Combined with the constructiondemandsofGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Areaand the regional characteristics of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Shenzhen University has formed a relatively stable research direction, and strive to build a forward-looking research platform. After many years of exploration, the research team has formed distinct characteristics in the research directions of medical and healthy buildings, large-scale urban complex buildings, high densityhousingand residential environment, green architectural design, existing building protection and urban renovation. Meanwhile, combined with urban spatial information engineering and smart city, the research team strengthens the cross-integration between different research directions, further expands the breadth of disciplines and improves the level of disciplines.

The research platform of the collegeisled by the Guangdong Province and Shenzhen Key Laboratory,and a series of research teams with clear research directions and reasonable academic teams have been formed around the Benyuan Design Research Center led by Academician Jianmin Meng and the Smart City Research Institute led by Academician Renzhong Guo. The research platform covers various levels and secondary disciplines, which is conducive to interdisciplinary academic research.

List of provincial and municipal key laboratories and research platforms of the college

Our school's academic and media platform also includes the World Architecture Guide, a bilingual journal founded in 1985. As an academic publication, the World Architecture Guide has always followed the hot topics of architecture.Through direct interviews with famous architecture firms and teaching and research institutions at home and abroad, The World Architecture Guide obtains first-hand information for dissemination, and becomes the front line of reporting and introducing Chinese and Western architecture.