Guo Yong, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

Tel: 86-10-62794711

Fax: 86-10-62797018

Email: guoyong_cn@tsinghua.edu.cn

■ Research & Teaching Areas

Landscape Architectural Planning and Design, Digital Landscape Architecture Technologies

Landscape Information Modeling (LIM): Technological Research and the Application to Cultural Landscape Heritage Conservation

Specifics on:

Digital Terrial Model-Based Computational Grading and Terrain Design

Development of  BIM-Tree: Information Model of Trees

Digital 3D Reconstruction of Large Urban Trees Based on LiDAR Point Cloud Data

Research on Embodied Intelligence Scenarios and Technologies in Landscape Greening and Cultural Heritage

■ Education

2007.7–2013.1 PhD in Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

2005.9–2007.7 Master of Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

2001.9–2005.7 Bachelor of Engineering, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University

■ Professional Background

2023.12 –Present, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

2022.08–2022.12 Fellow, Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology （MIT）

2016.11-2023.12, Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

2016.11-2018.11, Specially Appointed Lecturer, International Program of Landscape Architecture, Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

2015.05–2016.11 Chief Engineer, Landscape Architecture Research Center, Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning Institute, Beijing

2013.04–2015.04 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

2009.11–2011.10 President’s Scholarship Visiting Scholar, Technische Universität Berlin （TUB）

■ Professional Service

Executive Committee Member, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub (SCL)

Director of the Secretariat Office, Education Working Committee, and Member of the Standard Working Committee, Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CHSLA)

Contributing Editor, Chinese Landscape Architecture

Young Editorial Board Member, Landscape Architecture

Member, Executive Editorial Committee, Landscape Architecture Frontiers

Chair, Landscape Architecture Engineering International Conference (LAEIC)

Vice Chair of the Smart Cities and Built Environment Design Parallel Forum at the China–Europe Scientists Forum

Expert at the International Hearing for the Professorship Appointment to the Chair of Landscape Engineering, Faculty of Planning, Building, Environment (Fakultät VI), Technische Universität Berlin

■ Teaching

Grading, 1 credit, 16 hours, Fall semester, Year 2 (Undergraduate)

Ground Stories: Topography and Site Grading Through Contour Literacy, 2 credits, 32 hours, Fall semester, Year 2 (Undergraduate)

Landscape Architecture Engineering, 1 credit, 16 hours, Spring semester, Year 2 (Undergraduate)

Park City Frontiers, 1 credit, 28 hours, Fall semester, Year 1 (Graduate)

Innovative Practice in Smart City, 3 credits, 96 hours, Fall semester (Graduate & Undergraduate)

■ Research Grants

Precise Valuation of Ecological Products and Development of a Multilevel Application System in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region (Jing-Jin-Ji Regional Integrated Environmental Improvement-National Science and Technology Major Project, 2025ZD1205200, participant), 2025/09-2028/08

Development and Demonstration of an Information Cloud Platform for Ecological Product Value Realization in Mentougou District (Subproject of a National Science and Technology Major Project, 2025ZD1205205, principal investigator), 2025/09-2028/08

Research on Key Technologies and Policy and Institutional Frameworks for Ecological and Environmental Regulation of Protected Natural Areas and Ecological Conservation Redline Areas (Annual Key Research Project under the National High-End Think Tank “801” Program, 2024WTJF0456, participant), 2024/04-2024/12

Research on Green Design Technologies for Rural Landscapes Based on Landscape Information Modeling (Young Scientists Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 51808311, principal investigator), 2019/01-2021/12

Research on the Social Performance of Olympic Forest Park Landscapes Based on Users’ Behavioral, Emotional and Cognitive Characteristics (Beijing Natural Science Foundation, 8164069, participant), 2016/01-2017/12

Research on Planning and Design Methods and Technologies for Xianyang, the Qin Capital, Based on “Guihua” Theory (General Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 51378279, participant), 2014/01-2017/12

Research and Design Projects

Pilot Project for Comprehensive Improvement of Forest Land Efficiency at Shanghai Laogang Eco-environmental Protection Base (2025–2026)

Comprehensive Planning Study on the Spatial Conservation and Development of the Water System in Qingtian County (2025–2026)

Conservation Plan for Yangzhou City Site (Sui–Song Dynasties) — Shugang Area (2024)

Detailed Plan for the Tang Zicheng Scenic Area of the Shugang–Slender West Lake National Scenic Area (2024)

