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Fei Chen

Dr Fei Chen
Ph.D, MA, B.Arch

Reader in Architecture and Urban Design
Architecture

Contact

Fei.Chen@liverpool.ac.uk

+44 (0)151 794 2620

Publications

Selected publications

  1. Chinese Urban Design: The Typomorphological Approach (Book - 2013)
  2. The design dimension of China’s planning system: urban design for development control (Journal article - 2016)
  3. Urban design governance in three Chinese ‘pioneer cities’ (Journal article - 2021)
  4. Liveable streets in Shanghai: Definition, characteristics and design (Journal article - 2022)
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2024

Activate Huyton : Cultivating a Future for Creative Innovation in our Highstreets; Ideas from young architects in the making.

Britton, S., Mead, E., Fry, C., Champion, A., Walker, E., Xiao, S., . . . Chen, F. (2024, June 18). Activate Huyton : Cultivating a Future for Creative Innovation in our Highstreets; Ideas from young architects in the making. (No. Of Pieces: 56) [colour prints on paper . A1 A3 and A6]. Huyton Village Green. Retrieved from https://www.virtual-lsa.uk/catalogue24/ba3/pen-and-inc

Exhibition

Written evidence (HSC0008) to High streets in towns and small cities inquiry

Chen, F., & Britton, S. (2024). Written evidence (HSC0008) to High streets in towns and small cities inquiry. London: Built Environment Committee, UK Parliament. Retrieved from https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/128863/pdf/

Other

Understanding place value through public engagement to aid high street regeneration (Policy brief)

Chen, F. (2024). Understanding place value through public engagement to aid high street regeneration (Policy brief). Liverpool: Heseltine Institute Policy Briefings.. doi:10.17638/03172465

DOI
10.17638/03172465
Report

Heritage-Led Revitalisation in China: Identity and Modernity in Shenzhen’s Urban Villages

Heath, T., Chen, F., Xie, J., & Chen, P. (2024). Heritage-Led Revitalisation in China: Identity and Modernity in Shenzhen’s Urban Villages. In M. Roberts, & S. Nelson (Eds.), Research Handbook on Urban Design (pp. 225-247). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Chapter

2023

Liveability and its Implication in Comparative Planning

Chen, F., Istrate, A. L., & Xi, J. (n.d.). Liveability and its Implication in Comparative Planning. In E. Babalık, A. Frank, & O. Sykes (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Comparative International Planning. Routledge.

Chapter

Urban Morphology and Citizens’ Life

Chen, F. (2023). Urban Morphology and Citizens’ Life. In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (pp. 7427-7433). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_4080

DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_4080
Chapter

2022

Public Space

Chen, F., Piazzoni, F., Xi, J., Shun Kei, Y., & Antonopoulou, A. (2021). Public Space. In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures (pp. 1-7). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_172-1

DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_172-1
Chapter

The History of 19-23 Abercromby Square: A permanent Exhibition

Mc Laughlin-Stonham, H., Chen, F., & Kehoe, S. (2022, August 31). The History of 19-23 Abercromby Square: A permanent Exhibition [Exhibition]. School of the Arts.

Exhibition

Image-oriented design control in China: a case study from Nanjing

Chen, F. (2022). Image-oriented design control in China: a case study from Nanjing. URBAN DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, 27(2), 132-144. doi:10.1057/s41289-022-00182-0

DOI
10.1057/s41289-022-00182-0
Journal article

2021

2020

Heritage Conservation through Planning: A Comparison of Policies and Principles in England and China

Chen, F., Ludwig, C., & Sykes, O. (2020). Heritage conservation through planning: A comparison of policies and principles in England and China. Planning Practice and Research. doi:10.1080/02697459.2020.1752472

DOI
10.1080/02697459.2020.1752472
Journal article

2019

2018

Sense of place in the changing process of house form: Case studies from Ankara, Turkey

Gokce, D., & Chen, F. (2018). Sense of place in the changing process of house form: Case studies from Ankara, Turkey. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 45(4), 772-796. doi:10.1177/0265813516686970

DOI
10.1177/0265813516686970
Journal article

2017

2016

Does the typological process help to build a sense of place?

Gokce, D., & Chen, F. (2016). Does the typological process help to build a sense of place?. URBAN MORPHOLOGY, 20(1), 66-69. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

Journal article

2014

Preserving the cultural identity of Chinese cities in urban design through a typomorphological approach

Chen, F., & Romice, O. (2014). Preserving the cultural identity of Chinese cities in urban design through a typomorphological approach. In Y. Tian, & K. Gu (Eds.), Urban Morphology, Architectural Typology and Cities in Transition (pp. 172-195 reprinted in the book). Beijing: China Science Press.

Chapter

Urban Morphology and Citizens’ Life

Chen, F. (2014). Urban Morphology and Citizens’ Life. In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (pp. 6850-6855). Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_4080

DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_4080
Chapter

2013

Chinese Urban Design: The Typomorphological Approach

Chen, F., & Thwaites, K. (2013). Chinese Urban Design: The Typomorphological Approach. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

Book

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008