PhD, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Director of the Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

Chief Architect (Landscape) of Tongji University Architectural Design and Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd（TJAD）

Brief Introduction

Completed undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral studies in architecture at Tongji University and studied abroad in Japan and France. Professor, doctoral supervisor, deputy director of the Department of Architecture (2011-2021), director of the Department of Landscape Architecture (April 2021-present) at Tongji University, chief architect (landscape) of Tongji University Architectural Design and Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd, and a national first-class registered architect.

Combining production, learning, and research, in recent years, a “macro-environmental view” design system that spans urban and rural planning, architecture, and landscape architecture has been constructed in the field of industrial landscape restoration and ecological and livable transformation of urban water systems. A theory and method for landscape infrastructure planning and design with large rivers and riverside public spaces as objects have been gradually established, and a large number of influential design works have been produced.

Winner of the Asian Architects Association Architecture Award Gold Medal, Rosa Barbara International Landscape Award, and World Architecture Festival WAF Landscape Award of the Year. Chief designer of the southern section of Yangpu Riverside Public Space. The chief architect of Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2019. Concurrently serving as a member of the Architectural Design Professional Committee of the Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Director of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture. Director of the Chinese Architectural Society. Member of the Competition Work Committee. Member of the Science Popularization Work Committee. Deputy Director of the Professional Committee on Building Renovation and Urban Renewal. Executive Director of Shanghai Architectural Society. Director of the Academic Department of Architectural Creation. Member of Shanghai Historical Style District and Excellent Historical Building Protection Committee. In 2018, he was awarded “Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Architect in Shanghai”. “Shanghai Survey and Design Industry Reform and Opening Up 40th Anniversary Outstanding Contribution Award-Survey and Design Star” title; 2019 Shanghai Key Project Practical Achievement Competition Construction Merit；2022 "Most Beautiful Science and Technology Worker" by the Chinese Architecture Society.

Research Area

1) Regeneration of the urban built environment

2) Compound use of urban infrastructure

3) Industrial landscape restoration and ecological and livable transformation of urban water systems

Teaching

Undergraduate: "Architectural Review"

Master's: "Architectural Criticism", "Design Frontier".

Academic and social Post

1) Member of the Architectural Design Professional Committee of the Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

2) Director of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture

3) Member of the Science Popularization Work Committee and Science Popularization Work Committee of the Chinese Architectural Society

4) Competition Work Committee of the Chinese Architectural Society

5) Director of the First Council of the Academic Committee on Architectural Criticism of the Chinese Architectural Society

6) Deputy Director of the Professional Committee on Building Renovation and Urban Renewal of the Chinese Architectural Society

7) Member of Shanghai Expert Committee on Protection of Historical Style Districts and Excellent Historical Buildings

8) Director of the Academic Department of Architectural Creation, Shanghai Architectural Society

9) Member of Shanghai Special Committee on Development of Coastal Areas along One River and One River

Representative Research Achievements and Works

Research progect：

1) 2018-2021, the 13th Five-Year National Key R&D Program: Research on diagnostic assessment technologies and planning methods for functional upgrading and transformation of existing urban industrial areas (Sub-Project Leader)

2) 2018-2022, National Natural Science Foundation Key Project: Research on the transformation of urban waterfront industrial cultural heritage corridors from production shoreline to living shoreline - Taking both banks of Huangpu River in Shanghai as an example (Project Leader)

Representative Works:

1) Yangpu Riverside South Section Public Space

2) Huangpu District Section of Suzhou Creek Public Space

3) Mainstream Greenway Project of Guanlan River

4) Maozhou River Greenway Project

5) Landscape Upgrading and Transformation Project of Hangzhou Qiantang Riverside

6) Shanghai Power Station of Art

7) Green Hill

Publications

Books:

[1] Zhang, M., & Zhang, Z. (2021). The Realm of Mustard Seed - The Construction Experiment of Original Works. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press.

[2] Zhang, M., & Zhang, Z. (2022). The Architecture of Relationships - Original Works 2010-2021 Creative Practice. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press.

Articles:

[1] Zhang, M., Ju, X., & Zhang, Z. (2022). Six Dimensions of Urban Waterfront Space Creation under the "Eight-in-One" Concept. Chinese Landscape Architecture, 38(05), 31-38.

[2] Zhang, M., Zhang, J., & Qin, S. (2021). The Medium of Scenery - Four Narratives of Yangpu Riverside Rainwater Garden. Chinese Landscape Architecture, 37(07), 49-54.

