Jue Qiu is a practising architect and Assistant Professor of Practice. He worked in Office for Metropolitan Architecture (the Netherlands Hong Kong) and he was a Design Director at Soochow University Architecture Urban Planning Design Institute Co., Ltd before joining XJTLU. He has balanced his practice and teaching since the very beginning of his career. Prior to joining XJTLU on a full-time basis, he was a part-time tutor at Soochow University and XJTLU for many years, as well as a guest reviewer at a number of institutions, such as Hong Kong University, Soochow University, etc. His design projects go along with research often. His interest lies especially in design strategy in high-density contexts and of mix-use, which was applied in projects of different types across scales from urban design to small-scale architecture. Most relevant are the National Art Museum of China competition (Beijing, 2011), Essence Financial Building (Shenzhen, 2013), Prince Plaza (Shenzhen, 2013), Taiyuan Industrial Heritage Masterplan (Shaanxi, 2014), New Gusu Hospital (Suzhou, 2014) and Suzhou University Dushu Lake Campus Gymnasium and Student Center (Suzhou 2020).

Urban Architecture

Design Director, Soochow University Architecture Urban Planning Design Institute Co., Ltd., 2014 - 2021

Architect, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Hong Kong, China, 2011 - 2014

Architect, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2010 - 2011

Design studio tutor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2016 - 2021

Design studio tutor, Soochow University, 2015 - 2016

ARC 306 Professional Practice

ARC 205 Design and Building Typology

ARC 204 Small Urban Buildings

ARC 201 Environmental Design and Sustainability

ARC 105 Scale Space Design

ARC 103 Introduction to Environmental Science

ARC 102 Small Scale Architectural Design

ARC 101 Design Thinking and Articulation

Professional Practice Awards:

Second price, 2021 Excellent Survey and Design of Suzhou Urban and Rural Construction System
Project name: Suzhou University Dushu Lake Campus Gymnasium and Student Center

Second price, 2021 Excellent Survey and Design of Suzhou Urban and Rural Construction System
Project name: Lihua Jianguo Hotel

Third price, 2019 eVolo skyscaper competition
Project name: Creature Ark: Biosphere Skysraper
Position: Instructor (XJTLU students: Zijian Wan, Xiaozhi Qi, Yueya Liu)

First price, 2016 Jiangsu Civil Engineering & Architectural Society Architectural Creation Competition
Project name: New Gusu Hospital

Third price, 2015 Jiangsu Civil Engineering & Architectural Society Architectural Creation Competition
Project name: Hunan Changde Caixin finance center

Third price, 2015 Jiangsu Civil Engineering & Architectural Society Architectural Creation Competition
Project name: Yiyun kindergarten

Third prize, Brussels Courthouse: Imagine the Future International Competition
Project name: Elysium

Academic Awards: 

Best 100, 2020 Southeast Architecture Rookie Competition
Project name: The Microcity between mountain and water
Position: Instructor (XJTLU student: Ruoying Xie)

Excellent teaching plan, 2016 National College Architectural Design Teaching plan
Project name: Medical architecture-community hospital design
Position: Tutor (with Zhao xiuling, Zhang liang, Shao yong, Zhang lingling)