design Competition | Shanghai Wenzaobang Riverbank Regeneration
Project: Revitalising Seaside Towns in Britain Learning from Blackpool in Transition
Publication: Chen J, Tian W, Xu K, Pellegrini P. Testing Small-Scale Vitality Measurement Based on 5D Model Assessment with Multi-Source Data: A Resettlement Community Case in Suzhou. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2022; 11(12):626. doi: 10.3390/ijgi11120626
Lecture Series: Landmarks & Digital Ecologies: Resilience, Adaptation & Evolutionary Algorithms
Project: Re-Thinking Liverpool’s Railway Heritage
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University & University of Liverpool
Urban Design Competition: The 2th ‘Paradise on Earth’: Creative Gusu
Became the student representative of the BA Urban Planning Program website; Assisted with university recruitment through social media
Builded an insect hotel with school childern and conducted teaching activities
Led the compilation of 3 best-selling journals to assist students with their exams