Curriculum Vitae

Education

2007.8-2012.7 Bachelor of Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2010.9-2011.2 Erasmus Exchange Program, School of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano

2014.9-2017.7 Master of Engineering, major in history of architecture and conservation, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2014.9-2017.7 Conservation Resources for Architectural Interior/Furniture, and Training (CRAFT) Program

Two-year Training Program co-sponsored by the World Monuments Fund, the Palace Museum and Tsinghua University, as Part of the Collaborative Conservation Program for the Qianlong Garden

2017.8-present Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation

Class of 2020, M.S.

Employment

2012.7-2014.7 Beijing Industrial Designing and Researching Institute (BIDRI)

Architect

Academic Experience, Concentrating on the History of Chinese Ancient Architecture

2010-2017 Comprehensively surveying and mapping on Chinese ancient architectures

As a student and a tutor in the Studio of Surveying and Mapping on Chinese ancient architectures held by the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University for the third-year undergraduates, measure and draw the plans, sections and elevations of Quanshen Temple, Jiutianshengmu Temple, Guangsheng Lower Temple, Zisheng Temple and Erlang Temple, in Shanxi Province.

Research on Chinese ancient architectures Using both the manual method and 3D laser scanning, including photogrammetry, endeavor to reveal the initial design of the wood structures of the ancient architectures, diff erent skills of ancient craftsmanship, and to trace the historical carpentry traditions. These cases are: The middle hall of Chongming Temple in Gaoping County, Yuhuagong of Yongshou Temple in Yuci County, the main hall of Longmen Temple in Pingshun County, the main hall of Zisheng Temple in Gaoping County, the Great East Hall of Foguang Temple in Wutai County, the main hall of Longyan Temple in Lingchuan County, all in Shanxi Province

2015.3-2016.9 The second author of A Historical Architectural Map of Shanxi Province. Beijing: Tsinghua Publishing House, 2019.

Making general investigation of more than two hundred historical architectures in the south of Shanxi Province and writing the brief reports of them Research on the six cases that share a particular layout of dougong (the eaves of bracket sets) which were mainly constructed before the year 1103 in northern ancient China.

2014.9-2017.6 Master Thesis in Tsinghua University

Based on the previous survey reports of the six cases, figuring out the different approaches to the same stylistic character of Dou-Gong, categorizing them into different carpentry traditions, tracing the connection and origin of the ancient architectural theory Yinzaofashi

Academic Experience, Concentrating on Conservation

2014.9-2017.6 Trainee of Conservation Resources for Architectural Interior/Furniture, and Training (CRAFT) Program

Training in traditional Chinese wood-working skills & modern conservation science and approaches. Building sound knowledge of traditional furniture and craftsmanship.

Microscopy analysis, cross-section and PLM, supervised by S.Buck

Assisting the conservation program of Moon Gate in Bower of the Three Friends, supervised by C.J.Moore

Cleaning and consolidation of the lower shields of the heating bed in Yanqv Building, Qianlong Garden, the Palace Museum, supervised by C.J.Moore and S.Buck

Documentation and treatments on the left part of the screen in Lush Scenery Building, Qianlong Garden, the Palace Museum, supervised by G.Landrey

Assisting the conservation program by surveying and mapping and the working drawings

The conservation of ten pagodas in Shaolin Temple, Henan Province

2017.8-present Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation

First year finished conservation education of different specialties

Second year major in furniture and wooden artifact conservation, minor in painted surface

2018.6-8 Summer Work Project at Peabody Essex Museum

2018.8 Woodworking workshops in Furniture Institute of Massachusetts with Philip C. Lowe

2019.6-8 Summer Work Project at the J. Paul Getty Museum

2019.9-2020.8 Third-year Internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Publications

Analysis of the Dimensional Design of Wooden Structure of the Central Hall of Chongming Buddhist Temple, Gaoping County[J].

Xu Yang, Liu Chang. Journal of Chinese Architecture History, 2013.02

Another Discussion on the Method of Dimensioning of Wooden Structure of Yuhua Hall in Yongshou Buddhist Temple, Yuci County[J].

Liu Chang, Xu Yang. History of Architecture, 2012.03

Another Discussion on the Construction Ruler and Modular Proportions of the Main Hall of Longmen Buddhist Temple, Pingshun County[J].

Liu Chang, Liu Mengyu, Xu Yang. Journal of Chinese Architecture History, 2014.01

Gene of Design: Two Case of Descending Cantilevers (xia’ang) in the Shape of a Broken Line[J].

Liu Chang, Xu Yang, Jiang Zheng. Journal of Chinese Architecture History, 2015.02

Analysis of the Dimensional Design of the Wood Structure of the Central Hall of Longyan Buddhist Temple, Lingchuan County[J].

Liu Chang, Jiang Zheng, Xu Yang. History of Architecture, 2016.01

Observation and Measurement: Two Retrospections into the 3D Laser Scanning Information of the Great East Hall of Foguang Temple[J].

Liu Chang, Xu Yang. Journal of Chinese Architecture History, 2016.01

Gene of Design: Exterior Dougong in the Hall of Vairochana in Zisheng Temple, Gaoping [J]

Liu Chang, Jiang Zheng, Xu Yang.History of Architecture, 2016.02

A Historical Architectural Map of Shanxi Province[M].

Jiang Zheng, Xu Yang, Liu Chang. Tsinghua Publishing House, 2018

Design Works

2012-2014 Gangyuan·Longyu Garden (a residential complex), Baotou, China, built in 2016

Working as a member of the project team in BIDRI to design architectural plan

2015 Exhibition of Chinese Ancient Architecture, the Palace Museum, Beijing, China

Designed exhibitional facilities, structures, and interior space

XU, Yang
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