Jia, Beisi
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
JIA Beisi, is a associate professor in Architecture, Housing and History at University of Hong Kong since January 1996. Beisi is a coordinator of Year Program of BA(AS) of the school, and joint coordinator of W104-Open Building Implementation in International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB). He holds a Bachelor of Architecture Nanjing Institute of Technology (NIT China) and Postgraduate Diploma of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). He obtained a Ph.D in Architecture History and Theory in 1990 through a joint program of NIT and ETH Zurich. From 1990-1993, he held the position of Lecturer in Architectural Design in Southeast University, Nanjing, China. From 1993 to 1996, Beisi was a Research fellow and Post-Doctorate at ETH Zurich.
Research Interest
Major research areas are housing flexibility, urban density, learning behavior (architectural pedagogy)
Publications
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Papers in intereational refereed journals are found in Habitat International, Landscape Research, Open House International, and national journals as Architects (China), Architectural Journal (China), Ideal Architecture (Korea), HKIA Journal (Hong Kong), Housing Science (China), Time & Architecture(China).
