Jieling Xiao

Jieling Xiao is an architect, urban designer and lecturer in Environmental Design at School of Architecture and Design, Birmingham City University. She got her MArch in Urban Design from the Bartlett School, University College London. She completed her PhD at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield, exploring smellscapes in intermodal transit spaces in the UK and China. Her doctoral study generated a framework of interpreting, evaluating and designing smellscapes in intermodal transit spaces. Jieling’s research focuses on theories and practices of place-making and environmental design through people’s sensory experiences, particularly sounds and smells. She is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Perception-Driven Approaches to Urban Assessment and Design
Handbook of Research on Perception-Driven Approaches to Urban Assessment and Design
Francesco Aletta, Jieling Xiao. © 2018. 641 pages.
The creation of metropolitan areas is influenced by a wide array of factors, both practical and ecological. They can also be influenced by immaterial characteristics of a given...
Smell, Smellscape, and Place-Making: A Review of Approaches to Study Smellscape
Smell, Smellscape, and Place-Making: A Review of Approaches to Study Smellscape
Jieling Xiao. © 2018. 19 pages.
Compared to sensory studies such as soundscape, thermal, and lighting comfort, smellscape is relatively less explored. Reviewing existing studies of smells and smellscapes can...