

Resilient LINKAGE won 3rd Prize in 2016 SUDC
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


Hengfu Lifestyle awarded Finalist, 2016 Shanghai Urban Design Challenge
Xuhui Lifestyle, a regeneration proposal for Hengshan-fuxing Rd Area (衡复历史文化保护区) was selected to the finalist in the 2016 Shanghai Urban Design Challenge (2016上海城市设计挑战赛) held by Shanghai Urban Planning Bureau. Only 20 entries were announced to enter the finalist. The final results of the competition would be announced on Oct 25. What is worth of mentioning, the other project "Resilient Urban Sports Park" also enter the finalist for Xuhui Sports Park site. #bigdata #urbandesig


Porous Neighborhood Presented to Broward County, FL
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


Working on the Book "Rural-Urbanism" at MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism
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


Food Wharf Proposal was presented at the World Heritage Forum, Shanghai Jiaotong University
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


Interview by GOOOOD
Waishan QIU was interviewed by GOOOOD (谷德), an emerging and one of the most popular online design content platform in China. Four projects of Waishan QIU during his study at Bartlett, UCL and MIT were featured. For more please visit: http://www.gooood.hk/overseas-38-qiu-waishan.htm?lang=en_US #Interview #WaishanQIU #urbandesign #media


Farming Community won 3rd Prize in 2012 NGBDC by China Green Building Association
Farming Community | Green Corridor with Urban Agriculture AWARD: 2012 National Green Buildings Design Competition, 3rd Prize, by 'China Green Building Association' [CGBA] Housing in Shanghai are suffering from CRISIS: great separation of living and working, repeated urban morphology and so on. This site is next to a metro station and surrounded by campuses and creative offices. Multi-functions are offered to ranges class of people. By opening a path of urban agriculture, it w