Su Yunsheng
As a Doctor of Urban Planning and registered planner, he is good at interdisciplinary, cross-scale artificial intelligence city planning and innovative design of urban interior intelligent space products and service systems. He participated in the planning and design of Shanghai World Expo 2010. He also participated in the conceptual planning of Beijing Municipal Administrative Center in Tongzhou, Beijing, the protection and development planning of many historic villages and towns, including six towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and the planning projects in nearly 10 international cities in Angola, Zambia and Russia. He was invited many times to give a lecture on future smart city innovation at the mayors and directors’ training courses in Shanghai and Beijing, global TED, Tencent WE Conference, CCTV “One Person, One World” program and other occasions. He works as an innovation mentor in the innovation incubator of Tongji University and many institutions and companies.
Doctor of urban planning, registered planner, adjunct professor of the University of Darmstein, Germany
Professor of Tongji University College of International Design & Innovation (design practice type)
He once worked as Technology Development Director in the Urban Development Branch of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute
2015: guest speaker of CCTV “One Person, One World” program
2014: the only Chinese speaker of Global TED Conference
2014: gave a speech titled “next generation of cities” at the Tencent WE-Summit
2010: Innovation Director of the Chief Planners Team of Shanghai World Expo
2014: Jianghai talent in Nantong, Jiangsu
2015: Consultant of Nanping Municipal Government, Fujian Province
Social post
Secretary General of the International Green Campus Alliance (IGCA)
Head of Training Dept. of the Intelligent Urbanization & Collaborative Innovation Center
Director of the Intelligent Environment Institute of Shanghai Tongji Tiandi Creative Design Co., Ltd.
Co-founder and Editor-in-chief of the international edition of the Urban Wisdom Advancing with China Magazine
Founder and Innovation Director of Shanghai Etopia Urban Construction Development Co., Ltd.
General assistant of the Green Campus Group, China Green Building and Energy Conservation Committee
Judge of 2013 Solar Decathlon China
Profile
Su Yunsheng graduated from Tongji University in Shanghai, where he majored in Urban Planning. He is working in Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute. He specializes in urban and regional conceptual planning, urban design, and historic preservation planning from a multidisciplinary perspective. He has participated in urban planning projects in more than 50 cities in mainland China and planning and design projects in developing countries and cities, e.g. Angola, Russia, Vietnam and Zambia. From 2005 to 2010, as a core member of the Chief Planners Team, he participated in the whole planning process of Shanghai World Expo 2010, led the planning of the World Expo village, and acted as a theme interpretation consultant for the World Expo Theme Pavilion. During the World Expo and the opening and closing ceremonies of the event, he was invited to host the World Expo live streaming program of CCTV4 and CCTV9 as a guest. In recent years, his planning research focused on intelligent hybrid development of high-density downtowns. His works include Guangzhou Financial Town and Fuzhou Sanjiangkou Headquarters Base, etc.
In 2005, he participated in the publication of the Urban Wisdom Advancing with China Magazine. He systematically studied the phenomena and problems in the process of rapid urbanization in China by means of city-themed spatial and temporal diagrammatizing. He has taught urban innovation courses for the mayors and directors’ classes and EMBA classes of National Academy of Governance, the Ministry of Construction, Shanghai Pudong Executive Leadership Academy, and Tongji University for many years. Meanwhile, he directed the international student work camps of Tongji University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AA School of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Bauhaus University, University of Dammstein, Aalto University and other internationally renowned universities to promote interdisciplinary urban innovation.
In the beginning of 2006, he founded Etopia Company based on the patented technology of the Eizhu building system. Since then, he has treated the company as a platform to work with young professional leaders of Tongji University to promote the industrialization of China’s intelligent ecological housing in the context of informatization, and been committed to the integrated design innovation of “built in China” and “made in China”. His original solid architectural works related to intelligent construction were displayed in the China-Belgium “Architectural Utopia” exhibition, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale (2007, 2011, 2013), Western China International Fair in Chengdu (2009) and other exhibition events. He was invited to give a keynote speech at international forums in South Korea, Denmark, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Brazil, and Russia, etc. In 2014, he was invited to give a speech titled “the next generation of buildings and cities” at the Global TED Conference as the only Chinese speaker. In 2015, he was invited to give a lecture titled “the next generation of cities” during CCTV’s “One Person, One World” program.