[3] Zhang, M., Zhang, Z., & Ding, K. (2018). Intersection and Simple Diversity Generated by Juxtaposition - Xianyang Civic Cultural Center. Architectural Journal(04), 43-45.

[4] Zhang, M., Zhang, J., & Fan, P. (2019). Overlapping Growth - Tongji Original Design Practice's Exploration of Shanghai Urban Stock Renewal. Architectural Journal(07), 6-13.

[5] Zhang, M., Zhang, Z., & Qin, S. (2017). Anchoring and Drifting - Shanghai Yangpu Riverside Public Space Phase I. Time + Architecture(01), 108-115.

[6] Zhang, M., Wang X., & Qin S. (2018). The Use of Infrastructure - Design of Yangshupu Water Plant Trestle Bridge. Time + Architecture(02), 80-85.

[7] Zhang M., Zhang Z., Zhang J., Qin S., & Wang X. (2019). The Revival of the Shore - The Revival of the Waterfront Public Space in the Southern Section of Yangpu Riverside in Shanghai. Architectural Journal(08), 16-26.

[8] Zhang M. (2019). Special Feature: Born to Water - Reconstruction of the Built Environment on the Huangpu River Waterfront. Architectural Journal(08), 1.

[9] Zhang M., Zhang Z., Zhang J., & Qin S. (2020). "Hilly City" and its "Responsive" System - Shanghai Yangpu Riverside "Green Hill". Architectural Journal(01), 1-7.

[10] Zhang M., & Mo L.H.Z. (2020). Another Map of Criticism - Critical Thinking and Architectural Creation. Architectural Journal(S2), 120-125.

[11] Zhang Z., Wang X.N., & Zhang M.* (2022). Touchable Scenery - Changing the Existing Model of Sinopec's First Gas Station Infrastructure. Architectural Journal,No.647(10), 24-29.

[12] Zhang Z., Zhang M.*, & Zhang H. (2018). Anxious Watcher - Renovation Notes on Huijian Community Center (Former Sichuan Petroleum Drilling and Mining Equipment Factory Cinema). Architectural Journal(10), 78-85.

[13]Zhang M., Qin S., Su T., & Zhang J. (2021). Landscape construction of Yanluo Sports Park: Poolside ridge. Architectural Journal, (05), 58-61.

[14] Ju X., Zhang M.*, & Qin S. (2020). Green Hill - Renovation and Transformation of Shanghai Yangpu Riverside Original Tobacco Company Machine Repair Warehouse. Time + Architecture(01), 92-99.

[15] Qin S., Zhang M.*, & Zhang Z. (2020). From Industrial Wasteland to Artistic Waterfront: Shaping and Triggering Publicity in Public Spaces during the Renewal Practice of 5.5 km Waterfront Line in the Main Exhibition Area of Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2019.Time + Architecture(01), 80-87.

Honors and Awards

2018 Asian Architects Association Architecture Award Gold Medal

2019 Asian Architects Association Architecture Award Gold Medal

2020 Asian Architects Association Architecture Award Honorable Mention

2021 Asian Architects Association Architecture Award for Sustainability Special Award and Honorable Mention for Social and Public Cultural Architecture

2019 WAF World Architecture Festival Category Winner for Urban Landscape

2019 WAF World Architecture Festival Landscape of the Year

2020 WAF World Architecture Festival Jury Special Recommendation Project Award

2019 Hong Kong Institute of Architects Cross-Strait Four Regions Architectural Design Awards Silver and Excellence Awards

2020 Natural Construction Architecture China Award Jury Special Project Award

2021 Winner of the Rosa Barba Audience Prize at the 11th Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize

2022 Asian Architects Association Architecture Award Nomination for Public Facilities Integrated Development Project

2017-2018 China Architectural Design Award (Architectural Creation) Gold Medal

2017-2018 China Architectural Design Award (Architectural Creation) First Prize

2019 Ministry of Education Excellent Engineering Survey and Design Excellent Architectural Engineering Design First Prize

2019 National Excellent Engineering Survey and Design Industry Excellent (Public) Architectural Design First Prize

2019 National Excellent Engineering Survey and Design Industry Excellent (Public) Architectural Design Second Prize (3 items)

Chinese Architectural Society (2009-2019) Architectural Creation Grand Prize (2 items)

2021 Sanlian Humanities City Award - Ecological Contribution Award

Contact

Email: zhangming@tongji.edu.cn