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+ massachusetts institute + master of city planning + bachelor of landscape + drawing + background
of technology + mit architecture + painting + interests
+ penn state university + 2005 - 2007 + penn state + web / multimedia + adventures
+ 2000 - 2005

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beijing urban
design studio
For five weeks this summer, a group of 20 MIT
graduate students in architecture, planning and
real estate joined with a dozen graduate stu-
dents from Beijing’s Tsinghua University to work
together on issues of urban design and develop-
ment in the context of China’s breakneck mod-
ernization.

The work marked the 20th anniversary of the

Beijing Urban Design Studio, a joint program be-
tween the schools of architecture and planning
at MIT and at Tsinghua University.

This year the studio focused on the issue of

Beijing’s vast migrant population, by preparing
an urban design and development plan for the
Sun Palace neighborhood in the rapidly grow-
ing area of northeast Beijing. Sun Palace is an
urban village, a remnant of the agricultural past
that now houses almost 5000 migrant workers
and their families living in courtyard houses,
many still owned by former farmers. They work
in construction and service industries but can-
not afford conventional housing. Nearby a new
subway stop is under construction, and high rise
buildings press in.

The studio addressed whether this resource

of affordable housing and traditional culture
can be maintained and how to balance transit-
oriented development at the subway with the
needs of the neighborhood. To answer these
questions and others, students interacted with
local residents, city officials and experts on trans-
portation and real estate. They assessed strate-
gic options for the neighborhood and proposed
comprehensive plans for the program, design
and development of Sun Palace. Proposals
ranged from establishing the area as a regional
logistics center to creating a living and working
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cultural oasis in Beijing.
The work was accomplished by interdisciplin-
ary teams combining skills in urban design, ar-
chitecture, land use planning, transportation,
sustainability, urban sociology and real estate
development. Tsinghua students helped with
understanding the social issues involved as
well as collaborating on the design proposals.
The Beijing City Planning Institute, responsible
for strategic planning in the city, participated
in the studio as the client. The complete work
was exhibited at Tsinghua University and will be
published in World Architecture, China’s leading
design magazine.
The studio was led by professors Dennis French-
man and Jan Wampler of MIT - who have both
been involved in leading the program since 1987
- and Professors Zhang Jie and Srepresentations
of self, family history, race, gender, personal
values, letters, emails, blogs, journals, poetry,
memoirs, autobiographies, self-portraiture, nar-
rativehan Jun of Tsinghua University. Other fac-
ulty members included Yung Ho Chang, head
of MIT’s Department of Architecture, and Wu
Liangyong, Director of the Institute of Architec-
tural and Urban Studies at Tsinghua University,
Center for Human Settlements.
Other faculty from MIT who have participated
over the years include John deMonchaux, Ken-
neth Kruckemeyer, Paul Lukez, Chris Zegras and
Juan Du. (Gary Hack, who started the studio at
MIT in 1985, is now dean of architecture at Penn;
Ric Richardson, also formerly of MIT, is now dean
at New Mexico.)
The Beijing Studio is a Joint Program of the MIT
School of Architecture and Planning, with partic-
ipants from both architecture and planning, and
the Tsinghua University School of Architecture.
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sao paulo urban
design studio
For five weeks this summer, a group of 20 MIT
graduate students in architecture, planning and
real estate joined with a dozen graduate stu-
dents from Beijing’s Tsinghua University to work
together on issues of urban design and develop-
ment in the context of China’s breakneck mod-
ernization.

The work marked the 20th anniversary of the

Beijing Urban Design Studio, a joint program be-
tween the schools of architecture and planning
at MIT and at Tsinghua University.

This year the studio focused on the issue of

Beijing’s vast migrant population, by preparing
an urban design and development plan for the
Sun Palace neighborhood in the rapidly grow-
ing area of northeast Beijing. Sun Palace is an
urban village, a remnant of the agricultural past
that now houses almost 5000 migrant workers
and their families living in courtyard houses,
many still owned by former farmers. They work
in construction and service industries but can-
not afford conventional housing. Nearby a new
subway stop is under construction, and high rise
buildings press in.