URL: http://tv.cntv.cn/video/VSET100237218692/5ad81b60e8ef4bf0b8aaa68e99efa7f3
Education Background:
1993-1998: majored in Urban Planning at Tongji University and earned the degree of Bachelor of Engineering
Held the position of chairman of Tongji University Association of Young Architects during the period
1998-2001: earned a master degree in Urban Planning, Design and Theory from Tongji University (supervisor: Mr. Ruan Yisan)
Master’s thesis title: Shaping Urban Characteristics
2007-2013: earned a doctoral degree in Urban Planning, Design and Theory from Tongji University (doctoral supervisor: Mr. Wu Zhiqiang)
Doctoral thesis title: Research on New Energy Cities and Their Design, Construction and Operation Mechanism
Work Experience：
2001-2004: worked as Principal Planner in Design Studio 7 of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute
January 2004: worked as Principal Planner in Design Institute 2 of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute
April 2004: worked as Head of Foreign Exchange and Cooperation Department of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute
March 2005: worked as Deputy Director of Design Institute 6 of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute
2005- present: working as Co-founder and Editor-in-chief of the international edition of the Urban Wisdom Advancing with China Magazine
2006- present: working as a part-time lecturer for Tongji University’s Urban Planning and Construction Training Class for Directors
2006-2010: worked as Innovation Director in the World Expo Chief Planners Team
2007-2010: acted as a theme interpretation consultant for the World Expo Theme Pavilion
2008- present: working as Innovation Director in Shanghai Etopia Construction Development Co., Ltd.
2008-2010: worked as Deputy Chief Engineer in Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute
2010-2012: worked as Chief Planner in the Urban Development Research Center of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute
2012-present: working as Director of Technical Development Department of the Urban Development Branch of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute
August 2010: worked as Chief Planner in China-Zambia Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (Lusaka Sub-zone)
2011: worked as Assistant Director of the Green Campus Group of China Green Building and Energy Conservation Committee
2013-present: working as Secretary General in IGCA
2013-2016: worked as Director of Intelligent Environment Institute in Shanghai Tongji Tiandi Creative Design Co., Ltd.
2013: served as a judge of Solar Decathlon China
2014- present: working as Head of Training Dept. in the Intelligent Urbanization & Collaborative Innovation Center
2014- present: working as an innovation and entrepreneurship mentor in Tongji University Student Entrepreneurship Valley
Teaching Experience：
August 2007: taught Urban Design, a summer course provided jointly by Tongji University and AA School of Architecture, as a part-time lecturer
August 2008: taught Urban Design (Shanghai), a summer course provided by AA School of Architecture, as a part-time lecturer
2007- August 2008: taught a Bauhaus-Tongji joint master graduating class as a part-time lecturer
2012 – present: teaching Sustainable Development in the Directors’ Class of Shanghai Pudong Executive Leadership Academy as a part-time lecturer
2013-present: teaching the EMBA class of Tongji University as a part-time lecturer
2013: served as a Chinese mentor for the Future City joint work camp of MIT-Medialab, Tongji University, and Aalto University
2013: worked as a Visiting Scholar of International Urban Planning Research in the University of Dammstein
Planning research (as project leader or principal planner, unless otherwise specified)
2001: Yuhang Wanqing City - 2nd prize of planning and design in Shanghai
2002: Beijing Olympic Wukesong Sports and Culture Center - finalist
2002: detailed controlled planning of Lidu, Fuling, Chongqing - a commissioned project
2003: participated in the bid for the international project of overall planning of Jiading Industrial Park, Shanghai – won the bid and implemented the project
2004: participated in the bid for the international project of urban design and landscape planning of the urban section (Phase I) of Tongzhou Canal, Beijing – ranked 1st
2005: a core member of the team responsible for the Tongji Scheme submitted to bid for a project of Shanghai World Expo 2010
2006: a core member of the team responsible for overall planning and detailed controlled planning of Shanghai World Expo 2010
2007: a core member of the team responsible for urban design of Puxi Area of Shanghai World Expo 2010
2006: a chief planner responsible for detailed construction plan of the Expo Village of Shanghai World Expo 2010
