Chunyao Liu
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Mail code: 1605Campus: Tempe
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Chunyao Liu is an Assistant Professor of Interior Design in The Design School at Arizona State University. She is a scholar of the history and preservation of the interior environment. She holds a Ph.D. in Design, Construction and Planning from the University of Florida, M.Arch from Tongji University, and M.S in Architecture from Iowa State University. With an interdisciplinary background that spans architecture, historic preservation and interior design, her current research focuses on multi-cultural interactions in historic interiors, transnational study on the preservation and reuse of historic interiors, and the interconnections between fashion, interiors, and historic preservation.
Ph.D. University of Florida.
M.Arch Tongji University
M.S Iowa State University
Chunyao Liu's research focuses on the intersections between historic preservation and interior design.
2024 Liu, Chunyao, Lian Liu, & Erin Cunningham. “Towards a Cross-Cultural Hybridisation: An Exploration of Furniture Design and Advertising in Shanghai, China (1912-1949),” Fabrications (The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand) 33, no. 2 (2023): 306–31. doi:10.1080/10331867.2024.2320985.
2023 Liu, Chunyao, and Erin Cunningham. “Capturing the Haipai Spirit: Garden Villa Interiors and the Preservation of Prada Rong Zhai.” Journal of Interior Design 48, no. 2 (2023): 139–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/10717641231155084.
2020 Cunningham, Erin, Chunyao Liu & Sherry Ahrentzen. (2020). Pattern Book of Small Attached Housing: Opportunities and Challenges for Accessibility Improvements. Research report for “the Re-Envision Project,” funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. (https://pre.dcp.ufl.edu/background-research/).
2017 Liu, Chunyao & Yan Zuo. “Policy Study on Financial Incentives for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings in the Context of the U.S.” Time + Architecture (Shi Dai Jian Zhu). 2017(1):5. 154-158. Journal article in Chinese.
2017 Zuo, Yan, Chunyao Liu & Lian Liu. “From Grand Theatre to the House of D.V. Woo -- Study on Decorative Style of Hudec’s Modern Architecture in Shanghai.” The Architect (Jian Zhu Shi). 2017(3):8. 43-50. Journal article in Chinese.
2024 Liu, Chunyao, Lian Liu, and Erin Cunningham “Furniture, Advertising, and Decolonization: The Evolution of Furniture Design in Shanghai, China (1912-1949)” Interior Design Educator Council Annual Conference 2024. New York City, NY.
2023 Liu, Chunyao. “Fashioning History: Rethinking the Relationship between Taste and Historic Preservation,” Prague Heritages, Past and Present - Built and Social, A Conference on Culture, History, Art, and Design.
2023 Liu, Chunyao, and Erin Cunningham. “Avant Garde Fashion and the ‘Making’ of Historic Interiors: The Pursuit of Authenticity through Handmaking Processes,” Interior Design Educator Council Annual Conference 2023. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2022 Liu, Chunyao, and Erin Cunningham. “Easternizing Western design: Haipai Interiors and the Development of Cultural Identity in Shanghai, China,” Interior Design Educator Council Annual Conference 2022.
2020 Liu, Chunyao, and Erin Cunningham. “Fashion Interiors and Historic Preservation: The Commodification of History and Taste,” Interior Design Educator Council Annual Conference 2020. Tulsa, OK.
2019 Liu, Chunyao. “Place-making and the Preservation of Historic Interiors in Global Cities: An Instrumental Case Study of Prada Rong Zhai, Shanghai, China,” Poster presentation. Interior Design Educator Council Annual Conference 2019. Charlotte, NC.
2018 Liu, Chunyao. “Historic preservation in the United States in the 20th Century — Institutions, Regulations and Practices,” International Symposium on Architecture Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Development in Tianjin, China. (2018). Conference proceeding published in Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Architecture Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Development. Jianjin: Jianjin University Press (Tian Jin Da Xue Chu Ban She). In Chinese. ISBN: 9787561862568.
2017 Liu, Chunyao, Wohl, Sharon. “Urban Lemna,” Pre-recorded Poster Presentation. AESOP Planning & Complexity Workgroup Crossing over with Complexity: Co-evolution in Planning, Ghent (Belgium). (Work cited in Heylighen, Francis “Complexe Adaptieve Steden: een platform voor zelforganisatie,” in De Humane Stad.)
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| INT 465 | Interior Design Studio VI |
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| INT 310 | History of Interior Design I |
| INT 529 | Design Criticism |
| EPD 792 | Research |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| INT 465 | Interior Design Studio VI |
| EPD 690 | Reading and Conference |
| EPD 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| INT 310 | History of Interior Design I |
| INT 529 | Design Criticism |
| EPD 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| INT 465 | Interior Design Studio VI |
| INT 584 | Internship |
| INT 484 | Internship |
| INT 584 | Internship |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| INT 484 | Internship |
| INT 310 | History of Interior Design I |
| INT 584 | Internship |
2024 Best Presentation Award - Scholarship of Design and Research (SODR). Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2024 Annual Conference. Research collaborators: Dr. Erin Cunningham (University of Florida) & Lian Liu (Tongji University). New York City. March 2024.
2024 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2024 Student Design Competition – 1st Place (Graduate Students Category). Students: Carrie Dally, Wenjing Wang, Disha Agarwal. Faculty: Chunyao Liu. March 2024.
2024 PastForward Diversity Scholarship. The National Trust for Historic Preservation. Online. March 2024.
2023 Star of the Future Award - Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases. Awarded by World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITRAP) under the auspices of UNESCO. Project title: “Heritage Education from the Inside Out: The Rebirth of the First Baptist Church in Phoenix.” Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. September 2023.