Current Affiliations Dr Ye ZHANG Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore 4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117 566 Email: akizy@nus.edu.sg Tel: +65 6601 3048 Editorial board member, Built Environment (2017-2020) Executive committee member, International Forum of Urbanism (IFoU) Member, International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) EDUCATION Ph.D, Department of Architecture/Downing College, University of Cambridge, UK Thesis: Effects of street-alleyway environment upon pedestrian activities in the Old City of Beijing Supervisors: Professor Koen Steemers & Dr. Ying Jin Oct 2008 - Jul 2014 M.Arch, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China Sept 2006 - Jul 2008 B.Arch (First Class), School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China Sept 2002 - Jul CAREER HISTORY Assistant Professor Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore Visiting Academic The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London, UK Research Assistant Space Syntax Ltd, London, UK Jan 2013 Present Feb 2015 - Jul 2015 Nov 2010 - Mar 2011 RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Projects: Research Project: Measuring Physical Profile and Use of Park Connector Network with Deep Learning and Multi-Source Multi-Modal Data Analytics Funding: Ministry of Education (MOE), Academic Research Fund (AcRF), Singapore Research Project: Smart Design: Human-Centric Planning of Urban Districts Funding: Cambridge-Berkeley-NUS Global Alliance Research Fund Research Project: NUS-Tsinghua Design Research Initiative Urban Commons and Sharing City Funding: Ng Teng Fong Foundation Research Project: An Analytical Morphological Approach to Urban Conservation in China Funding: Ministry of Education (MOE) Academic Research Fund (AcRF), Singapore Research Project: Parametric Urban Modelling for JTC s Jurong Vision Funding: Jurong Town Corporation (JTC), Singapore Mar 2017 - Present Jan 2017 - Present Jan 2017 - Present Mar 2014 - Present Apr 2018 - Present
Research Project: Re-thinking Our Urban Planning and Design Processes Funding: Special fund for SG50, National University of Singapore, Singapore Collaborator Research Project: Typology Study for Public Housing in Dover, Singapore Funding: Urban Redevelopment Authority(URA), Singapore Collaborator Research Project: Urban Prototyping Funding: National University of Singapore Seed Fund, Singapore Jul 2014 - May 2015 Jul 2015 - Jul 2017 Jan 2013 - Jul 2014 Editorial: Editorial board member, Built Environment, Alexandrine Press (2017-2020) Reviewer for Urban Design International, Palgrave Macmillan (2015- ) Reviewer for Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis (2016- ) Reviewer for Urban morphology (2015- ) Guest editor and reviewer for Architectural Journal, Architectural Society of China (2012- ) Invited presentations (selected): Invited lecture, 9 th CUBE workshop, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore. (Nov 2017) 10 considerations for developing sustainable cities Invited talk, UIA Seoul International Studio Final Review and Forum, Seoul, South Korea. (May 2017) Reflections on the design for shareability and sharing Invited seminar talk, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London, UK. (Jun 2015) Urban conservation: exploring integration of the Conzenian and Configurational traditions Guest lecture, Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. (Jun 2015) Urban conservation: exploring integration of the Conzenian and Configurational traditions Guest lecture, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, China. (Sept 2013) Reflecting on the conservation of the Old City of Beijing - a spatial network perspective Invited seminar talk, Department Centenary Symposium: 100 Years: Research and Practice, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, UK. (Sept 2012) An integrated approach to studying street environment and its effects on pedestrian activities PUBLICATIONS Thesis: Zhang, Ye. 2014. The Effects of Street-alleyway Environment upon Pedestrian Activities in the Old City of Beijing. Ph.D Diss., University of Cambridge. Book/Journal Special Issues: Huang, He., Zhang Ye, De Gaus Martijn, Zhang Yue, and Tan Teck Kiam. 2018. Sharing City. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press. (forthcoming) Zhang, Ye., and Heng Chye Kiang. eds. 2016. Crossroads: Asian Streets in the Dynamics of Change. Singapore: Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore.
