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Basic Information
Associate Prof. HU Youpei
Email: [email protected]
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Brief Introduction
B.A. in Architecture from Southeast University, M.A. and Ph.D. from School of Architecture, Nanjing University, and joint training Ph.D. exchange at ETH.
Mainly engaged in research of architectural design and its theory, urban design and its theory, urban morphology and its quantitative research.
Presided and participated in several scientific research projects, including the Youth Fund Project, General Projects, and Key Projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Published one book, and over twenty academic papers, and a urban design textbooks, which included in the key textbooks list of the Ministry of Housing and Jiangsu Province during the 13th Five Year Plan period. Designed dozens of architectural and urban design projects, winning over 30 awards at provincial, national and international levels. Guided students to win awards in several competitions both domestically and internationally.
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Courses
lUrban Design 2 (Architecture undergraduate class)
lUrban Design Theory and Method（undergraduate class）lUrban Design（Architecture graduate class）
lUrbanism & Architectural Design Methodology（Architecture graduate class）
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Research and Projects
lStudy on interrelationship between Urban Pattern and Urban Microclimate. National Natural Science Foundation of China, (2016-2021)
lPh.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China, (2012-2015)
lThe National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, ( 2011-2014)
lUrban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2025，Golden Prize
lLONDON DESIGN AWARDS 2024，Sliver Prize
lA'DESIGN AWARD& COMPETITION，2025，Sliver Prize
lBest Paper Award 2022，Frontiers of Architectural RESEARGH
lXiong'an New District Management Committee, China Architectural Society, Third Prize in the Professional Group of the Xiong'an Architectural Design Competition with Chinese Characteristics under High Quality Development
lFirst Prize of Excellent Engineering Survey and Design Award of the Ministry of Education
lChinese Architectural Society, Second Prize of 2015 Science and Technology Progress Award
lSecond Prize of Excellent Survey and Design Award of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development
lJiangsu Civil Engineering and Architecture Society, Architectural Design awards (2 first prizes and 3 second prizes)
lJiangsu Society of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Urban Design awards (4 first prizes and 1 second prize)
lJiangsu Society of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Science and Technology Awards (1 first prize and 1 third prize)
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Key Publications
lY. Zhu and Y. Hu*(2025). Public transport vs. private vehicles: Spatial heterogeneity of accessibility to urban centers, Frontiers of Architectural Research, //doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2025.05.001, (A&HCI)
lHu Y*, Sun Q, Wu T, Zhu Y*. (2025). The ideal dispersion range of park cooling island in summer time[J]. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2025, 104: 128681. //doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128681. (SCI)
lZhu, Y.; Hu, Y.*(2023) The Correlation between Urban Form and Carbon Emissions: A Bibliometric and Literature Review. Sustainability 2023, 15, 13439. //doi.org/10.3390/su151813439. (SCI)
lM. Zhang, W. You, Q. Qin, D.Peng, Y.Hu*, Z, Gao, R. Buccolieri (2021). Investigation of typical residential block typologies and their impact on pedestrian-level microclimate in summers in Nanjing, China, Frontiers of Architectural Research, //doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2021.10.008. (A&HCI)
lYoupei Hu, and et al (2016). An Urban Form Experiment on Urban Heat Island Effect in High Density Area. In proceeding of PROENG_IC2UHI2016 (EI).
lYoupei Hu（2014）. A Genetic Algorithm based Tool to Explore the Urban Forms in High-rise-high-density Area in China. In the Proceeding of CAADRIA 2014, Kyoto, pp917-918 (EI).
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Works
lVillage Restaurant, Xiangtang Village, Nanjing
lVillage Hall, Xiangtang Village, Nanjing
lHechunzhu Resort Homestay, VIPShop Public Welfare Fund Project, Langtou, Guangzhou
