Hushui Deng

Hushui Deng is a post-doctoral researcher at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), College of Humanities, where she contributes to the SNSF project 'Uses of cultural heritage at the Beijing Winter Games of 2022'. She holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from Tsinghua University (2021) and was a visiting scholar at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in 2018–2019. Since 2016, she has been involved with the architectural design and planning group for the Beijing 2022 OWG, collaborating with TeamMinus and THAD.

• Ph.D. in Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing (2021)
• Visiting Scholar, Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2018–2019)

Her research focuses on public space, leisure activities, urban ergonomics, and the sustainability of mega-event facilities. She investigates how large-scale events like the Olympics influence urban transformation, cultural heritage, and human spatial experience through innovative data analysis tools. Her work emphasizes the long-term social and environmental impacts of event-driven urban development.

The recent publications highlight a clear trend in analyzing the sustainable legacy of Olympic infrastructure, particularly in post-industrial urban contexts. Her work bridges architecture, urban planning, and data-driven social science, focusing on transforming event spaces into lasting public assets for health and leisure. Key themes include spatial experience quality, adaptive reuse of industrial sites, and sustainable design strategies for future venues.

• Olympic Legacy Pre-Adoption: The Sustainable Design Strategy of Beijing 2022 To-Be-Built Venue (2020)
• Beijing 2022 between urban renovation and Olympic sporting legacy: the case of Shougang (2020)
• Urban Ergonomics: A Design Science on Spatial Experience Quality (2022)

Hushui Deng actively participates in academic discourse, including conference presentations on the role of mega-events in industrial heritage transformation. She is involved in interdisciplinary research that connects architecture, urban policy, and cultural heritage, particularly in the context of global sporting events. Her work contributes to sustainable urban futures by reimagining temporary event spaces as permanent community assets.

She is affiliated with research teams at EPFL and has collaborated with institutions in China and Italy. Her involvement in the Beijing 2022 planning group underscores her applied research impact on real-world urban design and policy.