Building adaptability technology in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau; Protection and inheritance of traditional wooden buildings
Contemporary architecture and design strategies for the revitalization of rural territories in China and Italy
Regenerative, architecture, biodesign, sustainability, post Anthropocene, ecosystems, biodiversity, circular economy, resilience
Advanced architectural design, and algorithm development; Bio-inspired sustainable architecture and structures; Building information modelling and building performance optimisation; Computational design, robotic fabrication and additive manufacturing technologies
New technical methods and applications of urban and rural planning; Theories, Techniques and Methods of Digital Urban-Rural Planning; Spatial information technology and its application in urban and rural planning; Fundamentals of Landscape Geology and Landscape Planning and Design
Urban big data and space-time computation on smart eco-city systems from a multi-disciplinary context; Urban infrastructure planning and real estate development in low-carbon cities
The history of ideas in China especially traditional ideas and the role of these concepts in the present
Cities and Globalization; Economic Restructuring and Urban Form; Political Economy of the Built Environment; Theory and History of Planning, Urban Design and Architecture; Built Environment, Ethnicity and Immigration to Urban Area
Architectural history and theory; Architectural history in China; Vernacular architecture; Sustainability in the built environment; Architectural Design
Built Heritage Preservation, Preventive Conservation, and Adaptive Reuse; Cultural Heritage Protection, Rural Architecture Renovation; Historical Building Restoration
Green and energy transition in architecture, Building reuse and regenerative design, Architectural conservation, and restoration cultural heritage, Diagnosis of architectural heritage, Heritage-compatible architectural design, Green rating systems at urban and building level, Preventive and planned conservation of cultural heritage, Renewable energies (photovoltaics, solar thermal, wind systems)
Indoor and Outdoor Comfort (UHI,UHII etc); Natural and Artificial lighting; Environmental and Building acoustics; Air Pollution; renewable energy sources; thermo-fluid dynamics (CFD, etc_)
Vernacular architecture; Architectural form; Regionalism
Design; Analysis and modelling of concrete, timber and steel structures, construction materials technology, dynamic performance of structures, and tests on mechanical properties and structural performance of construction materials under loading and extreme environmental conditions (e.g. fire).
Building Physics and Sustainable Design; Hygrothermal simulations on Building components; Restoration, Renovation, and Management of Built Heritage; Indoor environment and health
Urban and Regional Development; Urban-rural Integration and Land Use; Urban-rural Living Circle and Public Service Facility; TOD and spatial planning
parametric design, computational design, AI-aided Architecture Design and Theories