Architecture
College of Design
Twin Cities
Award Year
2025
University Award
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
Decoding and Creating Urban Forms
Urban form, the physical structure of cities that influences daily life and city dynamics, faces sustainability challenges in the 21st century. How will these complex built environments adapt? As an architect and urban designer, Dingliang Yang integrates spatial research and design practice to develop innovative solutions across three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, social, and cultural. He experiments with new urban forms by constructing urban spaces that address the sustainability needs of future cities.