Carracedo, Oscar., Zhang, Ye., and Heng Chye Kiang. eds. 2014. Asian Urban Places. Singapore: Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore. Zhang, Ye., and Lu Andong. eds. 2012. Urban Reading 1-3: Urban Observation; Urban Description and Urban Formulation. Special issue of Architectural Journal, Vol. 528. 529 and 531, Architectural Society of China. Zhang, Ye. ed. 2011. Public Space Design Learning from Copenhagen of the Last Decade. Special issue of Architectural Journal, Vol. 509, Architectural Society of China. Book Chapters/Journal Papers: Zhang, Ye., and Chan Kok Hui Jeffrey. 2018. Design for shareability. In Sharing City. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press. (forthcoming) Zhang, Ye., Jin Ying, Steemers Koen, and Cao Kai. 2017. The Study of the Effects of Built Form on Pedestrian Activities: A GIS-Based Integrated Approach. In Comprehensive Geographic Information Systems, edited by Bo Huang et al., 330-344. Amsterdam and Oxford: Elsevier. Zhang, Ye., Jin Ying, Steemers Koen, and Cao Kai. 2017. The Study of the Effects of Built Form on Pedestrian Activities: A GIS-Based Integrated Approach. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.09676-7 Zhang, Ye. 2016. Book review: Chinese urban design: the typo-morphological approach. Journal of Urban Design, 21(5): 702 703. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2016.1220183 Zhang, Ye. 2016. Book review: How to study public life & Measuring public space: the star model. Journal of Urban Design, 21(4): 530 532. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2016.1167537 Zhang, Ye. 2015. Morphologue. Urban Morphology, 19(2): 167-168. Zhang, Y. 2012. Reading the street-alleyway network of the Old City of Beijing a binary structure. Architectural Journal, Vol.528: Zhang, Ye. 2011. Learning from history, reflecting on reality and designing future with responsibility and commitment - review of UIA Tokyo. Architectural Journal, Vol.518: 1-8 (in Chinese) Zhang, Ye. 2011. Public space design as a process - reflecting on experience of Copenhagen. Architectural Journal, Vol.509: 1-4. (in Chinese) Zhang, Ye., and Donald, Alastair. 2010. Minimum or maximum cities. World Architecture. Issue 226: 112-117. Zhang, Ye., and Donald, Alastair. 2010. Risk: what are we still scared of?. Urban Design, Issue 114: 10-11. Zhang, Ye., and Li, Xiaodong, 2009. Reflecting on urban space: from Calvino and his Invisible City. World Architecture, Issue 225: 89-93. Zhang, Ye., and Li, Xiaodong. 2009. Left-over urban space. World Architecture, Issue 223: 114-116 Conference papers: Stouffs, Rudi., Jansson Patrick and Zhang Ye. 2018. Potentiality analysis for urban planning. Paper presented at the 4 th International Symposium on Formal Methods in Architecture, Porto, Portugal, 02-06 Apr. Islam, Nabanita., and Zhang Ye. 2017. Exploring the interrelation between street trading and urban form in Dhaka: a new morphological approach In The Entrepreneurial City: proceedings of 10th International Forum of Urbanism, edited by Tieben Hendrik, Geng Yan and Rossini Francesco. 360-370. Hong Kong, China: The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Zhang, Ye., and Kenny Chen Han Teng. 2017. Envisioning spatial practice of co-production and collaborative consumption in the urban neighbourhood of Singapore. In The Entrepreneurial City: proceedings of 10th International Forum of Urbanism, edited by Tieben Hendrik, Geng Yan and Rossini Francesco. 473-485. Hong Kong, China: The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Zhang, Ye., and Chan Kok Hui Jeffrey. 2017. A Systems Approach to Designing Urban Commons and Their Sharing Practice: A Case Study of an Urban Design Studio in Singapore. In Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD6) 2017 Symposium, edited by Birger Sevaldson. https://systemic-design.net/architecture-andurban-ecologies/#chan Xie, Xiangya., Zhang Ye, and Zhang Jie. 2017. Spatial transformation and changing urban activities of small- and medium-sized historical towns in Zhejiang, China. Paper presented at the 14th International Congress of Asian Planning Schools Association, Beijing, China, 12-14 October. Li, Xiaoxi., and Zhang Ye. 2017. Exploring different morphological approaches to area-based conservation in Nanjing, China. Paper presented at the 24th International Seminar on Urban Form, Valencia, Spain, 27-29 September. Zhang, Ye., Xie Xiangya, and Zhang Jie. 2017. A configurational perspective on the transformation of small and medium-sized historical towns in Zhejiang, China. Paper presented at the 24th International Seminar on Urban Form, Valencia, Spain, 27-29 September. Zhang, Ye., and Li, Xiaoxi. 