ABOUT THE COLLEGE
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Address:No. 199, Ren Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province
Mail:[email protected]
Tel:+86-0512-65880195
Fax:+86-0512-65880195
CHEN Xi
►PERSONAL INFORMATION
Department:School of Architecture
University:Soochow University
Position:Associate Professor
Nationality:China
Email:[email protected]
►CURRENT STATUS
Associate Professor of School of Architecture, Soochow University
Head of Historic Architecture Conservation Undergraduate Program, Soochow University
Research in Chinese Architecture History, Historic Conservation
Teaching the course of Conservation Theory, Conservation Design and Historic Building Documentation
National Certificated Architect, working in conservation projects
►EDUCATION
PhD in Architecture History and Theory from Tongji University, Shanghai, China 2014
M.Arch. in Architecture Design and Theory from Tongji University, Shanghai, China 2007
M.Arch. in IIUS from Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany 2006
B. Arch. from Southeasti University, Nanjing, China 2004
Exchange student, Hongkong University,China 2003
►PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Freelance Editor, Heritage Architecture
Freelance Editor, Architect
Expert on the Conservation of Cultural Relics and Architectural heritage in Suzhou
►CONSERVATION WORKSDuring 2013-2018
Academic Research Projects:
Research on the Ideology History of Architecture Heritage Conservation and Its Localization in Chinese Context
Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (51508361,2015-2018)
In Charge.
Festival and Memory: Research on the Conservation and Revitalization of Jiangsu Rural Cultural Heritage in the Process of Urbanization
Project from Social Science Topic of Jiangsu Education Department, China
In Charge.
Conservation Design Projects:
Relocation and Conservation Design of Historic Building of Qingshui Wan
Project from Developer.
Deeply involved as the second architect.
Conservation of Clan Lai’s Settlements in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Prov.
Project from Hangzhou government
Deeply involved as the second architect.
Teaching Courses
Conservation Theory (2016- , for Program of Historic Architecture Conservation)
Conservation Design (2016- , Design studio for Program of Historic Architecture Conservation)
Historic Building Survey (2016- , field study courses for Program of Architecture and Historic Architecture Conservation)
►CONFERENCES
Built Heritage: A Cultural Impulse for Urban and Rural Development
2016, Shanghai, China. Paper Presentation.
International Conference on East Asian Architectural History
2015, Seoul, Korea. Report.
Training Program on Assessing the Values of Chinese Architectural Heritage
Organized by UNESCO and Palace Museum
2017-2018, Beijing, China. As teacher.
►LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Books:
CHEN Xi, The Evolution of Architectural Heritage of Conservation Theory, Published by Tongji Press, 2015
Papers:
CHEN Xi, From ‘Volk’ to ‘Heimat’ German identity and the evolution of the architecture conservation
theory in German-speaking areas, Architecture Journal, 2016-08
CHEN Xi, The Imagined History and Invented Heritage:Introduction of David Leventhal’s ‘Heritage Trilogy’, Time Architecture, 2016-06
CHEN Xi, The Past and the Present: Historical Consciousness and Conservation Ideology, Architect, 2016-12
CHEN Xi, Conservation developments in Italy after 1964, Architect, 2017-12
CHEN Xi, Academic origins and characteristics of the Chinese stylistic restoration, Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2015-10