2006: a chief designer responsible for the project of pre-feasibility study of the celebration bridge of boats used for Shanghai World Expo
2006: a chief designer responsible for feasibility study of the urban experimental zone of Shanghai World Expo
2007: responsible for specific design of commercial and service facilities demands at Shanghai World Expo site
2009: a chief designer responsible for the theme pavilion curation project of Shanghai World Expo
2010: person in charge of the online Expo content planning project of China Pavilion of Shanghai World Expo
2008: participated in the international competition for urban design of South Railway Station area in Luoyang and won the first prize
2009: conceptual planning and detailed controlled planning of Eastern New Area, Wuhu
2008: urban design of Shenyang Weirun Digital Industrial Park
2008: post-disaster reconstruction planning in Dujiangyan, Chengdu, Sichuan province
2008: thin-wall light-steel low-carbon model houses used for post-disaster reconstruction in Dujiangyan
2009: fireproof sun-exposed model houses of Western China International Fair in Chengdu
2010: Urban design of the Ethnic Culture Park in Kaili, Guizhou
2010: Detailed construction planning of the Ethnic Culture Park in Leishan, Guizhou
2011: general strategic planning of Juhua Island, Huludao City, Shenyang
2011: strategic planning of the hot spring resort in Tanghe New City, Gongchangling, Liaoyang
2011: participated in the “Haier Brings You a Better Life” corporate strategic planning as a housing expert
September 2011: participated in Expo Group’s project of planning and consulting of Beijing Changping Cultural and Creative New Area as a consultant
2012: urban design of Phase-I Guangzhou Financial City - won the bid and deepened the design
2013: planning of a residential industrialization base in Leshan, Sichuan
2013: urban design of Phase-II Guangzhou Financial City - won the bid and deepened the design
2014: research on urban landscape planning in Wuyi New Area
2014: detailed controlled planning of a residential industrialization base in Minqing, Fuzhou
2014: urban design of Sanjiangkou Headquarters Base in Fuzhou
International projects：
2005: a chief designer responsible for the detailed controlled planning of Luanda New City in the capital of Angola
2009: overall planning of Luanda New City in the capital of Angola
2006: a marine reclamation land project in downtown of Danang New City, Vietnam
2006: Baltic Pearl concept planning in St. Petersburg, Russia - 2nd prize of planning and design in Shanghai
2007: consulting services for Mozambique’s national development planning
2008: conceptual planning for the revitalization and reconstruction of a waste mine in downtown KITWE, Zambia
2009: detailed controlled planning of China Economic and Trade Development Zone (Lusaka Sub-zone) in Zambia
2011: won the bid for the overall planning of post-APEC tourism of Russian Island in Vladivostok, Russia
Honors and Awards：
In November 2008, the detailed planning of the planning area of Shanghai World Expo 2010 won the first prize of excellent urban and rural planning and design in Shanghai in 2007 (awarded by Shanghai Urban Planning Trade Association)
In November 2008, the comprehensive planning scheme for the “Baltic Pearl” project in St. Petersburg, Russia won the second prize of excellent urban and rural planning and design in Shanghai in 2007 (awarded by Shanghai Urban Planning Trade Association)
In July 2009, the conceptual design for a six-star hotel in Zhongguancun, Beijing won the third prize for the scheme category in the 8th Shanghai (International) Young Architects’ Design Show (awarded by Shanghai Exploration and Design Trade Association)
In December 2009, the planning of Shanghai World Expo Park won the optimum prize of the second (2009) China Environmental Art Award (planning category) (awarded by the Environmental Art Committee of China Construction Culture and Art Association
In October 2010, received an Honorary Certificate of Honor in Terms of Special Contribution to the World Expo awarded by Wang Qishan and Yu Zhengsheng jointly
On November 23, 2011, the Expo Park Simulated Evaluation and Layout Derivation Technology Innovation and Planning Application won the first prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Award.
Publications：
[1] Su Yunsheng. Research on the Practice of Urban Design for High-density Urban Areas from the ecological perspective [A]. Chinese Society for Urban Studies, People’s Government of Binhai New Area, Tianjin. Proceedings of the 9th Urban Development and Planning Conference in 2014 - S02 Innovative Development of Eco-City Planning and Practice [C]. Chinese Society of Urban Studies, People’s Government of Binhai New Area, Tianjin, 2014:6.
