Abstract

Harvard University was among the key overseas destinations for modern Chinese architects. During the first half of the twentieth century, its design education evolved through phases of establishment and reform, ultimately becoming a major center for the dissemination of modernist architectural thought. Drawing on archival materials from the Harvard University Archives and the Graduate School of Design (GSD), this lecture undertakes a systematic study of the “Harvard-trained” cohort of Chinese architects from 1902 to 1952, in order to examine the influence of Harvard and its design education in the development of modern architecture in China.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Lizhen Cheng is a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard FAS CAMLab and an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Beijing Jiaotong University. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on the history of modern Chinese architecture, highlighted by her monograph, The Architect Zhang Kaiji. Dr. Cheng also has extensive experience in directing architectural design courses.

Event Information

• Free and open to the public
• December 12th (Friday)
• 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET
• This is an in-person event.

Please note

Advanced RSVP required.
The event will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese.