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Basic Information
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Brief Introduction
Dr. Yan holds Ph.D. degree in Architecture from Tsinghua University, Master’s degree in Architecture from Xiamen University, and Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Hefei University of Technology. He worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chinese Academy. He specializes in computational architectural design and green building design, with a focus on the interdisciplinary integration of architectures and artificial intelligence. His research centers on architectural space generation, the development of architectural large language models, and big data-driven architectural spatial analysis and prediction.
As a principal investigator, he has secured funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program (C-type) and the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program B of CPSF, while contributing to national initiatives such as the 13th Five-Year Plan National Key R&D Program and NSFC General Program. His scholarly output includes over 20 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Building and Environment, Journal of Building Engineering, and Journal of Architecture; 9 patents and software copyrights, 1 co-authored monograph publication; several competitive awards in architectural design and AI, including 2 international awards and 2 national first prizes. Academic honors include Excellent Ph.D Thesis Award of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University; Excellent Master’s Thesis Award of Fujian Province; the Jiang Nanxiang Scholarship and National Scholarship of Tsinghua University; the Outstanding Student Cadre Award of Tsinghua University.
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Research and Projects
Presided over the project
lNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program: "Research on Cross-Modal Knowledge Enhancement and Interactive Design Methods for Residential Unit Design Using Large Language Models", 2026–2028
lChina Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Program B): "Key Technologies for Intelligent Design of Rural Residential Spatial Layouts in North China", 2023–2025
lOpen Fund of the Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart and Low-Carbon Building Technologies: "Research on Correlation Mechanisms and Prediction Methods for Residential Spatial Elements and Carbon Emissions Based on Deep Learning", 2024–2025
Participate in the project
lNational Key R&D Program of the 13th Five-Year Plan: "New Methods and Tools for Green Building Design Oriented by Objectives and Outcomes" Sub-project: "Collaborative Optimization of Green Design Methods for Urban Residential Buildings in Northern China", 2016–202
lNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program: "Coupling Mechanisms and Data-Driven Design Methods for Spatial Environmental Variables in Green Residential Buildings in Cold Regions Based on Machine Learning", 2020–2024
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Key Publications
lShurui Yan, Nianxiong Liu, Weitao Wang, et al. An adaptive predicted percentage dissatisfied model based on the air-conditioner turning-on behaviors in the residential buildings of China[J]. Building and Environment, 2021, 191: 107571.（SCI, Q1, 中科院一区, IF=7.1）
lShurui Yan, Nianxiong Liu. Computational Design of Residential Units’ Floor Layout: A Heuristic Algorithm[J]. Journal of Building Engineering, 2024: 110546. （SCI, Q1, 中科院二区top，IF=6.7）
lShurui Yan, Yixin Zhang, Haode Sun, et al. A real-time operational carbon emission prediction method for the early design stage of residential units based on a convolutional neural network: A case study in Beijing, China[J]. Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 (1): 106994.（SCI, Q1, 中科院二区top, IF=6.7）
lShurui Yan, Feng Shi, Chenyuan Zheng, et al. Whole biomass material envelope system for nearly-zero energy houses: Carbon footprint and construction cost assessment[J]. Journal of Building Engineering, 2024: 108757. （SCI, Q1, 中科院二区top, IF=6.7）
lShurui Yan, Nianxiong Liu, Mengmeng Chen, et al. The thermal effect of the tandem kang model for rural houses in Northern China: a case study in Tangshan [J]. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2022 (22): 1-10.（AHCI一区, SCI中科院三区, IF=1.3）
lShurui Yan, Chen Wu, Yixin Zhang. Generative design for architectural spatial layouts: a review of technical approaches[J]. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2025: 1-21. (AHCI, SCI, Q1, 中科院三区)
lShanshan Wang1, Shurui Yan1, Zhang D, et al. A real-time indoor temperature and relative humidity prediction method for exhibition hall based on Long Short-Term Memory network[J]. Journal of Building Engineering, 2024: 111492. （共同一作，SCI, Q1, 中科院二区top, IF=6.7）
lYixin Zhang, Shurui Yan, Jian Liu, Peiqi Xu. Explaining the popularity influence factors of creative industry park based on a social media semantic analysis method: a case study in Beijing[J]. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2023.03 (90): 104384. （SCI, Q1，中科院一区, IF=11.7）
Invention Patent
lNianxiong Liu, Shurui Yan, Hang Su. Method and device for floorplan generation: U.S. Patent Application 18/158,375[P]. 2023-9-28.（公示阶段）
lNianxiong Liu, Shurui Yan, Hang Su. Method and device for floorplan generation: U.S. Patent Application 18/158,359[P]. 2023-9-21.（公示阶段）
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Works
l2018 Solar Decathlon China “Nature • Between”(Design Team: JIA+)
