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Basic Information
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Brief Introduction
Tong, Ziyu, Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Architecture from Southeast University, Ph.D. from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at Nanjing University, currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, director of the Computer-Aided Architectural Design and Digital Fabrication Laboratory, deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Urban AI and Green Built Environment of Provincial Higher Education Institutes, and deputy director of the Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Smart City Planning and Digital Governance. He is a member of the Computational Design Academic Committee of the Architectural Society of China; a member of the Urban Design Professional Committee of the Jiangsu Province Civil Engineering and Architecture Society; a member of the Architectural Creation Professional Committee of the Jiangsu Province Civil Engineering and Architecture Society; a technical consultant for the Digital Construction Society of the China Industrial Technology Software Industry Alliance; and serves as a reviewer for several SSCI, SCI journals, and international conferences.
He is mainly engaged in the research of Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD), Computational Urban Design, urban morphology, BIM, CIM, and microclimate. He has presided over 2 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 sub-project of the Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 sub-project of the Sino-European Project of NSFC, published over 100 papers, won one second prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award from the Architectural Society of China, obtained two national invention patents, and one national computer software copyright. He has led and participated in urban design and architectural design projects that have won more than 20 awards.
He authored the ‘Detailed Tutorial on Architectural Modelling with SketchUp’, a textbook for civil engineering disciplines under the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for ordinary higher education. He also contributed to the ‘Application of CAD in Architectural Design’ – a textbook for civil engineering disciplines under the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan and a recommended resource by the Higher Education Architecture Discipline Steering Committee. Additionally, he possesses extensive experience in teaching CAD and computational design. He has presided over 3 provincial-level teaching reform projects in Jiangsu Province and 6 university-level teaching reform projects, publishing over ten related teaching papers.
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Courses
lUndergraduate Program: 《Architecture and Planning Design II (Module)》, 《Architectural Design(7)》, 《Introduction to Digital Architecture and Smart City Technology》
lPostgraduate Program: 《GIS Fundamentals and Applications》, 《Algorithmic Design》
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Research and Projects
l2023-2026, Sino-European Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Transit-Oriented Development 2 (TOD2) – Public spaces, mobility hubs and climate neutrality toolbox”
l2016-2020, Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, "Coupling Mechanism between Urban Form and Urban Microclimate ‐ Controlling and Optimizing"
l2016-2019, National Natural Science Foundation of China Project "Microclimate Oriented Design Strategy of Urban Open Spaces Layout in Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone"
l2014, Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Chinese Academy of Architecture, "Quantitative Analysis and Control of Urban Morphology"
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Key Publications
lYu, Z., Tong, Z.*, Wu, Z., Yang, J., & Chen Z. (2025). Impact of synergy among university dormitory design elements on the diffusion of air-conditioning anthropogenic heat. Energy and Buildings. 344, 116035.
lWu, Z., Long, Q., & Tong, Z.* (2024). Investigating the response of urban surface thermal environment to urban morphology changes in Nanjing. Journal of Environmental Management. 370, 122875.
lWu, Z., Tong, Z.*, Wang, M., & Long, Q. (2023). Assessing the impact of urban morphological parameters on land surface temperature in the heat aggregation areas with spatial heterogeneity: A case study of Nanjing. Building and Environment. 235, 110232.
lTong, Z., Luo, Y., & Zhou, J. (2021). Mapping the urban natural ventilation potential by hydrological simulation. Building Simulation. 14(2): 351-364.
lTong, Z., Yang, H., Liu, C., Xu, T., & Xu, S. (2020). Quantification of the openness of urban external space through urban section. Geo-spatial Information Science, 23(4), 316-326.
lXu, T., Tong, Z.*, & Xu, S. (2019). Integration of Microclimate into the Multi-Agent System Simulation in Urban Public Space. Smart Cities, 2(3), 421-432.
lWang, L., Janssen, P., Chen, K. W., Tong, Z., & Ji, G. (2019). Subtractive building massing for performance-based architectural design exploration: A case study of daylighting optimization. Sustainability, 11(24), 6965.
lTong, Z. (2016). A genetic algorithm approach to optimizing the distribution of buildings in urban green space. Automation in Construction. 72: 46-51.
lTong, Z, & Ding, W. (2011). A Method for Planning Mandatory Green in China. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 35(5): 378-387.
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Works
lUrban Design of Hedongjie Area in Historical District of Nanmen, Jiangyin
lRenovation Design of the People's Hall in Changjing Town, Jiangyin