Landscape Design for the SU-27 Exhibition Project at the Changping Research Base of Tsinghua University (2024–2025)

Exterior Greening Engineering Design for the National Security Platform and Research Base Project, Tsinghua University (2023)

Conservation and Interpretation Project for the North City Wall and North City Gate (Including Water Gate) of the Ancient Shugang City Site (2023)

Conservation and Interpretation Project for the City Wall and Moat Site at the Southeast Corner of Tang Zicheng (2023)

Planning Scheme and Preliminary Design for the Construction Project of the Wuwangdun Archaeological Site Park in Huainan (2024–2026)

Conservation, Interpretation and Utilization Plan for the Chu King Mausoleum of the Warring States Period in Huainan and Master Plan for the Archaeological Site Park (2023)

Master Plan for the National Archaeological Site Park of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (2022)

Interpretation Plan for the Site of the Ancient City of the Zhu State (2022)

Overall Planning, Greening Renovation and Upgrading of the Courtyard and Enclosure Wall of Shandong Provincial Public Security Department (2022–2024)

Design Scheme for Phase I of the Conservation and Interpretation Project of the Moat Site of Tang Zicheng and Song Baocheng (2013)

Design for Phase II of the Conservation and Interpretation Project of the City Walls and Moat of Tang Zicheng and Song Baocheng, Yangzhou (2012)

■ Awards

2023. First Prize, Construction Engineering BIM Technology Application Competition for the Three Northeastern Provinces and Inner Mongolia.

2023. Excellence Award, 6th “Youlu Cup” National BIM Technology Competition.

2021. Shortlist Nomination, 15th German Landscape Architecture Award, among other domestic and international engineering awards.

2021. Second Prize, Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award; ranked 11th of 13 contributors.

2020. Outstanding Achievement in Research on Advancing Online Teaching Practice, Educational Technology Teaching Guidance Subcommittee of the Ministry of Education; ranked 1st.

2017. Outstanding Green Design BIM Application Award, 8th “Innovation Cup” BIM Competition of the China Engineering & Consulting Association, for Phase I of Yujing Park, Pingtan, Fujian.

2011. First Prize, Excellent Landscape Architecture Planning & Design Award (1st Edition), Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CHSLA)

2008. Second Prize, Excellent Engineering Design Award, Beijing Municipal Planning Commission

2007. Third Prize, Municipal Public Engineering Award, China Exploration & Design Association (CEDA)

■ Journal Articles

[1] Chen L, Yue X, Xu S, Sun H, Guo Y*, Yin H. Root mapping in earthen sites using airborne laser scanning and ground penetrating radar[J]. npj Heritage Science, 2026.

[2] Chen L, Wu Y, Xu Y, Liu Y, Huang Y, Guo Y*, Liu H. High-efficiency at fine-scale: A novel framework for aboveground biomass mapping of urban trees with ALS data[J]. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2026, 120: 129408.

[3] Liu H Y, Guo Y*, Deng J S, Ma C, Song X X. Research on the Technology of Landscape Roof Soil-covered Grass Slope at Quzhou Sports Park[J]. Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2024, 40(11): 55-61. DOI: 10.19775/j.cla.2024.11.0055.

[4] Huang K, Guo Y*, Jia J. Research on Landscape Features and Design Techniques of Ouyuan Garden in Qingzhou City, Shandong Province[J]. Landscape Architecture, 2024, 31(11): 130-138.

[5] Huang K, Guo Y, Jia J. Artistic Mastery and Celestial Landscapes: An In-depth Examination of the Artificial Mountain in Ouyuan Garden[J]. Journal of Architectural History, 2024, 5(1): 53-70.

[6] Guo Y, Chen L, Luka A. Extraction Method of Key Ecological Index for Trees Based on Point Cloud Data[J]. Landscape Design, 2024(1): 4-8.

[7] Guo Y, Liu X D, Wang Q, Hu H C. Coupling and Application of Landscape Information Modeling and Hydrological-Hydrodynamic Models[J]. Landscape Architecture Academic Journal, 2022, 39(5): 37-43.

[8] Guo Y. On the Concept and Technology Application System of Landscape Information Modeling[J]. Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2020, 36(9): 17-22. DOI: 10.19775/j.cla.2020.09.0017.

