【Research and Teaching Directions】
Practice and Theory of a Science of the Hinterland; post-Western theory and practice, design thinking, cognitive conception of space
【Educational experience】
2013 – 2021 Ph. D. in Architecture, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture
2010 – 2012 Master of Architecture, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture
2004 – 2008 Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Delft University of Technology, School of Architecture
【Academic Positions】
2024 – present Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
2021 – 2024 Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
2021 - present Jury Member, QS World University Ranking
2018 - present Co-founder and Researcher, NUS-Tsinghua Design Research Initiative for Sharing Cities (NT-DRISC)
2014 - present Visiting Critic, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), School of Architecture
2019 Jury Member, Architecture Asia Awards for Emerging Architects, jury member
2012 - 2021 Teaching staff, Assistant Manager,
English Program for Master of Architecture, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture
2013 - 2021 First English Reader, CCPR; China City Planning Review 《城市规划（英文版）》
2013 – 2019 Visiting Critic, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (BiFT)
2015 Tutor and co-curator
Towards 2050: Sino-Dutch Sustainable Urban Development Workshop
2014 Visiting researcher and lecturer, Turin Polytechnic University, School of Architecture
2014 Assistant Editor in Chief, World Architecture Magazine 《 世界建筑 》
2009 Design studio tutor, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, School of Architecture
2009 Design studio tutor, Delft University of Technology, School of Architecture
2009 Invited Urban Design and Architecture expert, Urgenda NL Vision 2049
【Courses Taught】
Undergraduate
Year 3 Design Studio ‘Urban Ensemble’ (Spring Semester)
Graduate
Design Studio 1: Site (Fall Semester)
Design Studio 2: Building (Fall Semester)
Design Studio 3: The City (Spring Semester)
Why is Architecture – Introduction to Design Thinking (Lecture Course, Spring Semester)
【Research Grants and Projects】
2017-22 Tsinghua Design Research Initiative: Sharing Cities, principal investigator.
800,000 RMB funding by the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation (Hong Kong, China)
2014 Sino-Italian Research projects regarding industrial heritage and urban regeneration, collaborator, 50,000 EUR funding by the Polytechnic University of Turin + Campagnia di San Paolo (Italy)
2015 Towards 2050: Sino-Dutch Sustainable Urban Development, co-curator, funding by the Creative Industries Fund Netherlands and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Beijing.
2013 -15 Sino-Dutch research grant for bilateral exchange, 10,500 EUR by Nuffic, personal grant.
2008-2010 Exploring the Public City: Zoetermeer 2009. Funding by the European Union ‘Intensive International Program’, collaborator, project leader: prof. Peter de Bois.
【Honor and Awards】
2022 Winner Dutch Young Architect of the Year (ARC2022 Young Talent Award)
2021 1st + 3rd prize, International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition
As tutor of student team
2020 2nd Prize, Kaira Looro Architecture for Peace, Emergency Operations Center
As tutor of a student team
2019 Winner, Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat - Student Competition
As tutor of student team
2015 Honorable Mention, International Youth Competition in Architectural Design
2015 2nd +5th place, 2015th International Union of Architects PHG competition
As tutor of student team
2014 Azure Awards of Merit: Architecture < 1,000 m2 with The Screen, Li Xiaodong Atelier
2011 Winner, Best Urban Planning, Architects in Mission (AIM) 2011
2010 Recipient CSC Scholarship
2010 Recipient ‘Starting Grant’ by The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture 2009 Winner, OO1609 Community Center international competition, Loker, Belgium
2009 honorable mention, New Delft University School of Architecture building
2008 nomination Dutch National Architecture Facade Award 2008
2006 winner ‘Who comes after Koolhaas?’ international competition for TU Delft Stylos Pavilion
【Professional Work Experience】
2016 – present co-founder/ architect 汉荷设计 / maison h, China/ Netherlands
2010 - 14 Project architect, Li Xiaodong Atelier, Beijing, China
2008 - 13 Co-Founder/ architect. Vision Included, Rotterdam, theNetherlands
2009 - 10 Architect, MVRDV, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2009 Architect, Marc Koehler Architects, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2008 Junior Architect, Behnisch Architects, Los Angeles, USA
