Email: Tushan@tsinghua.edu.cn

Academic Title
Associate Research Fellow

Professional Roles

·Director, Yacht and Aquatic Environment Design Research Institute

·Founder, Tsinghua University Student Sailing Association

Education

·1986–1990: B.Eng., Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

·1991–1994: M.A., Central Academy of Arts & Design (now the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University)

·2010–2011: M.Sc., Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Professional Affiliations

·Committee Member, Senior Professional Qualification Review, Beijing Human Resources and Social Security Bureau

·Local Organizing Committee Member & Paper Reviewer, EDULEARN International Conference

·Jury Member, KIID Interior Design Competition (South Korea)

Research Focus
Integration of technology and artistic design, with applications across diverse cultural and environmental contexts.

Academic Philosophy
Contemporary design transcends traditional boundaries, evolving from solving spatial and visual challenges to shaping systems, values, and socio-technical ecosystems. It bridges technology and commerce while extending technological relevance. Design must engage at the decision-making level, innovating services and methodologies to uncover core values and manifest innovation across activities, products, and spaces. As a multidisciplinary practice, design intervenes in technological, economic, and cultural cycles to drive transformative variables.

Research Projects

Since founding the Yacht and Aquatic Environment Design Research Institute (2013), interdisciplinary strategies have been advanced through projects such as:

·Aesthetic Innovation in Large Cruise Ships (2018–2020)

·OPPO Future Store Design & Consumer Behavior Study (2019)

·Ningxia World Water Conservancy Heritage Exhibition Center (2019)

·Exhibition Design for Lajia Ruins Museum (2018)

·Qingdao Jimo Water Sports Planning (2017)

·Concept Design for China Science Communication Center (2016)

·Shanghai Xinhua Superyacht Marina Feasibility Study (2015)

Publications

·Yacht Design (China Water & Power Press, 2018)

·66m Under, MIT Leonardo Transactions (April 2015)

·Floating Life: Dialogues from Tsinghua Aquatic Environment Forum 2014 (China Water & Power Press, 2014)

·"Zero Emission" BlueYard80 Design and Research, 17th China International Boat Show Proceedings (2012)

·Advanced Dwellings: Eurasian Contemporary Housing Studies (China Water & Power Press, 2007)

·The Language of Materials, AIDIA Seoul Conference Proceedings (2006)

Conferences & Workshops

·Keynote Speaker: ICDF 2020 Conference (Virtual, 2020)

·Organizer: Digital Twin: Replication or New Reality? Symposium (Beijing, 2020)

·Co-lead: Bamboo City Workshop, Beijing Design Week (2013)

·Collaborator: Urban Body Workshop, UNESCO/EPFL/Tsinghua Joint Project (2011)

Awards & Honors

·2020: Ingenious Construction Award (First Prize), China Spatial Art Installation Exhibition (Student Advisor)

·2011: Outstanding Work Award, 3rd Shanghai Science & Art Exhibition (EPFL-Tsinghua Workshop)

·2014–2015: Green Innovation & Popular Choice Awards, Beijing Design Week (Altitude Interactive Installation)

·2006: *National Outstanding Mid-Career Interior Architect*, China Building Decoration Association (CBDA)

·2005: Hotel Designer of the Year, CBDA & National Tourism Administration

Exhibitions

·*L = C*, Beijing Design Week (BJDW), 2020

·Safe Distance, Tsinghua Academy of Arts & Design Faculty Exhibition, Tsinghua University Art Museum, 2017

·Safe Distance, Beijing Design Week (BJDW), 2016

·Who Restarts Us?, New Image Chengdu Light Art Exhibition, Red Art Museum, Chengdu, 2016

·Who Restarts Us?, Beijing Design Week (BJDW), Beijing, 2015

·Who Restarts Us?, 1st Asian Maritime Culture Week, Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2015

·66m Under – Elevation 66 Meters, Beijing Design Week (BJDW), 2014

Teaching

·Undergraduate Courses:
Integrated Form Studies, Comprehensive Design, Professional Design V (Cruise Interiors), Construction and Building Techniques