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Chen Unren
Global Initiative Center
Lecturer
Last Updated :2025/04/07

Researcher Profile and Settings

Researcher

  • Name

    Chen Unren

Affiliation

  • Global Initiative Center, Lecturer

Profile and Settings

  • Name

    Chen, Yunlian

Alternate Names

  • CHEN unren
  • 陳 雲蓮, Yunlian Chen

Foreign language

  • Use in presentation

    English, Chinese

  • Use in publication

    English, Chinese

Affiliation

  • Gunma University
  • Gunma University, Organization for Higher Education and Student Services

Affiliation

  • Affiliation

    International Center

Degree

  • Mphil
  • PhD
  • Mphil
  • PhD
  • Mphil
  • Mphil, Mar. 2006
  • PhD, Mar. 2010

Association Memberships

  • Architectural Institute of Japan, 01 Apr. 2004
  • Apr. 2016, 9999
  • Apr. 2010, 9999
  • Mar. 2005, 9999
  • The Japan Society for the History of Interiors, Furniture and Tools, Dec. 2021, 9999
  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Apr. 2021, 9999
  • Membership of Society of Construction History UK, Apr. 2019, 9999

Research Experience

  • Oct. 2019, Mar. 2023, Gunma University
  • Jun. 2016, Sep. 2019
  • Apr. 2012, Mar. 2016, Wolfson college, University of Cambridge, Visiting fellow
  • Apr. 2010, Mar. 2012, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Post doctoral fellowship
  • Apr. 2023, 9999, Gunma University, Organization for Higher Education and Student Services

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Urban History
  • Architectural history, Urban History, Harbour History
  • Social infrastructure (civil Engineering, architecture, disaster prevention), Architectural history and design

Research Interests

  • British & Abroad Bible Society, Modern Architecture, Asia
  • Harbour Construction, Maintenance of waterfront, settlement, colony, East Asia