2002 - 08 Zookeepr, Apenheul Primate Park, the Netherlands
【Representative Project Experience】
2021 Lijiang Zhongjihai Ecological Wetland Resort
2021 Tsinghua University Student Center Regeneration
2020 Apenheul Primate Park ‘Food Forest’
2019 Zhangjiakou Village regeneration
2018 Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Museum competition design
2018 Courtyard Renovation at the White Pagoda Temple
2017 Tsinghua University Graduate Lab
【Academic Publishing】
(1) Books
2020 Xiaodong LI , Martijn DE GEUS, Lorena RODRIGUEZ (eds.), EPMA Visions, Tsinghua University Press, ISBN. 9-787302-554950
2018 He HUANG, Ye ZHANG, Martijn DE GEUS, Yue ZHANG, Teck Kiam TAN, Sharing Cities 《 共享城市 》, Tsinghua University Press ISBN. 9-787302-49695-3
2015 Knowledge City; Campus vs. City 《 知识城市 》, He HUANG, Martijn DE GEUS, Yue ZHANG, Tsinghua University Press ISBN. 9-787302-451921
2011 Peter DE BOIS, Marc KOEHLER, Laura DE BONTH, Martijn DE GEUS, Nick NABER (eds.), Exploring the Public City “Transition of the Dutch New Town Zoetermeer”, Delft University of Technology Press. ISBN. 978 90 5269 376 7
(2) Journal Articles & Papers
2021 De Geus, M. Aldo van Eyck’s Interstitiality: Regenerating interstitial Urban Leftover spaces, WA/ World Architecture, vol. 370, 2020/05, pp. 31-39
2020 De Geus, M. “Design Studio Teaching in the Age of COVID-19”, Archdaily.com, 2020/03, online pubishing, www.archdaily.com
2019 “Maison h” in Art4D (Thailand) no. 269, 2019
2019 De Geus, M. Tomorrow: One World, Two Futures, in Architecture Asia, Second Quarter of 2019, pp. 78-81
2019 De Geus, M. Views on Hutong Living, in WA/ World Architecture journal, 2019 pp.112-115
2019 De Geus, M. China Projections. full-length article on www.archdaily.com
2019 De Geus, M. “A Way of seeing (into) China”, in the book ‘Beautified China’ by Kris Provoost, LANNOO Publishers
2018 De Geus, M. Co-Design in China, in Volume 53 ‘Civic Space’, ARCHIS 2018 pp 18-23
2017 De Geus, M. A Critical Review of the UABB in Shenzhen, as seen against the wild growth of Architectural Biennales worldwide”, in WA/ World Architecture, vol. 331, 2018/01, pp
2017 De Geus, M. Review of Spaces for Architectural Education in Western Universities, in WA/ World Architecture, vol. 326, 2017/08, pp10-19
2017 De Geus, Bio-economy in the Netherlands, in WA/ World Architecture, vol. 322, 2017/04, pp 42-48
2015 De Geus, M. Understanding the Chinese City - Book Review, in CCPR, China City Planning Review, 2015, pp2012 “SI; Systeme Internationale”, in Evolo Skyscrapers, ISBN: 978-0-98
2010 “BlackBox, New Stylos Pavilion”, in Architecture Annual Delft University of Technology, 010 Publishers
(3) Invited Lectures
Conference Speaker:
2019 speaker, Thinking Architecture, Views from Practicing Educators. Conference between Tsinghua University & Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy), organized by WA/ World architecture
2018 speaker, Sharing Cities Forum. Jointly organized by National University Singapore and Tsinghua University.
2015 presented a paper at the PhD Forum at Tsinghua University
2015 speaker at first TEDx conference in Tsinghua
2014 speaker, panelist at TOPS with Che Fei at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
2012 speaker, Harvard GSD + Tsinghua University joint forum on Sustainable Cities
Special Invited Keynote Speaker (fully funded):
2021 Anthology Architecture Festival - keynote The Philippines
2021 Espiritu Santo University - One World Two Futures webinar - keynote Ecuador
2019 One World Two Futures at KLAF2019: DATUM - keynote Malaysia
2017 UIA Global Conference South Korea
2016 Australian Design Forum China
2016 House Vision 2 Japan
2015 The girl that changed my life’ at TEDx China
2015 Spaces for Learning China
2015 Towards A Future Habitat, RMIT + Tsinghua University joint studio China
2015 Towards A Future Habitat, for Urban Flux, Beijing China
2015 Towards A Future Habitat, TU Delft Alumni presentation China
2014 Regeneration of Industrial Heritage in China, Turin Polytechnic University Italy
2014 Building China, Turin Polytechnic University Italy
2013 Cognitive perception of Space, MIT (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology) USA
2013 Relevance of Chinese Architecture, Delft University of Technology Netherlands
Other conference activities:
2014 Attended the Conference on Digitization and Architectural Heritage in Dengfeng
2014 Co-organizer, and co-curater or the Architecture Film Festival at Beijing Design Week
2014 Co-organizer of the conference “Towards 2050 - Sino-Dutch Approach on Smart Cities
2011 co-organized and chaired the Forum ‘Vision. Impact.’ at Tsinghua University
