Entries by Ming Tang

Parametric Building Design

Author: Tang, M. Parametric Building Design with Autodesk Maya. Publisher: Routledge. ISBN: 0415644461. 2014. ( 1,300 copies sold) Due to its comprehensive tool-set and great potential for 3D modeling, more and more architectural design and interior design firms are adapting Autodesk Maya and integrating it into their practice. There has been no book aimed at […]

Earth Award 2009

I was honored to be selected as a finalist for the 2009 Earth Awards in New York, where I had the opportunity to present my project, Folded Bamboo + Paper House, and participate in the awards gala at the Four Seasons. The Earth Awards brought together a diverse group of designers and innovators exploring ideas […]

Urban Paleontology

Book:  Urban Paleontology: Evolution of Urban Forms This book grew out of my graduate thesis at Tsinghua University, under the guidance of Professor Zhu Wenyi in 1997-2000. I am especially grateful for the influence of Mario Gandelsonas and his book Urban Text (1992), which helped shape the early thinking behind this work. The book introduces […]

MSU MIND LAB

I studied Digital Media Art and Technology as a graduate student at Michigan State University from 2000 to 2003. In my later years, I had the opportunity to work first as a student assistant and later as a lead designer at the MSU Media Interface Network Design (M.I.N.D.) Lab.  I am especially grateful to Professor, Dr Frank Biocca, […]

Cites with Soul

The first place, Cities with Soul – The Urban Design Competition, British Council, U.K. 1998 This “Baita Temple neighborhood design” project was developed during my architecture graduate studies at Tsinghua University in 1998, in collaboration with a talented team of fellow students, including Li Fu, Fu Xin, Yali Song, Christoph, and others, under the guidance […]