Zhang Yue

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Urban Planning, Tsinghua University

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    6th LafargeHolcim Forum for Sustainable Construction – Cairo, April 2019.

    Zhang Yue, Professor & Deputy Chair of the Department of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China at the 6th LafargeHolcim Forum held at AUC, Egypt.

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    Yue Zhang, Professor and Deputy Chair of the Department of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China.

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    LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 for Asia Pacific prize handover ceremony, Kuala Lumpur

    LafargeHolcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2017 Asia Pacific winner (l-r): Peiming Li, Tsinghua University; Shimeng Hao, Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture; Yue Zhang, Liying Wu, and Cong Nie, Tsinghua University, all in Beijing, China.

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    Hand-over presentation to the winners of the global Holcim Awards Bronze prize 2009 "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": (l-r): Li Yeqing, CEO of Huaxin Cement; Tom Clough, Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim Ltd; Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holcim Ltd; and Zhang Yue, Associate Professor, Deputy Chair of Urban Planning Department, Tsinghua University Architecture School.

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    Holcim Awards Gold 2008 Asia Pacific presentation (l-r): award-winner Yue Zhang congratulated by CEO Huaxin Cement, Yeqing Li.

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    Holcim Awards Gold 2008 winner: Yue Zhang, academic, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture, Beijing, China.

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    Holcim Awards Gold 2008 Asia Pacific presentation (l-r): CEO Huaxin Cement, Yeqing Li; award-winner Yue Zhang; CEO Holcim Ltd and Chairman Holcim Foundation, Markus Akermann.

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    Yue Zhang, Professor and Deputy Chair of the Department of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China.

Zhang Yue is Professor & Vice Chair of the Department of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China and winner of LafargeHolcim Awards in 2008, 2009 and 2017.

Last updated: February 20, 2020 Beijing, China

Zhang Yue holds a Bachelor of Architecture (1996) and PhD in Engineering in Urban Planning (2003) from Tsinghua University.

He received the Chinese National Urban Planning & Design Award 3rd prize (2009), Finalist Prize of the 2nd Living Steel Housing Competition of UIA and IISI (2007), 2nd prize of “La Manufacture Des Paysages”, France (2004), and the Grand Prix of the 3rd DBEW International Design Competition of Korea (2003).

He co-authored Foodscape Beijing (2004) with Shan Jun and has been published in journals including Proceedings of the National China Urban Planning Education Network (CUPEN), China City Planning Review, and Stadt Bauwelt.

He presented a paper in the workshop Retained diversity – Maintaining strengths while upgrading informal habitats at the 4th International Holcim Forum (2013) in Mumbai, and was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for region Asia Pacific in 2014.

Zhang Yue was winner of the Global Holcim Awards Bronze 2009 and Holcim Awards Gold 2008 Asia Pacific for Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China. He also won a Holcim Awards Acknowledgement 2017 for Maximize the Minimum: Baitasi urban regeneration in Beijing, China.