Chen Keshi | Research on Traditional Khampa Tibetan Architecture

Led by Professor Chen Keshi, the China Urban Planning & Design Institute (Zhongying Urban) team has delved into plateau regions for years. Rooted in field investigations across Sichuan and Xizang, the team has established a comprehensive technical system for the conservation and practical construction of Tibetan architecture. It provides cultural foundations and professional support for ethnic village style control and cultural tourism development in Tibetan areas, accumulating representative practical experience in the research, revitalization and adaptive reuse of traditional Tibetan architecture nationwide.

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Chen Keshi: Sixteen Years of Shuimo, Wenchuan

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Baiyu · Puma Village | Revitalizing Tibetan Villages Through Intangible Cultural Heritage Tourism, Forging a Distinctive Path to Rural Revitalization on the Plateau

Led by Professor Chen Keshi, China Urban Planning & Design Institute developed the *Cultural Tourism Master Plan for Puma Folk Custom Village in Baiyu County*. Centered on the core philosophy of "Empowering Development Through Culture, Enriching Villagers via Cultural Tourism, and Harmonizing Ecology and Human Settlement", the plan pioneers a replicable and sustainable new model of rural revitalization for plateau Tibetan villages.

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New Practice of Xizang Cultural Tourism: Baiyu Hepo Activates New Quality Productive Forces Through Intangible Cultural Heritage

Where the 1,300-year-old national-level Xizang metalworking intangible cultural heritage intersects with modern cultural tourism industries, an industrial transformation of a plateau county is taking root in Hepo, Baiyu County.

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Chen Keshi: From a Single Building to a City Calling Card – Why Water Rhythm Represents the Pearl River’s Answer to Urban Renewal

When people talk about great cities, they never speak of cold reinforced concrete, but of "super containers" that hold collective memories and fuel urban vitality. Having delved deep into urban renewal projects from the bayfronts of Shenzhen to Chengdu’s Park City Demonstration Zone for years, we have forged an unwavering core philosophy: genuine urban renewal is never isolated building renovation. Instead, it forges an integrated space out of an entire plot of land that functions both as an industrial powerhouse and a top-tier urban park. Today, we bring this vision to the banks of the Pearl River, embodied in Water Rhythm, a grand landscape painting of the Pearl River.

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Chen Keshi | Urban Design · Dapeng Marine Cultural Town, Shenzhen

As urban construction in Shenzhen enters a stock renewal phase, Dapeng New District, endowed with coastal ecological foundations and aligned with the city’s strategic positioning as a national marine central city, has emerged as a core platform for revitalizing and upgrading Shenzhen’s coastal spaces. Leading the ZY Urban Design team, Chen Keshi centered the master plan on organic urban renewal. Rejecting large-scale demolition and reconstruction, the team revitalized existing stock spaces, preserved local cultural heritage, and upgraded industrial formats to deliver the comprehensive urban design of Dapeng Marine Cultural Town, creating a benchmark renewal model in Shenzhen where old and new coastal landscapes coexist harmoniously.

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