Published Papers

  • Characteristic and Construction Process of Harbour Facilities in the Modern-day Nagasaki Harbour-Focusing on the Foreign Pontoons and the Tategami Shipyard of Mitsubishi, Yunlian Chen, Mar. 2022, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Japan, 78, 20, 41, Scientific journal
  • The Usage of Waterfront and Transformation of Its Scenery in Foreign Settlements in Modern Japan: Focusing on the Right of Waterfrontage, Low-water Mark and Water Lot, Yunlian Chen, Nov. 2021, Journal of Urban and Territorial History, No.8, 1, 24, Scientific journal
  • Reclamation work and stone masonry at the Nagasaki Harbour Wharves, Yunlian Chen, Jul. 2021, 2, 130, 138, International conference proceedings
  • The maintenance of waterfront of Yokohama Concession -Case studies of the Bund and Horikawa Canal-, Yunlian Chen, 25 Nov. 2020, Journal of Urban and Territorial History, 7, 26, 43
  • The maintenance of waterfront in Yokohama Foreign Settlement: Focusing on the construction of Yokohama Bund and the building of Horikawa Canal, Yunlian Chen, Oct. 2020, Journal of Urban and Territorial History, 7, 26, 43, Scientific journal
  • The construction process of urban infrastructure of Tianjin Japanese Concession in Modern Period, 陳雲蓮, 01 Apr. 2020, China Ancient City, No.223, 66, 75
  • The Construction Process of Urban Infrastructure of Tianjin Modern Japanese Settlement, 中国語, Apr. 2020, CHINA ANCIENT CITY, 223, ISSN 1674-4144, 66, 75, Scientific journal
  • The Harbour Construction Process and the Port System of Trading Ports in the Modern East Asia, Yunlian Chen, 19 Apr. 2019, The Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of the Construction History Society, 117, 130
  • The Harbour Construction Process and the Port System of Trading Ports in the Modern East Asia, Yunlian Chen, Apr. 2019, Water, Doors and Buildings Studies in the History of Construction (ISBN:978-0-9928751-5-2), The Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of the Construction History Society, 117, 130
  • A research note on the harbour of modern Taiwan - The case study of Tansui-, Yunlian Chen, Mar. 2018, 2, 115, 127
  • 西洋人居留地から日本植民地への移行期における台湾の打狗(高雄)築港に関する研究, Yunlian Chen, 01 Mar. 2017, Taiwan Studies, 1, 1, 53, 82
  • 西洋人居留地から日本植民地への移行期における台湾の打狗(高雄)築港に関する研究, 陳 雲蓮, Mar. 2017, 1, 創刊号, 53, 82
  • Making a world harbour in Shanghai, 1908-1920, Yunlian Chen, Sep. 2016, B-11-4, 966, 971
  • Making a world harbour in Shanghai, 1908-1920, Yunlian Chen, Sep. 2016, 11th The International Symposium on Architectural Interchanges in Asia, Tohoku University, Sendai, B-11-4, 966, 971
  • The Relationship between Real Estate Investments Conducted by British Architects and Urban Development in Modern Shanghai, Chen Yunlian, Apr. 2012, JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS OF JAPAN, 58, 0, 33, 48
    DOI
  • THE FORMATION AND SPATIAL CHARACTER OF SHANGHAI JAPANESE DISTRICT AS A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS -PART 1-:-A case study of Former Japanese residences in North Sichuan Road district-, CHEN YunLian, 2012, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 77, 672, 487, 493
    DOI
  • PROCESS OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND PLANING OF URBAN FACILITIES IN SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT CONDUCTED BY JAPANESE:—Research on urban growth process of Shanghai—, CHEN YunLian; OBA Osamu, 2010, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 75, 654, 2047, 2054
    DOI
  • 9144 The Basic Policy of Shanghai Advancement of Modern Japan, Chen YunLian; Oba Osamu, 20 Jul. 2009, Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. F-2, History and theory of architecture, 2009, 2009, 287, 288
  • THE BACKGROUND OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE JAPANESE TOWN IN SHANHAI DURING 1890-1910S:The study on development of Shanghai Japanese town in modern period, CHEN YunLian; OBA Osamu, 2009, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 74, 641, 1691, 1697
    DOI
  • THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS OF WHARF FACILITIES OF NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA IN MODERN SHANGHAI PORT, CHEN YunLian; OBA Osamu, 2009, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 74, 643, 2125, 2131
