Ziwen Sun
Research Associate and Design Tutor
- Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
- OPENspace Research Centre
- Edinburgh Futures Institute
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0) 131 651 5834
- Email: zsun@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 2.013
76-78 Lauriston Pl
ECA Fire Station - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH3 9DE
Background
Dr Ziwen Sun is a Research Associate at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) and Design Tutor at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA).
His research focuses on Chinese walking urbanism, walkability, environment-behaviour interaction, socio-spatial practice and critical theory, which lies in the study between 'spatial forms' and 'urban life' in a broad context.
Since 2016, Ziwen has been teaching architecture/landscape studios and supervising postgraduate dissertations at the University of Edinburgh. Also, he taught the architecture and urban planning programme at Newcastle University for 3 years.
In addition, he found a Nine Days Studio, worked at the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, and undertook an architectural project of ‘Self-constructed Space Rashmon Gangxia’ at the Retumu Urban-Rural Institute. During the periods, he has received numerous prizes in practice.
Education background
2020, PhD Architecture (fully funded), ESALA, the University of Edinburgh, UK
2015, MA Urban Design (Distinction), SSoA, the University of Sheffield, UK
Academic Activity
Peer reviewer for International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Taylor & Francis
Peer reviewer for Journal Cities & Health, Routledge, Taylor & Francis
Initiator for Walking Practice Workshop (research fieldwork, seminar & pedagogy), cooperated with Harbin Institute of Technology, Tongji University, Yuncheng University, Newcastle University, HeilongJiang Institute of Urban Planning, Suihua Planning Department and Yuncheng Government
Consultant for professional services with the China Transport Program LEZ/CC, World Resources Institute
Co-organiser for Mobility Mood and Place Co-Design Workshop, British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Stirling, UK
Researcher for ‘Rashomon Gangxia’ project, Retumu Urban Rural Institute, Shenzhen
Qualifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Associate of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (ARIAS)
Member of the CSUS Healthy City Academic Committee, China
Undergraduate teaching
BArch Architectural Studio: Art and Design
Postgraduate teaching
MLA Landscape Planning Studio
MSc Landscape Design for Health and Wellbeing Course
MSc Dissertations
Research summary
Walking urbanism and public space
Everyday performance and affordance
Socio-spatial practice and co-/re-appropriating space
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Time distances to residential food amenities and daily walking duration: A cross-sectional study in two low tier Chinese cities
(15 pages)
In:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020839
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Are greenspace attributes associated with perceived restorativeness? A comparative study of urban cemeteries and parks in Edinburgh, Scotland
In:
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126720
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Everyday use of urban street spaces: the spatio-temporal relations between pedestrians and street vendors: a case study in Yuncheng, China
In:
Landscape Research, vol. 45, pp. 292-309
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2019.1646231
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Exploring the associations of walking behavior with neighborhood environments by different life stages: A cross-sectional study in a smaller Chinese city
In:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010237
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Everyday Use of the City Cemetery: A Study of Environmental Qualities and Perceived Restorativeness in a Scottish Context
In:
Urban Science, vol. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci3030072
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)