[2] Su Yunsheng, Song Jia, Li Qi, Zhang Qianqian, Zhu Huadong, Wei Hanxue. Inflatable Robot Models [J]. Urban Environment Design, 2014, (Z2):234-235.
[3] Su Yunsheng. Overall Building Lightweight is a Development Direction of Earthquake Resistance and Hazard Mitigation [J]. Architecture, 2013, (12):20.
[4] Su Yunsheng, Ding Yuxin. Research on Sustainable Design in the Whole Life Cycle of Indemnificatory Housing [J]. Housing Industry, 2013, (05):47-49.
[5] Liu Chao. Analysis of CO2 Emissions from Residents’ Travel under the Coupling Effect of Urban Form Layout: with the design of the starting area in Guangzhou Financial City as an example [A]. Chinese Society for Urban Studies, China Green Building and Energy Conservation Committee, China Eco-City Research Committee, CUS Research Academy of Green Building. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Green Buildings and Building Energy Conservation - S08: low-carbon ecological urban areas and green buildings [C]. Chinese Society for Urban Studies, China Green Building and Energy Conservation Committee, China Eco-City Research Committee, CUS Research Academy of Green Building, 2013:11.
[6] Su Yunsheng. Strategies for Sustainable Design, Construction and Operation in the Whole Life Cycle of Indemnificatory Housing [A]. Chinese Society for Urban Studies, China Green Building and Energy Conservation Committee, China Eco-City Research Committee, CUS Research Academy of Green Building. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Green Buildings and Building Energy Conservation - S01: green building design theory, technology and practice [C]. Chinese Society for Urban Studies, China Green Building and Energy Conservation Committee, China Eco-City Research Committee, CUS Research Academy of Green Building, 2013:6.
[7] Su Yunsheng, Ding Yuxin, Gao Yan. Research on the Methods of Designing Informatized Building Models based on Environment-Building-User Interaction [J]. Dynamic Perception (Eco-City and Green Building), 2012, (04):60-67.
[8] Su Yunsheng, Gao Yan, Chang Qiang. Design of a Residential Area System for Massive Customized Indemnificatory Housing - Comprehensive Gold Award Scheme in the “1 unit ·100 families ·10,000 residents” Indemnificatory Housing Design Competition in Shenzhen in 2011: Yidu. Architectural Journal, 2012, (05):13-19.
[9] Wang Ai, Su Yunsheng. Research on the Strategies for Design and Construction of Indemnificatory Housing [J]. Journal of Henan University of Urban Construction, 2012, (02):73-76.
[10] Su Yunsheng. The History, Today and Tomorrow of Chinese-style City Construction [J]. Time Architecture, 2011, (03):53-55.
[11] Su Yunsheng, Ren Chenchen. Overseas Development of Chinese Urban Planning and Design [J]. Time Architecture, 2010, (01):36-37.
[12] Su Yunsheng, Yang Yang. Etopia’s Green Reconstruction Utopia [J]. Time Architecture, 2009, (01):86-88.
[13] Kuang Xiaoming, Jiang Jun, Zhu Ye, Cao Kaiyu, Su Yunsheng, Liang Chengjin, Yuan Qifeng, Adrian Blackwell. Urban Wisdom Advancing with China New Countryside Dictionary [J]. Time Architecture, 2007,(04):28-33.
[14] Kuang Xiaoming, Jiang Jun, Zhu Ye, Su Yunsheng. Chinese Urban Space Dictionary [J]. Time Architecture, 2007, (01):38-43.
[15] Xia Nankai, Cao Chun, Su Yunsheng. Natural Interest and Charm, Poetic Home – Ideas on Jincheng · Jiangnanchun Residential Area Planning [J]. Urban Planning Forum, 2002, (04):11-18+78.