    DOI
  • DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD AND DRAINAGE OF THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN SHANGHAI DURING 1854-66 : The study on development of settlement of Shanghai in modern ages, CHEN YunLian; OBA Osamu, 30 Nov. 2008, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 633, 2533, 2538
    DOI
  • 9184 The political and economic background of Japanese town in 1890s〜1910s, Chen YunLian; Oba Osamu, 20 Jul. 2008, Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. F-2, History and theory of architecture, 2008, 2008, 367, 368
  • 8093 1855-66年間における上海英租界の道路、下水道計画過程開港初期における上海租界の都市形成過程に関する研究(-その2-) : 建築歴史・意匠-都市史・アジア(歴史的な住宅地,建築経済・住宅問題), 陳 雲蓮; 大場 修, 31 Jul. 2007, 2007, 2007, 1357, 1358
  • 9025 開港初期における上海英租界の都市形成過程に関する研究 : 近代上海租界の形成過程に関する都市史的な研究(その1)(建築歴史・意匠), 陳 雲蓮; 大場 修, Feb. 2007, 77, 357, 360
  • DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD AND LAND OF THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN SHANHAI DURING 1849-66 : The study on development of settlement of Shanghai in morden ages, CHEN YunLian; OBA Osamu, 2007, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 72, 622, 239, 244
    DOI
  • 9095 The Consists and Situations of Leased Lerritories in English Settlement : The Process of Formation of Settlement at Shanghai in Morden Periods No.1, Chen yunlian; Oba Osamu, 31 Jul. 2005, Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. F-2, History and theory of architecture, 2005, 2005, 189, 190
  • Report and questionnaire analyze on Gunma University's 2021 online English summer programme: Global Challenge of Gunma: its nature, tradition and contemporary society, Yunlian Chen; Takehito Noda, Mar. 2022, 3, 1, 18, Research institution
  • International Trends in Architectural Heritage Conservation and Research, Yunlian Chen, Nov. 2022, 95, 158, 162, Symposium
  • SUPPLY AND MANUFACTURE OF CONCRETE IN THE HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION IN MODERN JAPAN: A CASE STUDY OF YOKOHAMA FIRST HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION, Yunlian CHEN, 01 Aug. 2023, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 88, 810, 2444, 2451, Scientific journal
    DOI
  • A report on the practice and results of review survey of Gunma University's 2022 Summer Ptoramme, Yunlian Chen; Takehito Noda, Apr. 2023, 4, 33, 47, Research institution
  • Supply and Manufacture of Concrete in Harbour Construction in Modern East Asia: A Case Study of Yokohama, Yunlian Chen, Apr. 2023, Studies in Construction History, Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society, 369, 381,, International conference proceedings
  • A study of the harbour constructions in Takao Taiwan in the modern age-Focusing on the first and second harbour construction projects of Takao, Yunlian Chen, Mar. 2023, J. Archit. Plann, AIJ, 88, 805, 1147, 1156, Scientific journal
    DOI
  • The Development Process of Shanghai Harbour and the Construction of Huangpu Ship Channel in Modern Period, Yunlian Chen, Mar. 2024, The Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials, No.51,, 6, 10ページ
  • Harbour Reconstruction Project that Teito Fukko-in(The Imperial Capital Reconstruction Board) Involved-The Reconstruction of Yokohama Harbour after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923-, Yunlian Chen, Mar. 2024, Journal of the Research Institute for Global Japanese Studies, No. 7,, 173, 187頁
  • A report on implementation results of Gunma University online English summer programme in 2021-2023 ―New trends on short international exchange programme―, CHEN, Yunlian; NODA, Takehito; MATSUDA, Derek, 29 Mar. 2024, 1, 77, 88, Research institution
  • AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIC STUDY ON THE BRITISH & FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY IN THE MODERN AGE (PART 1) : THE PLANNING PROCESS AND SPATIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF KOBE DEPOT, Yunlian CHEN, 01 Apr. 2025, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 90, 830, 832, 839, Scientific journal
    DOI

