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Personal profile
Adam Brillhart holds a PhD in Architecture and Art from the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou. He is Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at XJTLU, where he researches pragmatic and conceptual formulations of traditional carpentry, material processes, tectonics, and instrumentality. Brillhart has practiced as an assistant to Wang Shu in the Amateur Architecture Studio in Hangzhou and in New York City at the offices of David Adjaye, Robert Stern, and Davis Brody Bond. He studied architecture at Columbia University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is co-author of the Boutique Hotel Manual (Domus, 2011); “Co-Operating with Notational Language: Full-Scale Drawing Practices of Traditional Carpentry in Southern China” (ACSA Press, 2019), author of “Observations on the Extensionality of Jiangnan Traditional Timber Structure” (Time + Architecture, 2023), and "Repairing Forests and Vernacular Heritage" (Future Anterior, 2024).
Teaching
2020 Drury University, Hammonds School of Architecture, Guest Critic
2018 Hong Kong University, Shanghai Study Center, Co-Organizer and Instructor of Architecture/Urban Micro-Renewal Workshop
2013 - 2015 China Academy of Art, Instructor of Natural Construction Workshop
2010 Pratt University, Invited guest critic
2009 New Jersey Institute of Technology, Co-Tutor with Brooks Atwood
Research interests
Tectonic Typologies
Drawing and Notation
Construction Methodologies
Experience
Assistant to Wang Shu, Amateur Architecture Studio - 2013 to 2015
Design Director, Atelier HAY - 2012 to Present
Design Consultant, Robert A.M. Stern Associates - 2012 to 2012
Architectural Designer, Davis Brody Bond - 2010 to 2011
Architectural Designer, Adjaye Associates - 2009 to 2010
Architectural Designer, Davis Brody Bond - 2007 to 2008
Awards and honours
Brillhart, Adam. Home Story in Jiangsu - First Prize in International Communications Sector, China News Award, China Journalist Association, 2023.
Brillhart, Adam, and Zhao Deli. Second Prize - Z3 Spatial Art Competition, China Australia Urban Forum, Shanghai, 2016.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Architecture and Art, China Academy of Art, Zhejiang, Hangzhou - 2018
MSc, Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia University, New York, NY - 2009
BArch, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Albert Dorman Honors College, Newark, NJ - 2008
Person Types
- Staff
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Paperless Drawing Method and Vernacular Tectonic
Brillhart, A., Dong, Y., 顾水根 & Fischer, T.
1/01/20 → 31/03/24
Project: Internal Research Project
Research output
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Repairing Forests and Vernacular Heritage: In the Carbon Deluge of Southern China
Brillhart, A., 1 Apr 2024, In: Future Anterior. 19, 1, p. 1-26 26 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Jiangnan Metabolism: Short Films
Brillhart, A., 22 Mar 2023Research output: Practice-based research output › Exhibition/ Event/ Festival › Curated works: Physical Exhibition/ Event/ Festival
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Levitating Waste: Ecological Bathroom with Waterless Composting Toilet
Brillhart, A., Esteban, V. & Nguyen, K., 17 Jun 2023Research output: Practice-based research output › Design, Architecture, Interiors
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Observations on the Extensionality of Jiangnan Traditional Timber Structure: 关于江南传统木结构外延性的观察
Brillhart, A., 18 May 2023, In: 时代建筑. 191, 3, p. 28-31 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
"Organic Industrialization and Architecture of Forests", Sixth National Fir Academic Symposium held by China Forestry Society. 07-Dec-2023.
Brillhart, A., 6 Dec 2023, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Activities
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Workshop International Piranesi Prix: Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy
Jose Remón (Organiser), Roberto Podda (Organiser), Alessandro Cece (Organiser) & Adam Brillhart (Organiser)
24 Aug 2024 → 5 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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Cultural Innovation and Cultural Practices Lab Module Specifications Review
Deborah Middleton (Organiser), Richard Hay (Participant), Lei Feng (Participant), Ines Essen (Participant), Mona Azadian Qomi (Participant), Adam Brillhart (Participant) & Peta Carlin (Participant)
1 Mar 2024 → 1 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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Vernacular Carpentry: Experimental and Contemporary Practices
Adam Brillhart (Speaker)
11 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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“The Changing Rural Habitat: Screening of Two Short Films” Event
Jiawen Han (Speaker), Farrokh Derakhshani (Speaker), Gisela Loehlein (Speaker), Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (Speaker), G.D. Jayalakshmi (Speaker) & Adam Brillhart (Speaker)
Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Architecture and Culture (Journal)
Adam Brillhart (Reviewer)
2022Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Editorial work