Research direction: theory and design of architectural space, welfare facilities，campus architecture
Zhu Lei, Winner of the 10th “Young Architect Award” of Architectural Society of China, is one of the first batch of Zijin Cultural and Creative Talents in Jiangsu Province, and one of the Master Architects of Nanjing City. Since 1997, he has been teaching in School of Architecture of Southeast University, focusing on the design and theory courses of undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has visited MIT in the United States and Aichi Institute of Technology in Japan.
The main research direction is architectural design and its theory. He insists on taking design research as the core, architectural “space” as the clue, paying attention to relevant design ideas and operation methods, and placing them in the reality of contemporary China, exploring the independence of architecture and the possibility of its development at present. He has published monographs Space Operation: Foundation and Reflection of Modern Architectural Space Design and Teaching Research (Second Edition), Introduction Course of Architectural Design, Seven Commemorative Topics: Reality and Thinking of Contemporary Funeral Space Design, etc.; published more than 30 papers; won 10 national and provincial design awards for design and creation; presided over and participated in 8 projects of national scientific research and national construction standard preparation; presided over the design teaching plans which have been awarded the excellent teaching plan of Steering Committee of Architectural Society of China for 3 times. Design teaching under his guidance was awarded more than 30 awards at home and abroad including the First Prize of 2013Future International Competition. He is also one of the main winners of the First Prize of 2018 National Teaching Achievement.
