{"id":1219,"date":"2026-01-21T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/?page_id=1219"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:25:08","slug":"yingnan-chu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/yingnan-chu\/","title":{"rendered":"Yingnan Chu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Grinham Research Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Harvard University Graduate School of Design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-team\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Team<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-katarina-richter-lunn\">Yingnan Chu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Yingnan Chu is currently a postdoctoral researcher at HCP, SEAS at Harvard, having previously graduated from the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University. His research focuses on the performance of architectural design prototypes and their contributions to building sustainability. From 2013 to 2020, he worked as a project architect and has been enrolled as a PhD student since 2018. This dual experience as both an architect and a researcher, while challenging, has deepened his understanding of the principles and limitations of architectural design. It has also highlighted the potential of scientific research to innovate design strategies and underscored the importance of holistic design for sustainability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2026\/01\/Profile_CY.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Yingnan Chu\" class=\"wp-image-1208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2026\/01\/Profile_CY.jpg 400w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2026\/01\/Profile_CY-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/grg\/files\/2026\/01\/Profile_CY-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grinham Research Group Harvard University Graduate School of Design Team Yingnan Chu Yingnan Chu is currently a postdoctoral researcher at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v26.7) - 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