Rossana Hu of ??Neri&Hu has been appointed chair of the department of architecture at Tongji University in Shanghai, becoming the first woman to hold the position.
The architect and founding partner of design studio Neri&Hu was appointed to the position at Tongi University's College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) on 21 December.
"I am extremely honoured to be appointed to this position," said Hu. "Not just because it is an amazing opportunity to be teaching in this top institution, but also the close proximity I will have with the best thinkers and doers in China?s architecture realm."
Hu is the first woman to chair the department of architecture at CAUP and is also the first architect to hold the position who has not previously studied at the university. Previously, all chairs of the department of architecture at CAUP were Tongji Univesity graduates. Read: Neri&Hu embody ethos of "reflective nostalgia" with own architecture studio in Shanghai

Neri&Hu was named architecture studio of the year at this year?s Dezeen Awards.
"Neri&Hu is a practice that has been steadfast in navigating their close knowledge and precise skill for design from furniture and interiors through to city scale, moving the discipline, practice, craft and education of architecture and architects across East and west seamlessly,? Dezeen Awards judges? commented.
Neri&Hu is based in a former staff dormitory buil...