Competition: 2016 SUDC上海城市设计挑战赛 Award: 3rd Prize ResilientLINK proposal for Xujiahui Sports Park won the 3rd Prize in 2016 Shanghai Urban Design Challenge held by Shanghai Municipal Planning Bureau. Together with LIU Xun (GSD MLA 17'), CUI Muhan (PennDesign MLA 15', SASAKI), JIANG Wenqian (PennDesign MLA 17'), LIULIU (MIT MCP 15'), the team proposed a multi-dimensional platform to intervene the population flows with commercial, entertainment, exercising programs. #Award #urba

Waishan QIU develops a interactive online mapping interface and framework for "DEVELOPING LITTORAL GRADIENT" project. The research is about coastal Chinese Cities' reclamation based real estate developments. Prof. Brent Ryan and lecturer Fadi Masaud were the PI. It is funded by MIT STL Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab. #website #interface #datavisualization #MIT

Porous Neighborhood | Resilient Urban Design Proposal in Florida Urban Design Studio 2015, mentored by Prof. Adele Santos, Prof. Alan Berger and Fadi Masaud was presented and got positive feedback from engineers and officials from Broward County. It was also featured in the Studio Course Review of MIT SMARCHS and MCP CDD Studio. #urbandesign #MIT

Waishan works at Project Assistant with Prof. Adele Santos and Prof. Rafi Segal on their new design research book Rural-Urbanism. It is a continuous work as the 2016 IAP MIT-SEU Nanjing Workshop. Several villages around the world are re-mapped in the book as comparative case studies. The two design scheme during Nanjing IAP are developed to more details. #urbandesign #MIT #CenterforAdvancedUrbanism

The proposal of Food Wharf | Regeneration of Minsheng Dock （民生码头更新）was presented to Officials from Shanghai Municipal Government, Shanghai Planing Bureau, and professors and designers from Tongji Univeristy, Jiaotong University, and local design firms at the World Heritage Preservation Forum held at Shanghai Jiaotong University. #urbandesign #shanghai #MIT