[9] Guo Y, Hu J, Zheng Y, You J Q. Research on Technological Application System of Landscape Information Modeling Orientated to Professional Practice: The Establishment of LIM Platform for Design Enterprises[J]. Landscape Architecture, 2019, 26(5): 13-17.

[10] Liu H L, Guo Y, Xie H N, Yang D D, Zhou H Y. Landscape Design for Stormwater Management in a High-Density Built Environment: A Case Study of the Courtyard of Tsinghua University’s Architecture Building[J]. Construction Science and Technology, 2019(Z1): 75-82.

[11] Wang H, Liu H L, Guo Y. Exploring the Development of an Interactive Collaboration Platform for Landscape Design and Stormwater Management[J]. Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2018, 34(S1): 104-109.

[12] Guo Y, Wu T H*, Wang X R. LIM Model Supporting Plan Research: An Experiment on the Digital Terrain Model Building for the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shihuang[J]. Landscape Architecture, 2017, 24(11): 29-34.

[13] Li J Z, Cheng X Y, Guo Y, Liang C, Chen L. Application Exploration of Real-Time 3D Model in Landscape Design: A Case Study of Jinta Park[J]. Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2017, 33(10): 24-28.

[14] Zhu Y F, Guo Y. Research Through Design: An Alternative Approach to the Research Methodology for Landscape Architecture[J]. Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2014, 30(7): 5-10.

[15] Guo Y. Prospects for Landscape Information Modeling in Sustainable Site Design[J]. Eco-city and Green Building, 2014(4): 62-65.

[16] Jia P Y, Guo Y. A Comparative Study of Versions V2 and V1 of the U.S. Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System[J]. Eco-city and Green Building, 2014(4): 66-71.

[17] Zhu Y F, Shen J, Guo Y, Cao K Z. Exploring and Reflecting on Sustainable Landscape Design under Rapid Construction: A Case Study of the Exhibition Area Landscape for the Qianhai Enterprise Mansion BOT Project in Shenzhen[J]. Eco-city and Green Building, 2014(4): 72-77.

■ Conference Papers

[1] Liu W L, Xue T, Guo Y*. Research on Embodied Urban Governance System for Future Landscape Space. 7th CCF China Academic Conference on Intelligent Robots, 16–18 October 2026.

[2] Yong Guo, Shuhan Xu. Urban AI for What?
Human-Centred Embodied Governance and the Transformation of Existing Urban Green Spaces into an “Embodied Intelligence Garden”. The 9th Annual APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference 2026, 21-24 May 2026

[3] Guo Y, Luka A, Wei Y. Modeling Urban Tree Growth for Digital Twins: Transformation of Point Clouds into Parametric Crown Models[J]. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 2022, 7: 213-223.

[4] Luka A, Guo Y. PlantingSMART: The Parametric Approach for Trees in BIM with Full Lifecycle Application[J]. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 2021, 6: 370-380.

[5] Yong Guo, Andreas Luka, Shaoning Yan, Jiazhong Li, Chen Chen. Transforming Data to Information: Multi-Source Data Fusion with Landscape Information Modeling in Landscape Design Project. The 55th IFLA World Congress, Singapore, 18-21 July 2018

[6] Guo Y, Yan S N, Liu J. Digital Site Design Based on Landscape Information Modeling: A Case Study of the Planning of Chongqing Frontier Science and Technology City[C]. 3rd China International Digital Landscape Forum, Nanjing, 14–15 October 2017.

[7] Guo Y, Andreas Luka, Yan S N, Li J Z, Zheng Y, Liu F F, Hu Z W, Yang J Q. Application of Landscape Information Modeling: A Case Study of the Conceptual Design for Phase I of Yujing Park, Pingtan[C]. 3rd China International Digital Landscape Forum, Nanjing, 14–15 October 2017.

[8] Guo Y, Sun N. Discussion of a Technical Roadmap for Developing a Semantic Information Framework for Landscape Information Modeling[C]. Digital Landscape: 2nd China International Digital Landscape Forum, Nanjing, 17–18 October 2015.

[9] Guo Y. Research Methodology of Landscape Architecture Design: An Introduction to the Concept and Connotation of Research Through Design[C]. Tomorrow’s Landscape Architecture International Conference, Beijing, 8–9 October 2013.

