Juan Du is Associate Professor and Director of the MArch Program in the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong.  Her research and writings have been published in China, Europe and the United States, including China Voices, Urban Trans Formations, Domus International, Urban China, and Journal of Architectural Education. She is the founding director of Hong Kong based office IDU_architecture with projects ranging from the extent of built forms to the social and ecological processes of the city.  Her work has been exhibited internationally including La Biennale di Venezia 11th International Architecture Exhibition, Vienna Architekturzentrum Exhibition, and the Brazil International Exhibition of Architecture and Urbanism. Juan Du is often invited to speak by institutions such as the Asia Society India Centre in Mumbai, the DeBalie Centrum in Amsterdam, the European Cultural Capital Workshop in Luxembourg, and the Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction in Shanghai. She has taught architectural and urban design at the Department of Architecture of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Graduate Center of Architecture at Peking University. Prior to starting her own practice in 2006, she worked in the offices of Yung Ho Chang Atelier FCJZ in China, Agence Santiago Calatrava and Atelier Seraji in France, and Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects in the United States.  She was the Chief Curator of Hong Kong’s participation in the 2010 Venice Biennale of Architecture, Curator of Housing an Affordable City Exhibition at the 2011 Shenzhen Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale, and the Assistant Curator for the First Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism\ Architecture in 2005.  Juan Du was born in China, raised and educated in the United States, with additional professional practice experience in Europe and China. She holds a Master degree in Architecture from Princeton University and is the recipient of a US Fulbright Foundation Scholarship for her research on the transformations of the contemporary Chinese city.