Team

Professor Yong Huang is an award-winning architect. His design and research are centered on architecture as intervention of public space. His approach to architecture integrates urban design, interior design, landscape design, and industrial design.

 

Prior to his appointment at Bowling Green State University, he was Professor of Practice at Drury University where he taught architecture and urbanism for nearly a decade. He also taught urban design studios at China Academy of Art (CAA) as a visiting professor. He was a guest critic at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and the GSD of Harvard University, and taught advanced architectural studio at the RISD as well.

 

In his earlier professional career, Professor Huang worked with Swiss Architect Herzog de Meuron, Danish architect BIG, and a number of established New York firms. He received Master's Degree from Harvard University and Master's Degree from Pratt Institute. He is a licensed architect in New York.

 

 

 

Adam Brillhart is Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at XJTLU. Adam 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 China Academy of Art, 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).

 

 

 

YoYo Xiao (Wei Xiao) is a NYC- based artist. His wide-ranging and experimental digital artworks have been exhibited in the First Annual METAVERSE Art in Venice in 2022,  Arte Laguna Prize in 2022,  and Destilando Territorios Communes-Revealing Common Territories” Palacio Consistorial Murcia in Spain in 2008. Yoyo has served as Artistic Director for a number of projects for Atelier HAY and a Partner of the organization. He graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, and is currently pursuing his MFA at the University of Barcelona in Spain after his advanced studies at Fordham University and Pratt Institute in New York.

 

 

MJ's work has been recognized nationally and internationally through publications, exhibitions, and awards, including a National AIA Design Award and numerous Texas Society of Architects Design Awards. In 2008 Mr. Neal was honored with the Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal for Design Excellence from Texas Tech University. And in 2011 he was inducted into the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. He has also held numerous teaching positions and lectured in the U.S., Mexico, and China.

 

 

 

Chenglang Xia,received Master of Architecture degree at China Academy of Art (CAA) with.  He joined Atelier HAY in 2017. As a talented designer, his design project – “The Chair Hut” was selected for the public exhibition for the 10th Anniversary of the CAA Architecture School in 2017. He is passionate about architectonics and has developed advanced techniques digital representation. 

 

 

 

Trevor Hibbs is an architectural designer, currently pursuing his Master of Architecture along with Master of Urban Design Degrees at the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He received his B.S. in Architecture and Environmental Design from Bowling Green State University. Trevor has been a design assistant for Professor Yong Huang at Bowling Green State University since early 2022. The collaboration has resulted multiple recognitions of international design competitions as well as a long-term design-based research project in Toledo, involving the Dorr Street of the African American historical community.

 

 

 

John Kent is an architectural researcher and designer, currently pursuing his Master of Architecture Degree at Bowling Green State University where he received his B.S. in Architecture and Environmental Design. John has been a research assistant for Professor Huang since 2021. John participated in the Transmutation of Urban Heat Islands in Toledo and the Timber Housing projects with Professor Huang’s research team. Both projects were published in The Plan Journal in 2022 and 2023. He is currently working on a long-term design-based research project in Toledo, centered on the Dorr Street of the African American historical community.

 

 

 

Eduardo Cabrera Hidalgo is a talented designer and a senior-year student at Bowling Green State University. He is one of the lead designers assisting Professor Huang on the REEF project which received the faculty research grant from BGSU. Eduardo participated in the Timber Housing projects with Professor Huang’s research team, which was published in The Plan Journal in 2023. He is currently working on a long-term design-based research project in Toledo, with a focus on the Dorr Street of the African American historical community.

 

 

 

Jack Collins

Jack Collins is an architectural researcher and designer, currently pursuing his Master of Architecture Degree at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (A&AB). He received his B.S. in Architecture and Environmental Design from Bowling Green State University where he graduated from the Honors College. Jack Collins is a research assistant for Professor Yong Huang at Bowling Green State University where he formerly held multiple National AIAS positions and was elected as the Chapter President. He was also selected as a Student Representative for NAAB in spring 2022.

 

 

 

Junye Zhou received Master of Architecture Degree with the Best Thesis Studio Design Prize from Drury Unversity. He has been a leading project designer and business partner since 2018.

 

 

 

Resides in Denver working at Civitas, a landscape urban design firm, with a Masters in Architecture acquired from Drury University. Placed 3rd in 2014 ACIS Steel Design Competition, won Suqian Municipality approval in 2015 with the Youth Park design, selected for Denver 2016 Prototype Festival, received Honorable Mention for Archasm’s 2016 Liberty Museum Competition.

 

 

 

Tony Tai-An Yue is currently living and working in Tokyo. He holds an Architectural Technology Diploma from Mohawk College, and received his M.Arch. from Drury University. Yue has won various awards, including the 3rd place in the ACSA Steel-Library Design Competition, and the 1st place in AIA Central States Design Competition.

 

 

 

Jiawen Qiao, majoring in Urban Design at the School of Architecture of China Academy of Art (CAA). As a distinguished student, she has received a number of scholarships at CAA. Meanwhile, she is passionate about many activities at the school and is the Chairwoman of the Student Association at CAA. Her design project- “The Depth of Urban Façade” was selected for the public exhibition for the 10th Anniversary of the CAA Architecture School in 2017. She has been working on a number of large scale urban design projects with Prof. Huang.

 

 

 

Huiyu Pan, majoring in Urban Design at the School of Architecture of China Academy of Art (CAA). As a talented designer, she has developed creative skills in visual arts, such as painting and photography. Her design project- “The Depth of Urban Façade” was selected for the public exhibition for the 10th Anniversary of the CAA Architecture School in 2017. She has been working on a number of architecture and urban design projects with Prof. Huang.

 

 

 

Zhenghao Song, majoring in Architecture at China Academy of Art (CAA).  He was the Chairman of Student Union at architecture department during 2016-2017. As an excellent student, he has received several scholarships at the CAA. In 2017, his design received the Interior Design Prize. He pays attention to details and structures and has been working on a variety scales of design projects at Atelier HAY.