ZHAO JI JUN   Professor

Prof. Dr. Zhao JijunSchool of Architecture & Urban PlanningHuazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST)1037 Luoyu Road, Hongshan DistrictWuhan, Hubei, P. R. China, 430074Email: jijunzhao@qq.comEDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS2003 - 2008PhD ‘Thirty Years of Landscape Design in China (1949-1979)’Department of Landscape, the University of SheffieldSupervisor: Dr Jan Woudstra, Reader in...Detials

Prof. Dr. Zhao Jijun

School of Architecture & Urban Planning

Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST)

1037 Luoyu Road, Hongshan District

Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China, 430074

Email: jijunzhao@qq.com

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2003 - 2008


PhD Thirty Years of Landscape Design in China (1949-1979)

Department of Landscape, the University of Sheffield

Supervisor: Dr Jan Woudstra, Reader in Landscape History and Theory

1999 - 2002


Master of Architecture

Tsinghua University, P. R. China

Supervisor: Gao Yilan, Professor in Architecture

1994 - 1999


Bachelor of Architecture

Huazhong University of Science & Technology, P. R. China


WORKING EXPERIENCE

2015 - present


Professor

School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

2010 - 2015


Associate Professor

School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

2009 - 2010


Lecturer

School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

2015 - present


Contributing Editor

Chinese Landscape Architecture (ISSN: 1000-6664), sponsored by Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CSLA)

2010 - present


Contributing Editor

New Architecture (ISSN: 1000-3959), sponsored by HUST

2006 - present


Contributing Editor

Landscape Architecture (ISSN: 1673-1530), sponsored by Beijing Forestry University

2004 - 2006


Chief Designer (part-time), Pansolution International Design Consultancy, Beijing, P. R. China

2002 - 2003


Architect, Tsinghua-yuan Architectural Design Ltd., Shenzhen, P. R. China




PUBLICATION

Book

 

Zhao Jijun. Chinese Modern Landscape Architecture: A Historical and Theoretical Study (Nanjing: Southeast University Press, 2014). ISBN: 978-7-5641-4743-3

Book chapters

 

 

 

 

 

Zhao Jijun. The Campus of Wuhan University, Professor Villas in Tsinghua University, Professor Villas in Wuhan University, in Zhu Junzhen, ed. Modern Landscape Architecture in China (1840-1949) (Beijing: China Architecture and Building Press, 2012). ISBN: 978-7-112-13023-8

Zhao Jijun. The Encounter between China and the West in Nanxun Modern Gardens, in Zhu Junzhen, ed. Nanxun Modern Gardens and Landscapes (Beijing: China Architecture and Building Press, 2012): 102-117. ISBN: 978-7-112-14143-2

Zhao Jijun. Modern Landscape Architecture in Hubei Province (1840-1949), in Zhu Junzhen, ed. Modern Landscape Architecture in China (1840-1949) (Beijing: China Architecture and Building Press, 2017). (accepted)

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Zhao Jijun, Jan Woudstra. ‘“Making Green the Motherland”: Greening the Chinese Socialist Undertaking (1949–1978)’. Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, Volume 32, Issue 4, 2012: 312-330. ISSN: 1460-1176

Zhao Jijun, Jan Woudstra. ‘“In Agriculture, Learn from Dazhai: Mao Zedongs Revolutionary Model Village and the Battle against Nature, Landscape Research, Vol. 32, No. 2 (April, 2007): 171-205. ISSN: 0142-6397

Zhao Jijun, Liu Fangxin. ‘Rural Landscapes in Propaganda Posters of the New China (1949-1978)’, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 12 (2017): 11-15. ISSN: 1000-6664

Zhao Jijun. ‘Landscape Experience with Mountain-top Pavilions in Chinese Traditional Pavilion Proses’, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 9 (2017): 10-16. ISSN: 1000-6664

Zhao Jijun, Ji Hexian, Liu Xiaoming. Precise Insights, Prominent Contributions: Zhou Ganzhis Contributions and Theoretical Explorations for Chinese Landscape Architecture, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 1 (2016): 57-64. ISSN: 1000-6664

Zhao Jijun. Yu Shuxuns Academic Thoughts of Landscape Architecture, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 10 (2014): 51-54. ISSN: 1000-6664

Zhao Jijun. On Yuanlin and Its Modernisation, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2 (2014): 56-60. ISSN: 1000-6664

Zhao Jijun. The Origin and Development of the Concept of Lühua (Greening), Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2 (2013): 57-59. ISSN: 1000-6664

Zhao Jijun. A Historical Study on the Evolution of Shouyi Park, Wuchang, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 9 (2011): 70-73. ISSN: 1000-6664

Zhao Jijun. ‘A Historical Inquiry about “National Landscaping and Gardening Movement , Chinese Landscape Architecture, 10 (2010): 56-60. ISSN: 1000-6664

Zhao Jijun, Song Lin. ‘Cultural Inheritance, Development and Variation of the “New Eight Scenes” of the New Millennium China (2000-2015), Landscape Architecture, 10 (2016): 16-29. ISSN: 1673-1530

Zhao Jijun. ‘Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (5): National Garden City, Landscape Architecture, 6 (2009): 88-91. ISSN: 1673-1530

Zhao Jijun. ‘Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (4): Garden Revolution, Landscape Architecture, 5 (2009): 75-79. ISSN: 1673-1530

Zhao Jijun. ‘Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (3): Making Green the Motherland , Landscape Architecture, 3 (2009): 91-95. ISSN: 1673-1530

