Liyang is an assistant professor at Marywood University. He holds PhD in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. He works as an architect, editor, translator, teacher, and historian.
My first scholarly book will come out this month. It is available here and here. Here is the blurb: This book presents the first systematic overview and analysis of the deep connection between Scharoun and China, offering insights into East-West cultural exchange and enriching existing understandings of modernism. The German architect Hans Scharoun has typically…
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Marking a year since the exhibition opened, I recently published a review article on this event in a prestigious academic journal called 建筑师 (The Architects) in China. A more detailed review paper in the English language has been accepted and will soon appear later 2023 in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians published by the University of California…
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My small piece called “Hans Scharoun, Stadtlandschaft, and the Chinese Werkbund” appeared in the September issue of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of 2022. This paper was a contribution to the Roundtable “Rethinking the Urban Landscape” and about Hans Scharoun’s interpretation of the “urban landscape” concept and its relationship to Chinese town-planning…
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This is a short review piece I wrote in Chinese two months ago for the “Building in China” exhibition.
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https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/973/program-app/submission/135478 ABSTRACT Digital visualizations of abstract data are ubiquitous in contemporary culture. Forms such as infographics, data visualizations, and visual narratives are conceived and produced with an intent to represent statistical information and clarify certain arguments. Much has been written about the visual languages shared by these artifacts as well as the parallel applications in…
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ABSTRACT German architectural historian Julius Posener (1904-1996) maintained that Hugo Häring (1882-1958) was the only early modernist architect who had formulated an entire body of architectural theory of his time.[1] Häring’s thinking and its central argument, however, has received very little attention, especially in the English-speaking world.[2] The author substantially contributed to interpreting Häring’s original ideas and…
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Originally published in International Journal of Architectural Theory | Vol. 24| Issue 39 | Bauhaus Transfers Click to access article_ding.pdf
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The conference paper that I am working on to explain the transfer of the architectural ideas and pedagogy from the Bauhaus to China reminds me a fairly lengthy piece that I wrote in 2013. That paper was intended to articulate the “translation” process of modernism from the West to China during the early 20th century. …
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I presented my paper “From Garden Design Approach to Modern Spatial Configuration: The Development of the architektonischer Garten Concept,” at the 106th ACSA Annual International Conference, Denver CO, March 15-17, 2018. [pdf]
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I am proud to have contributed an essay for Vertical Urbanism: Designing Compact Cities in China published by the Routledge in 2018. [pdf] This book consists of studies of compact cities that have evolved along with the rising awareness of climate change and sustainable development. Relevant debates, however, reveal that the prevailing definitions and practices…
Read MoreDespite the recent studies dedicated to discuss-ing the concept of architektonischer Garten (also called Architekturgarten or Gartenarchitektur), the discourse of this concept has not been given its justice due to the lack of a critical account of its definition and development. Presented as a brief examination of its historical transformation from a garden design approach…
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LIYANG DING 