College of Architecture and Planning University of Colorado Denver

Ping Xu

Professor

Architecture Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Master of Arts in Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Doctor of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Identifying and Comparing Landscape Setting Patterns of Petroglyphs in Deserts of the Southwest U.S., Northwest China, and Mongolia; Feng Shui 

Academic

Practice

• 1988-present Feng-shui consultant for houses, businesses, and restaurants in Boston,
  Martha's Vineyard, Maine, Colorado, California, Brazil, China, Thailand and Italy.
• 2002 summer Tibetan architecture and landscape consultant and field investigator of Tibet and Tibetan villages and temples in Sichuan and Gansu provinces and in Beijing, invited by the Beijing Youth, China.
• July 1999 Consultant on architectural design of the World Horticultural Exhibitions in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, invited by Mr. Kaiyun Pan, Vice President of the Yunnan Architectural Design Institute.
• July 1998 Consultant on urban design and the city plaza in Nanyang, China, invited by the Nan yang Mayor and chief architects. Consultant, invited by the Chair of Department of Architecture, College of Nanyang, China.
• 1993 summer Architecture and landscape planning consultant for the mayor of Yangjiang, Guangdong; the Guangzhou Province People Control Commission; the Tsinghua Strong Architecture and Planning Associates; Hailing Island; and the China Association for International Exchange of Personnel, Beijing, China.
• 1991 Consultant on a research and design project, invited by the faculty group of School of Architecture, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• 1987 Guide and interpreter for Professor Carl Steinitz's lecture tour in China, as a doctoral candidate at Harvard University.
• 1986-1987 Worked with Sarto Schickel in designing a restaurant and convention center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1986 Worked with George Patten Company on projects of garden design,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1986 Worked with Prof. Ian McHarg at University of Pennsylvania on aregional planning project in Colusa County, California.
• 1985-1986 Worked part-time with Delta Group in landscape design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1981-1983 Designed a Chinese garden at the Beijing Friendship Hotel and other landscape design programs with a team of landscape architecture professors from the Beijing Forestry University.
• 1970-1978 Chief architect in design projects:

                Nanyang Train Station Hotel, Henan Province, China

                Nanyang Restaurant, Nanyang, Henan Province, China

                Museum of Stone Relief in the Han Dynasty, Henan Province, China

                Housing in Nanyang, Henan Province, China

                Nanyang Daily Use Chemical Factory, Henan Province, China

                Tanhe Cinema, Henan Province, China

• 1972 Construction manager at Nanyang Construction Company.

Refereed Publications

• 2011 Xu, Ping. "The Mandala as a Cosmic Model Systematically Structured the Tibetan Buddhist Landscape,” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 27:3, pp. 181-203.
• 2005 Xu, Ping. "The Mandala as a Cosmic Model: Integrating Temple Architecture within the Tibetan Buddhist Landscape." Proceedings of the 2004 ACSA Annual Conference in Miami, March 2004.
• 2005 Xu, Ping. "Cultural Model Plays a Significant Role in Sustainable Tourism: Mandala Model Interweaving Tibetan Buddhist Landscape with Architecture, Nature, Religious Meanings and Man's Movements" Interamerican Journal of Environment and Tourism.
• 2004 Xu, Ping. "Celestial alignments in historic sites: integrating nature, belief systems, and architecture; a cross-cultural study of ancient architectural settings in America, Italy, and China in the light of Jeng-shui." Proceedings of the 2002 ACSA International Conference in Havana, Cuba pp. 226-233.
• 2002 Xu, Ping. Book Review: "China's Old Dwellings." Asian Folklore Studies, Nagoya, Japan, Volume LX_2, pp. 362-364.
• 2002 Xu, Ping and Alessandra Veraldi. "Etruscan settlement: nature, beliefs and creation of space - comparative study with Native American settings and field investigations at Vasanello, Italy." Proceedings of the 89'" ACSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, pp. 242-248.
• 1998 Xu, Ping. "Feng-shui as clue: Identifying prehistoric landscape setting patterns in the Southwest." Landscape Journal, Volume 16:2, pp. 174-190.
• 1998 Xu, Ping. "Feng-shui models structure traditional Beijing courtyard houses." Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Volume 15:4, pp. 271-282.
• 1997 Xu, Ping. "Design with meanings: Feng-shui and cosmology in architecture." Proceedings of the 85th ACSA Annual Meeting, Dallas. pp. 255-260.
• 1997 Xu, Ping and Alessandra Veraldi. "Etruscan cultural landscape: Field investigations at Vasanello, Italy." Accepted for publication in The 34th International Federation of Landscape Architecture World Congress ClFLA) Proceedings, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1996 Xu, Ping. "When the sun rises ... : Cosmology within landscape design." The 33rd International Federation of Landscape Architecture World Congress (CIFLA) proceedings, Florence, Italy, pp. 786-793.
• 1996 Xu, Ping. "Wind and water: F eng-shui and ancient Indian landscape settings in the Southwest USA." Garten + Landschaft (Germany) 12: 12-17, in German.
• 1995 Xu, Ping. "Identifying ancient Indian site selections in the field of the southwest (USA) withfeng-shui." The 32nd International Federation of Landscape Architecture World Congress Proceedings, Bangkok, Thailand, pp.92-96.
• 1994 Xu, Ping. "Landscape patterns of Native American ruins in the southwest: Identifying ancient Indian site selection withfeng-shui." Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA 94) Proceedings, Long Beach, Mississippi, pp. 308-319.
• 1994 Xu, Ping. "The sustainability of beach resort development on the Chinese coast." The 6th International Federation of Landscape Architecture Eastern Regional Conference Proceedings, Taipei, pp. VII. 1-7.
• 1991 Xu, Ping. "Feng-shui: A model for landscape analysis." Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA 90) Proceedings, Denver, Colorado, pp. 183-193.
• 1982 Xu, Ping. "Illumination of tradition and integration of environment." Architect (China), II: 125-139, in Chinese.
• 1982 Xu, Ping. "Ambiguity of space." Architect (China), 12: 164-175, in Chinese. 

• 2005 Identifying and Comparing Landscape Setting Patterns of Petroglyphs in Deserts of the Southwest U.S., Northwest China, and Mongolia.
  Funding Agency:The Graham Foundation, $10,000.
• 2004 Faculty Development Grant, University of Colorado at Denver, $1000.
• 2001-2002 Faculty Grant Award, University of Colorado at Denver, $4000.
• 2000 The W -Grant, College of Architecture and Planning, $2500.
• 1999-2000  Faculty Grant Award, University of Colorado at Denver, $4000.
• 1997-98  IMPART Award, University of Colorado at Boulder, $4000.
• 1996-97  Faculty Grant Award, University of Colorado at Denver, $4892.
• 1994-95  Faculty Grant Award, University of Colorado at Denver, $2500.
• 1992-93  Faculty Grant Award, University of Colorado at Denver, $4500.
• 1992  Teaching and Travel Grant in Brazil, funded by Partners of the Americas (USA with Brazil). 

Undergraduate Level:
Architecture Studio
Theory and Criticism in Environmental Design
Architecture Graphics
Design of Traditional Chinese Architecture, Gardens and Feng-shui
Computer Assisted Site Analysis with macGIS
Advanced Architecture Graphics
Media: Architectural Drawing and Graphic Thinking