Zhao Jijun. ‘Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (2): Soviet Experiences, Landscape Architecture, 2 (2009): 98-102. ISSN: 1673-1530

Zhao Jijun. ‘Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (1): “Chinese also New” , Landscape Architecture, 1 (2009): 102-105. ISSN: 1673-1530

 

Zhao Jijun. ‘Modernity versus Tradition: The Influence of the Design Theory of Soviet Park of Culture and Rest on the Development of Chinese Modern Public Parks’, Landscape Architecture, 2 (2008): 53-56. ISSN: 1673-1530

Zhao Jijun, Wang Yan. ‘An Investigation of the Cultural Exchange between China and the West in the Making of Chinese Public Parks of the Republican Era’, New Architecture, 5 (2012): 50-54. ISSN: 1000-3959

Zhao Jijun, Chen Ganglun. From Garden to Landscape: Commemoration Representations in Shouyi Park, New Architecture, 5 (2011): 35-39. ISSN: 1000-3959

Zhao Jijun. ‘Continuity in the Experience of Campus Environments: Investigation on Several Newly Built Campus Environments in Tsinghua University’, New Architecture, 2 (2002): 56-58. ISSN: 1000-3959




CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

Nov. 2016

 

The Rural Landscapes in Propaganda Posters of the New China (1949-1978), Annual Conference of the Theory & History Committee of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture 2016, Suzhou University.

Oct. 2016

 

Image Representations of the Learning from Dazhai Movement, The 27th Landscape Architecture Theory & History Salon of the Theory & History Committee of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture.

 

Dec. 2015

 

The Thirty Years of Chinese Modern Landscape Architecture (1949-1978), The 21st Landscape Architecture Theory & History Salon of the Theory & History Committee of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture.

Nov. 2015

 

Re-examining the National Landscaping and Gardening Movement”’, Online Seminar Series of Landscape Education & Practice Community (LEPC).

Oct. 2014

 

Culture and Nature in the Hundred Years Development of Zhang Gong Dyke, The 6th International Academic Conference on Urban and Landscape Architecture: ‘U+L New Thinking’, HUST.

Feb. 2014

 

The Politics of Wuhan Modern Gardens, The 3rd Landscape Architecture Theory & History Salon of the Theory & History Committee of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture.

Oct. 2011

 

Review and Prospect of the Research on Modern Chinese Landscape Architecture’, Annual Conference of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture 2011, Nanjing Forestry University.

Nov. 2008

 

‘Chinese Garden and Park Culture in the Early Mao Era’, Prokalo: Architecture Postgraduate Seminar Series, School of Arts, Culture and Environment, The University of Edinburgh.

May 2008

 

‘Transformation of the Imperial Axis: Tiananmen Square in the Mid-Twentieth Century’, East-West Studies Seminar: ‘The Use and Meaning of the Axis in Chinese Architecture’, School of Architecture and Department of Landscape, The University of Sheffield.

Jan. 2008

 

‘Public Parks of Chinese Socialism’, East-West Studies Seminar: ‘East and West: History of Architecture and Landscape’, School of Architecture and Department of Landscape, The University of Sheffield.

Jan. 2007

 

‘Garden Traditions and Modern Ideals in Chinese Urban Parks (1949-1979)’, The Conference of ‘The Oriental Garden: Changing Perspectives and Horizons’, Department of Landscape, The University of Sheffield.




RESEARCH FUNDING

2015

 

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 51578257): Critical Assessment of the Development of the Profession of Landscape Architecture in China

2014

 

The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, HUST (No. 2014YQ018): Innovation and Modernization of Landscape Architecture in China during the Second Half of the 20th Century

2013

 

The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, HUST (No. 2013QN044): Professional Practices of Chinese Modern Landscape Architecture

2010

 

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 51008137): Historical Origins, Theoretical Explorations, and Professional Experiences of Chinese Modern Landscape Architecture in the 1950s

2010

 

The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, HUST (No. 2010QN061): The Theoretical Development of Chinese Modern Landscape Architecture

2007

 

Field work grant for the investigation of Chinese public parks, Universities China Committee in London (UCCL).

2004

Overseas Research Students (ORS) Award, the Universities UK.




CURRENT TEACHING

Undergraduate

History of Landscape Architecture

Introduction to Landscape Architecture

Landscape Planning and Design Studio

Postgraduate

Landscape History and Theory

Chinese Modern Culture and Garden Making

Design Studio (with collaboration with overseas universities)


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

since 2013

 

Member of Theory & History Committee of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CSLA)

since 2011

Member of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CSLA)




HONOURS AND PRIZES

  2015

 

Advanced Workers in Postgraduate Education of Landscape Architecture, National Landscape Architecture Degree Education Committee of China

  2015

 

The Best Tutor of the 6th Idea-King International Student Landscape Planning and Design Competition, International Landscape Planning and Design Industry Association

  2014

 

The Best Tutor of the 5th Idea-King International Student Landscape Planning and Design Competition, International Landscape Planning and Design Industry Association

  2006

 

Excellent Design Rewards, The International Design Competition of World Architectural Exposition in Tongli, P. R. China.

  2005

 

First Prize, Calligraphy and Painting Competition of Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA), Sheffield, UK.

  1999

The Best Graduate, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), P. R. China.

  1997

 

Excellent Design Rewards, National Architectural Design Competition for University Students, P. R. China.