Zhongzhe Shen

Assistant Professor

Zhongzhe Shen
Zhongzhe Shen

Assistant Professor

 

 

 

Address

Jackson Street Building, Office 151

285 South Jackson Street

Athens, Georgia 30602

Zhongzhe Shen is an assistant professor at the College of Environment and Design, holding a Ph.D. in Architecture and Design Research with a focus on Landscape Architecture from Virginia Tech. He also has a master’s and a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture. Zhongzhe’s research spans landscape performance, climate change, sustainability, data visualization, and the integration of emerging technologies in landscape architecture.

His work primarily centers on the quantification of landscape performance and the enhancement of measurement systems and guidelines. He is particularly interested in how emerging technologies can be leveraged to improve landscape performance. His interdisciplinary approach combines elements from landscape architecture, mechanical engineering, and ecological systems, aiming to address environmental, social, and economic sustainability challenges.

Zhongzhe is committed to sharing the outcomes of his research, having presented papers at multiple international conferences. His professional experience includes working as a landscape architect at both national and international design firms.

Education
  • Ph.D., Virginia Tech, School of Design, 2024
  • MLA, Iowa State University, College of Design, 2018
  • BLA, Nanjing Forestry University, School of Landscape Architecture, 2014
Scholarly Interests

Landscape Performance, Quantitative Assessment, Sustainability, Smart Devices, Artificial Intelligence, Sensors in Landscape Architecture, Digital Landscape Architecture, Landscape Equity, Landscape Architecture and Art, Health and Design, Low Impact Development

Awards & Recognition

VT SEAD GRANT, VT SIRG GRANTS

UGA Campus Sustainability Grant, 2025

Publications

Shen, Z., Chen, Z., Long, Y., & Kim, M. (2024). Quantifying the Impacts of Green Roof Design Factors on Microclimate Regulation: A Case Study in Washington, D.C. Applied and Computational Engineering.

Shen, Z., Peng, X., Du, C., & Kim, M. (2023). Quantifying Sustainability and Landscape Performance: A Smart Devices Assisted Alternative Framework. Sustainability, 15(17), 13239.

Shen, Z., & Kim, M. (2023). Longitudinal water pollution monitoring and retention pond capacity assessment using smart devices. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 57– 64.

Shen, Z., & Kim, M. (2023). Examining A Smart Devices Assisted Landscape Performance Assessment Framework. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. Accepted Waiting for publication, 490-498.

Shen, Z., & Kim, M. (2022). Improving landscape performance measurement: Using smart sensors for longitudinal air quality data tracking. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 164–173.

Westort, C., & Shen, Z. (2017). Robot in the garden: Preliminary experiments programming an on-site robot ball assistant to the landscape architect. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 223-234.

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