Zhounan Lu
Programme:
Design - MPhil/PhD
Start date:
Sep-22
Mode of study:
Full time
Research title:
Heritage placemaking/culture identity
Biography
Zhounan Lu is an architect, designer, and a research-based PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh. He studied urban planning in China, then he got a one-year national scholarship to study architecture at NYUST, Taiwan in 2017. He received his master degree from the Barttlet School of Architecture, UCL in 2022.
He worked as city designer inthe Architectural Research Institute of Southeast University in Nanjing, as well as at Studio and HPP Architects in Shanghai. His work has contributed to projects both in China and France. Since 2020, he has accumulated extensive practice and research experience in cities such as Shanghai, Suzhou, Macao, Porto, Tokyo, Delft, London, and Edinburgh. Notably, he collaborated with UNESCO Suzhou Centre, facilitating communication between governmental bodies and local communities.
Zhounan's research is centered on heritage placemaking, conservation, and community-based research strategies. He explores how to assess the responses of local community residents through their everyday lives. His research in Suzhou has particularly focused on Wu (Jiangnan) cultural identity, collective memories, space, design, and urban revitalization.
He has the work and research experience include:
Tongji University community system design workshop (2021) Shanghai,CN
Non-Architecture Competition Editorial Prize (2021)
Harvard GSD landscape Urbanism Symposim (2022) Boston,US
Una’s heritage of the urban peripheries at Scotland (2022) Edinburgh,UK
UNESCO Suzhou Centre (2023) Suzhou,CN
Suzhou’s Classic Garden Bureau (2023) Suzhou,CN
Faro Convention International Conference (2024) Porto,PT
Tokyo Archaeology and Heritage research (2024) Tokyo,JR
Planning and design for the just city (2024) Delft,NL
Wu Culture Museum exhibition in Suzhou (2024) Suzhou,CN
Jiangnan Heritage Conference in Suzhou (2024) Suzhou,CN
World Heritage as Resilience for Tourism Recovery (2024) Zhuhai/Macao,CN