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Department: School of Architecture

University: Soochow University

Position: Associate Professor

Email: cynthia_arch@hotmail.com             

Associate Professor of School of Architecture, Soochow University

Head of Historic Architecture Conservation Undergraduate Program, Soochow University

Research in Chinese Architecture History, Historic Conservation

Teaching the course of Conservation Theory, Conservation Design and Historic Building Documentation

National Certificated Architect, working in conservation projects

Education

PhD in Architecture History and Theory from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2014

M.Arch. in Architecture Design and Theory from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2007

M.Arch. in IIUS from Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany, 2006

B. Arch. from Southeasti University, Nanjing, China, 2004

Exchange student, Hongkong University,China, 2003

Professional Affiliation

Freelance Editor, Heritage Architecture

Freelance Editor, Architect       

Expert on the Conservation of Cultural Relics and Architectural heritage in Suzhou                                      

Conservation Works (2013-2018)         

Academic Research Project

Research on the Ideology History of Architecture Heritage Conservation and Its Localization in Chinese Context

Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China  (51508361,2015-2018)  In Charge.

Festival and Memory: Research on the Conservation and Revitalization of Jiangsu Rural Cultural Heritage in the Process of Urbanization

Project from Social Science Topic of Jiangsu Education Department, China  In Charge.

Conservation Design Projects

Relocation and Conservation Design of Historic Building of Qingshui Wan

Project from Developer, deeply involved as the second architect.

Conservation of Clan Lai’s Settlements in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Prov.

Project from Hangzhou government, deeply involved as the second architect.

Teaching Courses

Conservation Theory (2016- , for Program of Historic Architecture Conservation)

Conservation Design (2016- , Design studio for Program of Historic Architecture Conservation)

Historic Building Survey (2016- , field study courses for Program of Architecture and Historic Architecture Conservation)

Conferences

Built Heritage: A Cultural Impulse for Urban and Rural Development

2016, Shanghai, China. Paper Presentation.

International Conference on East Asian Architectural History

2015, Seoul, Korea. Report.

Training Program on Assessing the Values of Chinese Architectural Heritage

Organized by UNESCO and Palace Museum 2017-2018, Beijing, China. As teacher.

Publication

Books

CHEN Xi, The Evolution of Architectural Heritage of Conservation Theory, Published by Tongji Press, 2015

Papers

CHEN Xi, From ‘Volk’ to ‘Heimat’ German identity and the evolution of the architecture conservation theory in German-speaking areas, Architecture Journal, 2016-08

CHEN Xi, The Imagined History and Invented Heritage：Introduction of David Leventhal’s ‘Heritage Trilogy’, Time Architecture, 2016-06

CHEN Xi, The Past and the Present: Historical Consciousness and Conservation Ideology, Architect, 2016-12

CHEN Xi, Conservation developments in Italy after 1964, Architect, 2017-12

CHEN Xi, Academic origins and characteristics of the Chinese stylistic restoration, Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2015-10