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Basic Information
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Brief Introduction
Assistant Professor and Master's Supervisor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University.
She earned her Bachelor of Architecture from South China University of Technology, a Master of Architecture from Tongji University, and a PhD in Architecture from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She previously completed an internship at Shanghai Bofeng Architectural Design Consulting Co., Ltd. and has held positions as Senior Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She was also a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich).
Her main research areas include architectural design and theory, low-carbon building technology systems, adaptive reuse of existing buildings, and methodologies in architectural design education. She is the principal investigator of the National Natural Science Foundation of China project titled " Research on the Low-carbon Mechanism and Standardized Design Methods of Building Facades Retrofit." She has published one academic monograph and over twenty papers in domestic and international journals.
She was awarded the Nanjing University Outstanding Young Faculty Teaching Award in 2023 and received the title of Outstanding Class Advisor of Nanjing University for the 2023–2024 academic year.
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Education Background
Bachelor of Architecture of South China University of Technology, Master of Architecture of Tongji University, Doctor of Philosophy (Architecture) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Courses
·Architectural Design(1)（For Undergraduate of Architecture）
·Architectural Design(2)（For Undergraduate of Architecture）
·Practice in Construction Plant（For Undergraduate of Architecture）
·Architectural Construction（For Undergraduate of Architecture）
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Research and Projects
·National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on the Low-carbon Mechanism and Standardized Design Methods of Building Facades Retrofit，(Principal Investigator), 2025-2027
·Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKRC) General Research Fund (GRF), A Critical Reflection on the Conservation and Revitalisation of Modern Architecture in Hong Kong through a Comparative Approach from a Global Perspective（Main Participator）, 2018-2020
·Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKRC) General Research Fund (GRF), A Theoretical Study of Design Pedagogy: Exercise, Project, and Program （Main Participator），2013-2014
·Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKRC) General Research Fund (GRF), China’s Architectural Education at the Turning Point—Its Origins, Evolutions, Characteristics and Challenges（Main Participator），2012-2013
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Key Publications
·Herbert Kramel, Gu Daqing, Wu Jiawei. Basic Design, Design Basics[M]. China Architecture & Building Press, 2020.
·Wu Jiawei, Pia Simmendinger. "Building Renovation Paradigm Towards Circular Economy: Barbara Buser's Pioneering Practice." Time + Architecture, 2024, (04): 22-29. DOI: 10.13717/j.cnki.ta.2024.04.022.
·Wu Jiawei, Fu Xiao. "Construction-Space as a Course-Linking Thread in Tectonic Pedagogy." Architectural Journal, 2024(08): 10-16.
·Chen Yushan, Wu Jiawei* (corresponding author). "Recycling Building Components: Design for Disassembly from Product to the Way of Thinking." Architectural Journal, 2024(01): 172-177.
·Dijia Chen, Jiawei Wu. The Jury and the Workshop[J]. gta papers.2024,8:56-72.
·Wu Jiawei, Han Man, Gu Daqing. A Study on the Social Mechanism of the Conservation of Modernist Architecture in Hong Kong The Case Study of the Former Central Government Offices[J]. Time+Architecture, 2021,(04),158-165.
·Han Man, Wu Jiawei, Gu Daqing. Space-Structure as the Primary Consideration for the Conservation and Revitalization of Modernist Architecture Lessons Learnt from the Hong Kong Central Market Project[J]. Time + Architecture, 2021,(05),165-171.
·Wu Jiawei. Teaching a Space-Based and Design-Driven Construction Course: The First-Year Construction Course at ETH-Zurich's Architecture Department between 1961 and 1983 [J]. Architectural Journal,2019(04):116-122.
·Wu Jiawei, Gu Daqing. The Road to Structured Design Pedagogy: Herbert Kramel's Basic Design Teaching the Evolution and Operation of the Program [J]. The Architect,2018(06):26-33.
·Wu Jiawei, Gu Daqing. The Road to Structured Design Pedagogy of Herbert Kramel:The Birth of a Pedagogical Model [J]. The Architect,2018(03):33-40.
·WU Jiawei, The Transplantation of an Architectural Pedagogy: The Zurich Model and Its Developments in China[D], The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2017.