MISC

  • 近代上海港における日本郵船会社による港湾施設建設過程(2011年日本建築学会奨励賞), 陳 雲蓮, 20 Aug. 2011, 126, 126, 88, 88
  • 9115 The spatial structures and the living conditions of old Japanese town in Shanghai, SASAI yuri; CHEN unren; OBA osamu, 20 Jul. 2008, Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. F-2, History and theory of architecture, 2008, 2008, 229, 230
  • 9051 The spatial structures and the living conditions of old Japanese town in Shanghai, SASAI yuri; CHEN unren; OBA osamu, 23 May 2008, 48, 897, 900
  • The Maintenance of Street・Harbour・Horikawa Canal t in Yokohama in the beginning of Meiji Era, Yunlian Chen, Jun. 2019, Journal of Urban and Territorial History, 6, 159, 159
  • 06 第45回『中国・朝鮮の旧日本租界』研究会 中国・朝鮮の旧日本租界, 陳 雲蓮; Chen Yunlian, 31 Jan. 2015, 33, 22, 23

Books etc

  • The Urban Space of Modern Shanghai: Focusing on the public facilities in Foreign Settlement, Single work, Yunlian Chen, Shanghai Reng Min Chu Ban She, 01 Jan. 2025, 247, Scholarly book, ISBN: 9787208191358
  • The urban formation history of Shanghai in Modern Period, Single work, Fukyosya, 20 Feb. 2018, 356, Scholarly book
  • A study of the development process by which the Japanese residential district formed in Shanghai in the beginning of the twentieth century, Single work, Yunlian Chen, Dai-ichi Life Foundation, 01 Jun. 2013, 50, Report
  • A history in urban formation of Modern Shanghai, Single work, Feb. 2018, 354p, 図版24p, ISBN: 9784894892484
  • A study of the development process by which the Japanese residential district formed in Shanghai in the beginning of twentieth century, Single work, Yunlian Chen, Jun. 2013
  • 上海租界の都市形成に関する研究 : イギリス人と日本人による都市開発の実態から, Single work, Mar. 2010
  • SHANGHAI, Single work, Yunlian Chen, Shanghai Reng Min Chu Ban She, Jan. 2025, ISBN: 9787208191358

Presentations

  • 「従西洋人居留地到日本殖民地的過渡期之臺灣高雄港建設過程與港口空間相関研究」, Yunlian Chen, 秩序、治理、産業—近代東亜政経発展脈絡的再検視、国際学術工作坊、国立台北大学, 16 Nov. 2016, Chinese
  • 近代東アジアにおける英国外国聖書協会建築の形成過程とその空間特性, 陳 雲蓮, 建築史学, 2016, 2016, 2016, Japanese
  • From Village to City: The Process of Urban Transformation in China from the 1840s to the 1940s, Yunlian Chen, University of Edinburgh, Chinese Research Seminar, 05 Nov. 2014, English
  • The urban formation process of China’s treaty ports, 1840s-1940s: Case studies of Shanghai and Tianjin, Yunlian Chen, Chinese research seminar at King's College, University of Cambridge, 08 Mar. 2014
  • Who built Shanghai and how? The process of colonial urban development, 1840s-1940s, Yunlian Chen, Chinese research seminar at Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, 04 Dec. 2013, English
  • The urban development process of China’s trading ports, 1840s-1940s: A case studies of foreign settlements in Tianjin, Yunlian Chen, Reading Chinese Classics at Needham Institute, University of Cambridge, 01 Nov. 2013
  • The transformation of English terraced houses into Japanese residences in Shanghai, 1900s-1940s, Yunlian Chen, Wolfson Research Event, University of Cambridge, 03 May 2013, English
  • The relationship between the harbor coolies and the spatial character of Shanghai Whangpoo Harbor, 1880s-1930s, Yunlian Chen, BICC Chinese Urban Studies Network Conference at University of Aberdeen, 16 Jan. 2013, English
  • Where is China’s urbanization heading?, Yunlian Chen, Lunch seminar at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, 13 Jan. 2013, English
  • THE FORMATION AND SPATIAL CHARACTER OF SHANGHAI JAPANESE DISTRICT AS A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS -PART 1-:-A case study of Former Japanese residences in North Sichuan Road district-, CHEN YunLian, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 2012, 2012, 2012, Japanese
  • 9144 The Basic Policy of Shanghai Advancement of Modern Japan, Chen YunLian; Oba Osamu, Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. F-2, History and theory of architecture, 20 Jul. 2009, 20 Jul. 2009, 20 Jul. 2009, Japanese
  • 9184 The political and economic background of Japanese town in 1890s〜1910s, Chen YunLian; Oba Osamu, Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. F-2, History and theory of architecture, 20 Jul. 2008, 20 Jul. 2008, 20 Jul. 2008, Japanese
  • 9115 The spatial structures and the living conditions of old Japanese town in Shanghai, SASAI yuri; CHEN unren; OBA osamu, Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. F-2, History and theory of architecture, 20 Jul. 2008, 20 Jul. 2008, 20 Jul. 2008, Japanese
  • 9051 The spatial structures and the living conditions of old Japanese town in Shanghai, SASAI yuri; CHEN unren; OBA osamu, 日本建築学会近畿支部研究報告集. 計画系, 23 May 2008, 23 May 2008, 23 May 2008, Japanese
  • 8093 1855-66年間における上海英租界の道路、下水道計画過程開港初期における上海租界の都市形成過程に関する研究(-その2-) : 建築歴史・意匠-都市史・アジア(歴史的な住宅地,建築経済・住宅問題), 陳 雲蓮; 大場 修, 学術講演梗概集. F-1, 都市計画, 建築経済・住宅問題, 31 Jul. 2007, 31 Jul. 2007, 31 Jul. 2007, Japanese
  • 9025 開港初期における上海英租界の都市形成過程に関する研究 : 近代上海租界の形成過程に関する都市史的な研究(その1)(建築歴史・意匠), 陳 雲蓮; 大場 修, 研究報告集 II, 建築計画・都市計画・農村計画・建築経済・建築歴史・意匠, Feb. 2007, Feb. 2007, Feb. 2007, Japanese
  • 9095 The Consists and Situations of Leased Lerritories in English Settlement : The Process of Formation of Settlement at Shanghai in Morden Periods No.1, Chen yunlian; Oba Osamu, Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. F-2, History and theory of architecture, 31 Jul. 2005, 31 Jul. 2005, 31 Jul. 2005, Japanese
  • Reclamation work and stone masonry at the Nagasaki Harbour wharves (1889-97), Yunlian Chen, Seventh International Congress on Construction History (7ICHH) Lisbon, Portugal, 16 Jul. 2021, 12 Jul. 2021, 16 Jul. 2021, English
  • The Harbour Construction Process and the Port System of Trading Ports in the Modern East Asia, Yunlian Chen, Water, Doors and Buildings, Studies in the History of Construction, University of Cambridge, UK, 05 Apr. 2019, 05 Apr. 2019, 07 Apr. 2019, English
  • 明治初期の横浜居留地における市街地・港・堀川の整備と管理, 2018年度都市史学会, Dec. 2018, Japanese
  • Supply and Manufacture of Concrete in Harbour Construction in Modern East Asia: A Case Study of Yokohama, Yunlian Chen, University of Cambridge, Queens' College, 13 Apr. 2023, 12 Apr. 2023, 13 Apr. 2023, English
  • 近代高雄建港研究-以打狗建港第一期，第二期工程為中心-, 高雄築港台日工作坊SIG跨校共培活動, 05 Sep. 2024, Chinese

