Email: nieying@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Academic Title
Tenured Associate Professor

Education

·1991–1996: B.Eng. in Architecture, School of Architecture, Beijing University of Technology

·1997–2000: M.A. in Industrial Design, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

·2002–2006: Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

Professional Experience

·2000–2005: Faculty, Research Institute, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

·2005–Present: Faculty, Department of Environmental Art Design, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

Professional Affiliations

·Executive Director, X-lab of Tsinghua University’s G20 Entrepreneurship Research Center

·R&D Director, Beijing Qingshang Display Art Co., Ltd.

·Head, Campus Construction Preparatory Group, Yanqi Lake Applied Mathematics Research Institute

·Cultural Strategy Advisor, China Building Materials Industry Economic Research Association

·Artistic Advisor, Decorative Concrete Branch, China Concrete & Cement Products Association

Academic Philosophy

1.Design Ethics:
Investigates the interplay between design ethics, industrial development, and cultural evolution. Emphasizes design’s experimental and constructive roles in socio-economic, political, and ecological contexts.

2.Design and Ideology:
Positions design as the material expression of ideology, advocating for China’s transition from manufacturing to “design-driven” innovation as both an industrial imperative and cultural necessity.

3.Spatial Morphology in the Digital Era:
Explores the reconstruction of physical and virtual spaces, redefining design paradigms around relational constructs rather than material-centric approaches.

4.Craftsmanship and Cultural Industries:
Champions the modernization of traditional Chinese craftsmanship through technological and cultural synthesis, viewing it as pivotal to elevating "Chinese design" globally.

Research Focus

·Design Ethics

·Design and Ideology

·Spatial Morphology in the Digital Era

·Design Culture

Academic Output
Key Publications

·Strategies for the Development of Chinese Art and Design Education (Co-authored, 2006)

·A Chinese Path for Design Studies: Ideology and Cultural Strategy (Monograph, 2015)

·Concrete Art (Monograph, 2018)

·Postmodern Architecture: Twenty Lectures (Co-authored, 2021)

Selected Papers

·Cultural Identity and Enlightenment of Chinese Arts & Crafts (2013)

·Radicalism vs. Conservatism: Dual Personalities of Beijing’s New Architecture (2016)

·“Spatio-Temporal Perspectives in Traditional Chinese Architecture” (2019)

·Rural Landscape Reconstruction and Cultural Renewal (2020)

Curricular Innovations

·Undergraduate: “Space and Integrated Design in the E-era”, Horticulture Fundamentals, 3D Form Fundamentals II

·Graduate: Design Ethics, “Design Revolutions in the E-era”, Design Culture

Awards

·2012: Second Prize, Tsinghua Young Faculty Teaching Competition

·2012: Second Prize, Tsinghua Teaching Achievement Award

·2019: Elite Course Award, Tsinghua Academy of Arts & Design

Lectures & Keynotes

·Ethics and Rebellion in Design (2017 International Design Ethics Symposium)

·Craftsmanship in the Age of Cultural Creative Industries (2020 UNESCO Heritage Forum)

·Material Philosophy of Concrete (2021 Global Architecture Biennale)

Design Practice

·Led modular integrated housing projects under “Space and Integrated Design in the E-era”.

·Advised urban planning for Yanqi Lake Applied Mathematics Research Institute.