Patents：
PCNSY120520Y 201210367730.6 patent for invention, a way to build container houses
PCNYS131982Y 2013104715916 patent for invention, a way to build houses, inflatable houses, container houses
PCNYS131983Y 2013206247916 patent for invention, houses, inflatable houses, and container houses
ZL 201410353905.7 201410353905.7 patent for invention, a kind of collapsible box-type inflatable mold house
PCNSY142395-1Y 2014104522547 patent for invention, a 3D printing-based house building system and method (applied for a US patent already)
PCNSY153783Y 2015207728289 patent for invention, a bubble bed
Exhibitions and Speeches：
February 2008: his book Confucian Utopia was selected to participate in the Architectural Utopia exhibition in Belgium
December 2007: his multimedia work People’s Apartment was selected to participate in the “a city’s rebirth - Shenzhen and Hong Kong Biennale”
June 2007: he gave a keynote speech at the Asian Young Architects’ N-Gene Forum held in South Korea on behalf of Chinese young architects
June 2009: he gave a lecture titled “changing with the trend” at the TEDx, an American professional brand forum, on behalf of Chinese designers
August 2009: he participated in the “Oriental Wisdom, Architectural Response in the Context of Global Warming” work camp held in South Korea on behalf of Chinese architects
October 2009: he attended the JUCCCE forum and gave a keynote speech
January 2010: he introduced the planning history of the World Expo at the Chinese Culture Camp of the EMBA class of Feng Chia University in Taiwan
June 2010: he was invited by the BMW Foundation to give a keynote speech at the China-EU Young Leaders Forum
2009 – 2010: he introduced the innovative Expo planning and highlights for more than 20 times at the Mayors’ Class and Urban Construction Cadres’ Class of Tongji University of the Ministry of Construction
March 2011: he gave a keynote speech at the Philips sponsored World Forum on Habitable Cities held in Malaysia
March 2011: he gave a lecture on “the Development of Second - and Third-tier Cities in China” during the “General Education” lecture series held at the University of Hong Kong.
June 2011: he gave a keynote speech at the “Future Industrialized Sustainable Building” Forum of Danish National Building Technology Research Center
June 2011: he was invited to give a keynote speech at the international forum organized by the Netherlands Association of Architects
October 2011: his work “Yiyun Architecture” participated in the Chengdu International Architectural Art Biennale
December 2011: the work “Spontaneous City” made by him and Jiang Jun participated in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Biennale
May 2012: he gave a keynote speech at the “Future Industrialized Sustainable Building” Forum of Danish National Building Technology Research Center
2013: he gave a keynote speech titled “the Revolution of Houses” at Yixi (humanities, technology, daydream)
January 2013: his indemnificatory housing design work won the comprehensive gold prize in the “1 unit ·100 families ·10,000 residents” Indemnificatory Housing Design Competition of Shenzhen Biennale
2013: he taught “sustainable cities” in the Mayors’ Class of the National Academy of Governance
2014: Zhineng Yixia House Design won the gold prize in the Global (Shanghai) Low Carbon Creativity Competition
2014: he read a paper titled “New Energy City” at the annual meeting of European Planning Association
2014: his work “Smart Housing System” won the second prize in Nantong Smart City Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
2014： his work “Smart Housing System” won the second prize in China Innovation and Creativity Competition
May 2014: he gave a keynote speech titled “the Next Generation of Cities” at the annual meeting of Russian Real Estate Association
October 2014: he gave a speech titled “the Next Generation of Cities” at the TED Global 2014 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
November 2014: he gave a speech titled “the Next Generation of Buildings and Cities” at the 2014 Tencent WE-Summit, Beijing
September 2015: he gave a speech titled “the Next Generation of Cities” during CCTV’s “One Person, One World” program
December 2016: he gave a speech titled “Building Smart Cities”
Media interviews：
2007: interviewed by National Geographic Traveler
Dec. 22, 2008: interviewed by the 21st Century Business Herald to talk about indemnificatory housing construction
July 2008: the 75th issue of the Outlook Magazine (frame construction meets humanized demands)
2009: interviewed by Modern Weekly
2009: give a speech at the BMW Young Global Leaders Forum
2010: interviewed by Gafencu
2010: interviewed by BAZAAR Men’s Style
June 2010: interviewed by Southeast TV (green building utopia)
2010: content planning and guest host of CCTV4 Expo series reports
2010: interviewed as an Expo planner by CCTV-4, CCTV-9 during World Expo opening and closing ceremony
June 2011: interviewed by the Monocle magazine (urban planning and urban lighting in China)
2011: interviewed by the Economic Observer
2011: a guest interviewed by the Volkswagen China Eco-City Research project
2012-2013: a guest interviewed by telephone by CCTV-news English Channel
2012: interviewed by the Real Estate magazine
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