■ Conference Presentations

[1] Guo Yong. From Existing Green Space Burdens to Data Factories: Embodied Intelligence Accelerating Breakthroughs in Existing Green Space Applications. The 25th Planning and Design Conference of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture and Exchange Meeting on Landscape Architecture Construction in Xiong’an New Area. Xiong’an New Area, China. 30 May 2026.

[2] Guo Yong, Yang Che. LIM-Based Grading and Hydrological Simulation for the Heritage Sites. International Conference of Tsinghua Landscape Architecture- Landscape Architecture Engineering International Conference with the theme: Sustainability, Simulation, Solutions. Wan Fang Yuan International Hotel, Fengtai District, Beijing, China. 13-15 December 2024.

[3] Guo Yong. Technological Innovation in Landscape Construction. The 2nd Landscape Architecture Academic Exchange Event of the Higher Education Branch of the China Exploration and Design Association (CEDA). Lecture Hall, Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China. 29 November-1 December 2024.

[4] Guo Yong. Study on the Historical Spatial Pattern of the Wuwangdun Tomb Site in Huainan, Anhui Province. ICCROM-BFU 2024 Conference on Heritage and Landscape Conservation. Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. 19-21 October 2024.

[5] Guo Yong. Systematic Application of Digital Technologies in Basic Course Teaching. 2024 Cross-Strait Landscape Education Forum. School of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. 23 August 2024.

[6] Guo Yong, Wei Xinchen, Yang Che. Demands and Challenges for Introducing a Marine National Park System: A Simulation-Based Comparative Assessment of Storm Event Impacts on the Changdao Archipelago Coastline. The 7th Annual Conference of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities-Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (APRU-SCL) and the 3rd International Conference on Human Settlements Planning and Development (ICHSPD) with the theme: Advancing Sustainable Cities and Communities through Science, Technology, and Innovation. SMX Convention Center Aura, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines. 6-8 August 2024.

[7] Guo Yong. Landscape Construction in the Conservation and Utilization of Cultural Heritage. 2024 International Academic Conference on Art and Technology and the Inauguration of the Design Innovation Committee of the Beijing Association of Interdisciplinary Sciences with the theme: Convergence and Innovation: Digital and Intelligent Design Empowering Urban Renewal. Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. 24-26 May 2024.

[8] Guo Yong. Systematic Application of Digital Technologies in Lower-Year Basic Course Teaching. Conference of the Ministry of Education Landscape Architecture Teaching Steering Committee and the 9th Landscape Sustainability Science Forum (Training on Core Landscape Architecture Courses Hosted by the Ministry of Education Virtual Teaching and Research Office for the Reform of Landscape Architecture Talent Training Models Based on Informatization, Networking, and Intelligent Practice Needs: Digital Course Development in Landscape Architecture). Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. 10-12 May 2024.

[9] Guo Yong. Modeling Urban Tree Growth for Digital Twins: Transformation of Point Clouds into Parametric Crown Models. The 23rd Digital Landscape Architecture Conference (DLA 2022). Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. 9 June 2022.

[10] Guo Yong. Grading the Land for the Stars with LIM: A Case of the Observatory BIM Construction. Landscape Architecture Construction International Conference (LACIC 2020 Online Conference). Online. 13 December 2020.

[11] Guo Yong. Landscape Information Modeling: Policy, Practice, and Theory. The 1st Landscape Architecture Construction International Conference (LACIC 2019). Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. 14 December 2019.

n Books

[1] Guo Y. Designerly Research with Design Thinking: Theory Exploration and Applied Research[M]. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, 2020. ISBN: 9787112245550. (In Chinese.)

[2] Wang X R, Wu T H, Wang R Y, Guo Y. Yangzhou City National Archaeological Site Park: The Moats of Tangzicheng and Songbaocheng[M]. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, 2016. ISBN: 9787112201808. (In Chinese.)

[3] Petschek P. Grading: landscapingSMART, 3D-Machine Control Systems, Stormwater Management (Chinese edition)[M]. Li P, Guo Y, Xu X Q, translators. Revised 2nd edition. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, 2015. ISBN: 9787112178438.

[4] Weidinger J, editor. Entwurfsbasiert Forschen[M]. Berlin: Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, 2013. Contributing author: Yong Guo. ISBN: 9783798326521. (In German.)

■ Textbooks

Hu J, editor-in-chief; Guo Y, Zheng X D, Wang P, associate editors. Site Grading and Stormwater Management[M]. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, 2019. ISBN: 9787112243402. (In Chinese.)