EDUCATION

09/12 - 06/18

Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Dissertation: A Landscape Design Method facing the open Terrain

09/04 - 05/07

Master of Landscape Architecture, First Professional Degree
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA , U.S. A

09/95 - 06/99

Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

12/23 - present

Professor of Landscape Architecture
Vice Dean, School of Architecture, China Academy of Art

05/23 - 12/23

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Vice Dean, School of Architecture, China Academy of Art

 

09/19 - 05/23

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, China Academy of Art

12/15 - 09/19

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Department of Landscape Architecture, China Academy of Art

09/10 - 12/15

Lecturer of Landscape Architecture
Department of Landscape Architecture, China Academy of Art

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010-         Co-founder, LANDartitude, San Francisco and Hangzhou
6/07 –9/09 Landscape Designer, SWA Group, Sausalito Office, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
6/05 - 9/05 Internship, SmithGroup JJR, Ann Arbor, Michigan, MI, U.S.A
2/03 - 8/04 Project Architect, Foreland Architectural Design Co., Ltd , Hangzhou, China
8/99 - 2/03 Architect, ZheJiang Provincial Architectural Design & Research Institute, China

COURSES TAUGHT

Fall Semesters:
Theory in Landscape Architecture (undergraduate student)
Landscape International Workshop (fourth-year undergraduate student)
Landscape Graduation Studio (fourth-year undergraduate student)
Landscape Design Studio (graduate student)

Spring Semesters:
Landscape Foundation Studio (second-year undergraduate student)
Landscape Graduation Studio (fourth-year undergraduate student)
Theory in Landscape Architecture (graduate student)
Landscape Technology: Surveying and Mapping of Jiangnan Garden (graduate student)

HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS

2023 World Landscape Architecture Awards 2023 (WLA Awards 2023) Honorary Award

2023 IFLA Asia-Pacific Landscape Architecture Awards 2023 (IFLA ASIA-PAC LA Awards 2023) Honorary Award

2018 Distinction Scholarship, China Academy of Art, China

2018 Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, China Academy of Art, China

2013 First Prize (Rank No.1) in the 7th University Junior Faculty Teaching Competition, China Academy of Art, China

9/04 - 5/07 Dean’s Fellowship, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

9/04 - 5/07 Chair’s Merit Fellowship, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

 

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Zeng, Ying . “Observation and Representation: On Recognition and Expression of Natural Sites in Landscape Architecture.” Landscape Architecture Frontiers 7, no. 5 (2019): 10-23.

Zeng, Ying . “Body- Scale Perception and Experience: A Terrain-Based Foundation Studio of Landscape Architecture.” Landscape Architecture Frontiers 6, no. 5 (2018): 34-43.

Zeng, Ying . “Path,Terrain and Places: Interpretation of Wencun Water Ecosystem from the Perspective of Infrastructure .” New Arts 39 (Journal of National Academy of Art), no. 8 (2018): 34-47.

Zeng, Ying . “Inspiration from Traditional Practical Wisdom: Reinterpretation on the Blue Infrastructure of Hencha Village in Fuyang, China.” ZHUANGSHI 304, no. 8 (2018): 116-119.

Zeng, Ying, “Shaping the Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Hydro-Ecological Landscape : The Design of Duke University Kunshan Campus as a Micro-Sponge City .” Time+Architecture, no. 4 (2017): 52-57.

Zeng, Ying, and Zheng, Xiaodi, “Pedagogical Model with Ecology as Foundation – A Case Study of Landscape Architecture Education at the University of Pennsylvania.” Architectural Journal 585, no. 06 (2017): 105-110.

Zeng, Ying, “From Village Garden to Social Courtyard : Design Strategy for a Cultural Center in Yinzhou, Ningbo .” Time+Architecture, no. 3 (2016): 114-119.

Valerio Morabito ,and Zeng, Ying. “Zhongshan Road .” Topscape Paysage 25 , no. 4 (2016): 84-89.

Zeng, Ying, “ Underneath the Skin : Baoding Campus Canteen by Erhard An-He Kinzelbach, Hebei Province .” Time+Architecture, no. 1 (2015): 94-99.

