Research direction:
Modern architectural history and theory
Industrial architectural heritage
Localized design strategy of green building
Li Haiqing is a Standing Director of Academic Committee of Architectural History, ASC, Member of Academic Committee of Industrial Architectural Heritage, ASC, Member of Expert Pool of National Cultural Heritage Administration, Founding Member of Asian Construction History Network, and Executive Editor of New Architecture. He has been teaching at Southeast University for about 30 years at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The courses include building construction, architectural design and historical review of architectural technology, Fundamental Lectures on Modern Chinese Architecture, etc. He was also a visiting scholar at ETH Zurich and NTNU Trondheim.
Li is among the first to initiate the investigation of the history of Modern architectural technology in China. His research interrogates the building mode in the context of global mobility, and the impact of concepts on design practices. He is the author of the books, Modern Transformation of Chinese Architecture, and Further Exploration of Modern Transformation—Research on the History of Technology of Indigenized Modern Architecture in China. He co-authored the English version of the book, The Art of Architectural Integration of Chinese and Western. He co-edited the book, Farming on a Small Plot of Land—The Oral History of China’s Master Architects Prof. Pan Guxi. He also participated in the preparation of the 5volumes of the books, History of Modern Chinese Architecture. His numerous papers have been published in Chinese and English journals. He has been invited to deliver more than 40 academic speeches at NJU, TONGJI, NUS, and other universities or international academic congresses. He also serves as reviewer for a number of major Chinese and international academic journals. He has led, completed or ongoing NSSFC and NSFC research projects. His work, “Xuan’en No.1 Granary” has been exhibited at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, 2021. His project that explores the integration of research and design was awarded the first prize of “Creative Award of Tumu, the Society of Architecture,”the second prize of“Architecture Design Awards of Architecture Society of China,”and the first prize of“China Award for Science and Technology in Construction.”In 2015, he also won the “Excellent Guide Teacher Award' for instructing outstanding students”design works at the UIA-HYP CUP International Student Competition in Architectural Design.