MANAGING DIRECTOR & PARTNER, BAUMSCHLAGER EBERLE LTD., HONG KONG
Dr.Jia is managing director and partner in the Baumschlager Eberle Hong Kong office.
As one of the key members of BE he participated in design projects and supervised building construction in China. Since 1996 he is an associate professor in Architecture Design, Housing and History at the University of Hong Kong. He is the joint coordinator for the Working Commission W104- Which is an Open Building Implementation platform organized by the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB).
Dr.Jia holds a Bachelor Degree of Architecture from Nanjing Institute of Technology (NIT China) and a Postgraduate Diploma from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). He obtained a Ph.D in Architecture History and Theory in 1990 through a joint program of NIT and ETH Zurich. From 1990-1993, he held the position of Lecturer in Architectural Design in Southeast University, Nanjing, China. From 1993 to 1996, Beisi was a Research fellow and Post-Doctorate at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.