TJAD, Original Design Studio is an academic research architecture team, founded in 2001, and established in Shanghai, China. Based on the academic atmosphere of Tongji University, the studio has assumed several significant projects across mainland China, including museums/galleries/exhibition halls, cultural/recreational buildings, educational/technological facilities, administrative/governmental architectural representation, urban renewal/renovation of existing buildings, urban design/renaissance of historic districts, urban public space/public facilities, etc., which have won various awards worldwide.
Zhang Ming is a professor and vice head of the Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University. He is also the directing architect of TJAD, Original Design Studio. He is the winner of the World Architectural Festival and ARCASIA Awards for Architecture. He assumes a series of social positions, including executive director of the Shanghai Architectural Society, director of the architectural creation academic department, deputy director of the architectural design committee, vice president of the registered architects branch, expert of the Shanghai Municipal Planning Commission Urban Space and Landscape Protection Committee, member of the Competition Committee of the Architectural Society of China, member of the Science Popularization Committee, director of the Academic Committee of Urban and Rural Heritage, academic committee of the Academic Committee of Industrial Architectural Heritage, member of the Academic Committee of Architectural Criticism, and vice president of the Small Town Construction Branch. He belongs to the editorial board of UED, Architectural Technique and Architectural Practice. He has won the Young Architect Award of the Chinese Architectural Society, the Shanghai Young Architects New Show Award, “China's 100 Most Influential Architects”, Global Chinese Young Architect Award, “AD100 China's Most Influential Architectural Design Elite” and other honors. In 2018, he was awarded the title of "Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Architect of Shanghai" and "Outstanding Contribution Award for 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening-up of Shanghai Survey and Design Industry - Star of Survey and Design".
Zhang Ming is a professor and vice head of the Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University. He is also the directing architect of TJAD, Original Design Studio. He is the winner of the World Architectural Festival and ARCASIA Awards for Architecture. He assumes a series of social positions, including executive director of the Shanghai Architectural Society, director of the architectural creation academic department, deputy director of the architectural design committee, vice president of the registered architects branch, expert of the Shanghai Municipal Planning Commission Urban Space and Landscape Protection Committee, member of the Competition Committee of the Architectural Society of China, member of the Science Popularization Committee, director of the Academic Committee of Urban and Rural Heritage, academic committee of the Academic Committee of Industrial Architectural Heritage, member of the Academic Committee of Architectural Criticism, and vice president of the Small Town Construction Branch. He belongs to the editorial board of UED, Architectural Technique and Architectural Practice. He has won the Young Architect Award of the Chinese Architectural Society, the Shanghai Young Architects New Show Award, “China's 100 Most Influential Architects”, Global Chinese Young Architect Award, “AD100 China's Most Influential Architectural Design Elite” and other honors. In 2018, he was awarded the title of "Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Architect of Shanghai" and "Outstanding Contribution Award for 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening-up of Shanghai Survey and Design Industry - Star of Survey and Design".
