Urban Ergonomics: The Reading and Shaping of Quality Life

You are cordially invited to attend the guest lecture by Prof Zhang Li –

Urban Ergonomics: The Reading and Shaping of Quality Life

22 Aug 2024, Thursday

SDE3 Level 4, LT427

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

CPD points: 2

Abstract

Professor Zhang Li will introduce the emerging interdisciplinary field of Urban Ergonomics, which uses contemporary informatics to better understand our common cognitive processes of urban environments.

People’s everyday experiences are used to improve the quality of urban spaces. He will present applications of ergonomic analyses in a number of scenarios, from the built to the unbuilt, through projects such as Big Air Shougang Beijing 2022, Tongjinchang Innovative Cultural District of Jingdezhen, and Xichun Garden, the former site of Tsinghua University, showing the vast potential of this field.

Bio

ZHANG Li is the Dean / Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, Principal of THAD, Tsinghua University, China. In late 2021, he has been elected as National Master of Engineering Design and Geotechnique Investigation.  ZHANG Li is currently the Vice-President [Region IV] of UIA, a standing board member of the Architectural Society of China, and the Editor-in-Chief of the leading Chinese magazine World Architecture.

 ZHANG Li’s design works cover a wide range of scales, from urban designs, buildings to microcosm interventions. He and TeamMinus has won over thirty national and international awards in the past decade. In 2022, he is the laureate of 11th Liang Sicheng Architecture Prize, the most prestigious Chinese award for architects and architecture scholars.