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design work
MY WORK
2012-2025
CHILDREN-CENTERED COOLING NETWORK
Thesis Project, 2024-2025 MIG Award, Ongoing
SELECTED ACADEMIC DESIGN WORKS
CONSCIENCE​
Fall 2024, UC Berkeley
A memorial garden honoring enslaved ancestors who served at Virginia Theological Seminary.
Professor Walter Hood's Design Studio
'WAFFLE' COMMUNITY​
Fall 2023, UC Berkeley
Creating an affordable and flood-resilient community to preserve Canal District as a welcoming and sustainable home for immigrants.
ONE MUSEUM​
Fall 2024, UC Berkeley
A culture garden connects past and present, nature and culture, people and their city.
Professor Walter Hood's Design Studio
AN EDIBLE CITY
Spring 2024, UC Berkeley
Exploring innovative food production strategies at regional, city, and neighborhood scales in Pajaro Valley to combat the impacts of climate change on the food system.
GREEN FUTURE ​
Design Contest, 2020
Integrating a green economy into rural development to drive sustainable revitalization in Wengding, an ancient and impoverished village.
'COOL' NEIGNBORHOOD
Design Contest, 2020
Integrating passive cooling, recycling, and green construction to make Liufushan a low-cost, sustainable neighborhood for low-income residents.
CASTLE ‘FLOWER’ MARKET
Summer 2018, The University of Sheffield
Revitalizing a Declining District (Castlegate, Sheffield, UK) by Uncovering Site-Specific Cultural and Geographic Identities
ECO SEAWALL
Spring 2012, Undergraduate Final Project
Reimagining the boundary between water and city as a horizontal, nature-based buffer zone that restores ecological functions while providing recreational opportunities for citizens.
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VISUAL PRODUCTS
visual work
HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LEARNING AND PRACTICE JOURNEY
design journey
UPDIS (2019-2021)
Shenzhen Urban Planning and Design Institute
I began my career as an urban designer at the Shenzhen Urban Planning and Design Institute (UPDIS), one of China’s leading urban planning institutions. This 2–3-year experience was pivotal in shaping my professional growth and understanding of urban systems.
Urban Designer
Urban Designer
PADS (2017-2020)
Founder and Teacher
In 2017, as a graduate student passionate about arts and design, I proposed an initiative to provide equitable arts education for children from low-income families in my hometown, Jiamusi, a remote city in northeastern China. Accepted by the College/University Student Startup Program sponsored by the local government, this program helped me bring the idea to life.
Funder and Teacher
Passion Art Design Studio
International Workshop (2017)
Student Representative, Sheffield University
The 14-day Urban Inclusion Design Workshop was organized by Metrolab, a transdisciplinary and inter-university research laboratory funded by the Brussels-Capital Region. The workshop focused on enhancing urban hospitality by addressing social justice issues at four critical sites, fostering innovative and inclusive solutions.
Student Representative, University of Sheffield
RESEARCH AND REFLECTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
combating climate change effects, read more
research
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