Zeng, Ying . “Foundation Studio of Landscape Architecture: On Recognition and Expression of Natural Sites.” New Arts 35 (Journal of National Academy of Art), no. 5 (2014): 98-102.

Zeng,Ying, and Zheng, Xiaodi. “ Perspective of Environmental Ethics in Brownfield Regeneration through Comparative Case Studies between China and Abroad” , Landscape Architecture Frontiers 1,no. 2 (2013): 88-94

Zeng,Ying. “Foundation Studio of Landscape Architecture: An Example of Foundation Studio of Landscape Architecture in China Academy of Art.” Urban Flux 5, no. 6 (2012): 88-92.

Edited Journal

Guest Editor, Landscape Architecture Frontiers 7 (2019) special issue “Observation and Representation.”

Translated Books & Articles

2018, Annette Becker , Peter CacholaSchmal; translated by Ying ZENG, “Urban Green—European Landscape Design for the 21st Century”, China Architecture & Building Press, Beijing, China.

2014, Ying-Yu Hung, Gerdo Aquino, Charles Waldheim, Pierre Belanger, Julia Czerniak, Adriaan Geuze and Matthew Skjonsberg, Alexander Robinson; translated by Ying ZENG, “ Landscape Infrastructure Case Studies by SWA”, China Architecture & Building Press, Beijing, China.      

2015, Martin Kriegel, Barbara Münch, Claus Steffan, Klaus Zillich; translated by LIN Borong, ZHENG Xiaodi, ZENG Ying, LI Siyao, “Towards a Carbon Free Campus – A PanEuropean Campus Network with Focus on the University of Technology Berlin” Urban Design (01): 08-39.

2015, Hatzav Yoffe; translated by Zeng Ying, “ Refining Landscapes: The Kishon Meander Stream Restoration and Landfill Project in Israel”, Chinese Landscape Architecture 31: no. 04 (2015): 29-33.

RESEARCH GRANTS

2020-2024, NSSFC Research Grant, National Social Science Foundation of China, Beijing. Funded Project: “ Soil and Water Co-Governance： Strategies and Methods of Landscape Design promoting Rural Construction in Zhejiang Province.” （ 20BG139） Principal Investigator, 2020-2024, CNY200,000.

2015-2018, ZFHSS Research Grant, Zhejiang Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences,Hangzhou. Funded Projects. “ Hydro-Ecological Infrastructure of Traditional landscape in Zhejiang Countryside ” (15NDJC252YB), Principal Investigator, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China.

2015-2017, ZRIEC Research Grant, Zhejiang Research Institute of Education Science, Hangzhou. Funded Projects. “Pedagogical Model with Ecology as Foundation – A Case Study of Landscape Architecture Education at the University of Pennsylvania.” (2015SCG428), Principal Investigator, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China.

2013-2015, Higher Education Pedagogic Reform Project of Zhejiang Province: Pedagogic Reform of the Introduction of Landscape Architecture (KG2013044), Hangzhou, China.

2012-2013, Zhejiang Province Department of Education University Research Projects. “Comparison Research between China and International Brownfields Regeneration Cases” (Y201223782), Principal Investigator, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China.

SELECTED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

“Observation and Representation: Foundation Studio of Landscape Architecture” Symposium on Chinese Educators Landscape Architecture Education 2019 , Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture ,Tsinghua University & Beijing Forestry University , Beijing, September 2019.

“ Built to last： The Adaptive and Resilient Aquatic-Ecological Infrastructure of Hencha village, Zhejiang, China” The First International Conference on Socio-Ecological Practice Research, TongJi University, Shanghai, June 2019.

“ What Can We Learn from the Vernacular Landscape ? ” 2019 the 2nd ZHUANGSHI Annual Symposium, New Paradigm of Design Study: Method, Tool, Path. University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, June 2019.

“ China’s Countryside: Village Landscapes in Transition-Panshan Village” Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture(CELA), Tsinghua University & Beijing Forestry University & Peking University, Beijing , May 2017.

AFFILIATIONS

New Architecture（NA） , Reviewer
Landscape Architecture Frontiers, Reviewer
Chinese Society of Landscape Architects (CHSLA), Member
American Society of Landscape Architects (International ASLA), Member