The studio addressed whether this resource

of affordable housing and traditional culture
can be maintained and how to balance transit-
oriented development at the subway with the
needs of the neighborhood. To answer these
questions and others, students interacted with
local residents, city officials and experts on trans-
portation and real estate. They assessed strate-
gic options for the neighborhood and proposed
comprehensive plans for the program, design
and development of Sun Palace. Proposals
ranged from establishing the area as a regional
logistics center to creating a living and working
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anacostia urban
design studio
For five weeks this summer, a group of 20 MIT
graduate students in architecture, planning and
real estate joined with a dozen graduate stu-
dents from Beijing’s Tsinghua University to work
together on issues of urban design and develop-
ment in the context of China’s breakneck mod-
ernization.

The work marked the 20th anniversary of the

Beijing Urban Design Studio, a joint program be-
tween the schools of architecture and planning
at MIT and at Tsinghua University.

This year the studio focused on the issue of

Beijing’s vast migrant population, by preparing
an urban design and development plan for the
Sun Palace neighborhood in the rapidly grow-
ing area of northeast Beijing. Sun Palace is an
urban village, a remnant of the agricultural past
that now houses almost 5000 migrant workers
and their families living in courtyard houses,
many still owned by former farmers. They work
in construction and service industries but can-
not afford conventional housing. Nearby a new
subway stop is under construction, and high rise
buildings press in.

The studio addressed whether this resource

of affordable housing and traditional culture
can be maintained and how to balance transit-
oriented development at the subway with the
needs of the neighborhood. To answer these
questions and others, students interacted with
local residents, city officials and experts on trans-
portation and real estate. They assessed strate-
gic options for the neighborhood and proposed
comprehensive plans for the program, design
and development of Sun Palace. Proposals
ranged from establishing the area as a regional
logistics center to creating a living and working
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statecollegeurban
design studio
For five weeks this summer, a group of 20 MIT
graduate students in architecture, planning and
real estate joined with a dozen graduate stu-
dents from Beijing’s Tsinghua University to work
together on issues of urban design and develop-
ment in the context of China’s breakneck mod-
ernization.
The work marked the 20th anniversary of the
Beijing Urban Design Studio, a joint program be-
tween the schools of architecture and planning
at MIT and at Tsinghua University.
This year the studio focused on the issue of
Beijing’s vast migrant population, by preparing
an urban design and development plan for the
Sun Palace neighborhood in the rapidly grow-
ing area of northeast Beijing. Sun Palace is an
urban village, a remnant of the agricultural past
that now houses almost 5000 migrant workers
and their families living in courtyard houses,
many still owned by former farmers. They work
in construction and service industries but can-
not afford conventional housing. Nearby a new
subway stop is under construction, and high rise
buildings press in.
The studio addressed whether this resource
of affordable housing and traditional culture
can be maintained and how to balance transit-
oriented development at the subway with the
needs of the neighborhood. To answer these
questions and others, students interacted with
local residents, city officials and experts on trans-
portation and real estate. They assessed strate-
gic options for the neighborhood and proposed
comprehensive plans for the program, design
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For five weeks this summer, a group of 20 MIT
graduate students in architecture, planning and
real estate joined with a dozen graduate stu-
dents from Beijing’s Tsinghua University to work
together on issues of urban design and develop-
ment in the context of China’s breakneck mod-
ernization.

The work marked the 20th anniversary of the

Beijing Urban Design Studio, a joint program be-
tween the schools of architecture and planning
at MIT and at Tsinghua University.

This year the studio focused on the issue of

Beijing’s vast migrant population, by preparing
an urban design and development plan for the
Sun Palace neighborhood in the rapidly grow-
ing area of northeast Beijing. Sun Palace is an
urban village, a remnant of the agricultural past
that now houses almost 5000 migrant workers
and their families living in courtyard houses,
many still owned by former farmers. They work
in construction and service industries but can-
not afford conventional housing. Nearby a new
subway stop is under construction, and high rise
buildings press in.

The studio addressed whether this resource

of affordable housing and traditional culture
can be maintained and how to balance transit-
oriented development at the subway with the
needs of the neighborhood. To answer these
questions and others, students interacted with
local residents, city officials and experts on trans-
portation and real estate. They assessed strate-
gic options for the neighborhood and proposed
comprehensive plans for the program, design
and development of Sun Palace. Proposals
ranged from establishing the area as a regional
logistics center to creating a living and working
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