2016. Exploring combined use of two morphological traditions in studying Ludlow, UK. Paper presented at the 23rd International Seminar on Urban Form, Nanjing, China, July 8-10. Zhang, Ye. 2015. Exploring collaboration between the Conzenian and configurational approaches to urban morphology. In City as Organism: proceedings of 22nd International Seminar on Urban Form, edited by Giuseppe Strappa, Anna Rita Donatella Amato and Antonio Camporeale. 509-516. Rome: U+D Edition. Bhuyan, Rashed., and Zhang Ye, 2014. Accessibility of Play Spaces in Dhanmondi Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Paper presented at the Great Asian Streets Symposium 2014, Singapore, 22-26December. Li, Xiaoxi., and Zhang Ye, 2014. An exploration of complementary utilisation of Spacematrix, Space Syntax and Place Syntax methods in urban design: A case study of neighbourhoods in Nanjing, China. Paper presented at the 21 st International Seminar on Urban Form, Porto, Portugal, 3-6 July. Zhang, Ye. 2013. Effects of street-alleyway environment upon pedestrian activities in the Old City of Beijing. Paper presented at the 20 th International Seminar on Urban Form, Brisbane, Australia, 17-19 July. Zhang, Ye., Jin Ying. and Steemers Koen. 2012. How does the street-alleyway network affect pedestrian behaviour in the Old City of Beijing? A study based on four analytical models. Paper presented at the Applied Urban Modelling 2012 conference. Cambridge, United Kingdom. 24-26 May. Zhang, Ye. 2009. Constraint and uncertainty: a risk perspective of public space design and maintenance. Paper presented at the 4 th International Forum on Urbanism. Delft, the Netherlands, 26-28 November. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Areas Architecture Design (Year 3/Year 4 of undergraduate) Urban Design Theory and Praxis (Master level) Urban Form and Spatial analysis (Master level) Research Methodology (Master and PhD level) M.Arch Thesis / M.Arch Dissertation Design critic (Selected) Guest critic for 2017 UIA Seoul International Studio, Interim and Final Design Reviews Seoul International studio, Seoul, South Korea, 2017 Guest critic for English Programme of Master in Architecture, Final Design Reviews School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China, 2016 Guest critic for undergraduate year 1 (RIBA BA Tripos I), Final Design Reviews Department of Architecture,, 2011-2012
Supervisors/Examiners PhD Supervisors (3 students at NUS) PhD Examiner (1 student at NUS) PhD thesis committee member (4 students at NUS) M. Arch Dissertation supervisor (20 students at NUS) M. Arch thesis supervisor (11 students at NUS) External examiner of Master thesis, University of Auckland, New Zealand (1 student) AWARDS Faculty Teaching Excellence Award National University of Singapore, Singapore Best Paper Award, 10 th International Forum of Urbanism The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Fellowship, Cambridge Overseas Trust Downing College Travel and Research Grant Outstanding Graduate of Tsinghua University (Awarded to top 1% graduates) Tsinghua University, China First Prize, Form and City, 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam The Berlage Institute, the Netherlands First Prize, Compasso Volante 9th International Postgraduate Design Competition University of Palermo, Italy 2016-2017 2017 2008-2011 2009 ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP Co-chair, Great Asian Streets Symposium National University of Singapore, Singapore Executive committee member, International Forum of Urbanism (IFoU) Organising committee/scientific committee, International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) Nanjing University, China Co-convener, The Bartlett Morphology Group Seminars Series The Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, United Kingdom Co-convener, Minimum or Maximum Cities Conference 2014-2016 2015 - present 2015-2016 2015 2009