Juan Du | |
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Occupation | Architect |
Employer(s) | John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design |
Juan Du | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 杜鵑 [1] | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 杜鹃 | ||||||
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Juan Du is an architect and professor of architecture. She is professor and dean at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture,Landscape,and Desig n at the University of Toronto. She previously taught at Hong Kong University and maintains a private architecture practice IDU. In 2020,she published The Shenzhen Experiment ,examining the historically contingent factors that influenced the city’s development.
Du earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida,a master of architecture at Princeton University,then a doctorate of science in architecture from ETH Zurich. [2]
In 2006,Du established her own architecture practice,IDU. [2] She also joined Hong Kong University,where she taught until 2021. [2]
In 2010,Du curated Quotidian Architectures,Hong Kong's contribution to the Venice Biennale of Architecture,“exploring the relationship between collaborative design and socially and environmentally responsible architecture”. [3]
In 2020,Du published TheShenzhen Experiment (Harvard University Press),which emphasizes contingent factors like history,ecology,politics,culture,and people in the success of the city,rather than resulting strictly from top-down planning. [4] [5] [6] The book identifies and rebuts misconceptions about the timeline of the city’s development (well under way before Shenzhen became a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in 1979);its population growth;and the goal of the SEZ (not to make China rich,Du argues,but to bring the country out of poverty). [7] Reviewing the book in The China Quarterly ,Denise Y. Ho writes,“In the sections that put Du's training as an architect and a planner on full display,The Shenzhen Experiment shines. […] Du's experience allows her to unpack not only the technicality of building and construction,but also its intricate politics,from the motivations behind the workers to the interests of municipal leaders.” [8]
In July 2021,she became professor and dean at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture,Landscape,and Desig n at the University of Toronto. [2]
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