Awards

  • AIJ Young Researcher Award, Architectural Institute of Japan, Aug. 2011

Research Projects

  • The construction process and establishment of port system of trading ports in Modern East Asia, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Okayama University, 01 Apr. 2018, 31 Mar. 2023, 18K04538
    対象リソースIRI
  • Apr. 2017, Mar. 2018
  • Sep. 2012, Aug. 2013, Principal investigator
    対象リソースIRI
  • Apr. 2012, Mar. 2013, Principal investigator
    対象リソースIRI
  • 2010, 2011, 10F00076
    対象リソースIRI
  • International Symposium on Architectural Heritage Conservation and Research, Gunma University, Gunma University, Oct. 2021, Feb. 2022, Principal investigator
    対象リソースIRI
  • 01 Apr. 2023, 31 Mar. 2028, 23K04205
    対象リソースIRI

Social Contribution

Social Contribution

  • 震災復興百年の大計を考えるシンポジウム, Takushoku University, Sep. 2023, Sep. 2023　(Target:　Teachers, Researchers, General, Scientific organization, Company, Civic organization, Governmental agency, Media)
  • 「中世都市ケンブリッジの魅力」, Oct. 2013
  • 「上海の近代建築を訪ねて」, 01 Oct. 2010, 01 Dec. 2010
    共同研究・競争的資金等の業績ID対象リソースIRI
  • 「上海英租界の建築を訪ねて」, Dec. 2010
  • 建築文化遺産の再生保存と研究ーヴェネチア、富岡製糸場、蘇州大学・近代キャンパスを中心に, Gunma University, 20 Feb. 2022
    共同研究・競争的資金等の業績ID対象リソースIRI
  • 群馬大学国際理解講座Clobal Cafe特別企画「ロシアとウクライナー」ウクライナの宗教と美術：ロシアのウクライナ侵攻を美術史、建築史の視点から読み解く, Gunma University, 19 Jul. 2022

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