Vice Dean of the School of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University, Professor in Chief, and Doctoral Supervisor

Editor in Chief and Editorial Board Member of China Decoration Magazine, Member of the 11th Academic Committee of Tsinghua University, Vice Chairman of the Interior Branch of China Architecture Society, Member of the 5th Council of China Journal Association, Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee Office of Beijing International Design Week, Vice Chairman of the Urban Furniture Branch of China Standardization Association, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Building Nest Award, Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee and Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the China Habitat Environment Design Academic Year Award.

Academic monographs

He obtained a doctoral degree in architectural history and theory from the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University for his research on religious architecture in the Qing Dynasty's Beijing imperial court, forming a set of design culture research methods that focus on objects and people. In recent years, we have mainly focused on the research of Chinese classical gardens, architectural history, and design history. We have incorporated creative activities into the cultural system for investigation, forging an academic research pattern of grand history, and forming an integrated design culture view. We have constructed a systematic examination method and integrated design thinking for design history and culture. His views are mainly reflected in works such as "Design Eyes", "Writing in the Front", "Architectural Winds", and "Chinese Garden Art - History, Skills, and Appreciation of Famous Gardens".

Academic achievements

Professor Fang Xiaofeng has been pondering, exploring, and actively practicing how to establish a disciplinary paradigm for design studies. Based on the comprehensiveness and implementation ability of design studies, he proposes to establish a new paradigm for design disciplines through "practice oriented and research driven" approaches. In his edited works "New Paradigm for Design Research", "New Paradigm for Design Research 2", and "New Paradigm for Design Research 3", he systematically presents excellent research results at home and abroad under the advocacy of the new paradigm for design disciplines, It provides many research perspectives, methods, and paths for design researchers to refer to.

Professor Fang Xiaofeng has always been concerned about the education and dissemination of design thinking. He believes that traditional art forms are the starting and ending points, and the object of creation is the aesthetic object; For environmental art design, environmental relationships are the starting point, form is the ending point, but not the whole, and environmental relationships are the aesthetic object. In addition, Professor Fang Xiaofeng is an active promoter of design ethics research in China, fully utilizing the academic platform of "Decoration" to organize multiple thematic discussions related to ethics, such as elderly design, design care, service design, safety, children's design, and green differentiation. Professor Fang Xiaofeng is also an active disseminator of traditional Chinese culture and design ideas. In 2020, he was invited by CCTV's "Hundred Lectures" program to talk about the second part of "The Lost Palace", "The Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens".