MAD Travel Fellowship 2018, China Design Project, Student Architect Scheme, Chinese Architecture
MAD Travel Fellowship 2018
Chinese Student Architect Project in 2017 – organised by MAD Architects
14 Jun 2018
MAD Travel Fellowship 2018 Winners
2018 MAD Travel Fellowship Winners Announced
June 14th, 2018 – Beijing, China
The 2018 MAD Travel Fellowship winners have been selected. This 9th edition will support six architecture students from across the globe, and grant them the opportunity to travel to the destination of their choice, in order to gain further insights into their architecture topics of research.
The six winners of the 2018 MAD Travel Fellowship, reviewed and selected by Ma Yansong, are:
Khao Vu
Harvard University, graduate student
Research Topic: Space Organism – A search for a new invention in contemporary culture
Travel Destinations: England, Japan, Switzerland
Tatiana Southey-Bassols
Bartlett School of Architecture, graduate student
Research Topic: How the built environment is a key mediator of remembrance and a tool to preserve repressed cultural identity
Travel Destinations: China, Kazhakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Qi Peng
Wuhan University, undergraduate student
Research Topic: The existence of architectural quietude in European cities
Travel Destinations: France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Zhang Xinyi
Architectural Association, undergraduate student
Research Topic: What is the future of Chinese Architecture?
Travel Destinations: China, Japan, North Korea, Russia
Tong Zhou
Columbia University, graduate student
Research Topic: Provocative mildness in architecture
Travel Destinations: Portugal, Spain
Zhonghui Zhu
Princeton University, graduate student
Research Topic: Beyond the white wall: Colors, nature and materials in traditional and modern Mexican architecture
Travel Destination: Mexico
Initiated in 2009 by Ma Yansong, founder and principal partner of MAD Architects, the MAD Travel Fellowship provides young architecture students with the possibility to experience the spaces and places that inspire their architectural ambitions; and assists them in organizing meetings with those architects that have been valuable to their personal research topics.
For more information on the MAD Travel Fellowship, please visit the fellowship website or contact: [email protected]
7 Jun 2017
MAD Travel Fellowship 2017 Winners
Winners for 2017 MAD Travel Fellowship
Jun.7th, 2017 – Beijing, China – MAD Architects announces the winners of the 2017 MAD Travel Fellowship.
1. Roberto Vargas Calvo, from Costa Rica, a 5th year undergraduate student in Veritas University, Costa Rica
2. Kyriaki Goti, from Greece, a 2nd year graduate student in University of Stuttgart, Germany
3. Hossein Goudarzi, from Iran, a 1st year graduate student in University of New Mexico, USA
4. Federico Fauli, from Italy, a 2nd year graduate student in Architectural Association, UK
5. Shaun McCallum, Scotland, a 1st year graduate student in University of Applied Art Vienna, Austria
Chinese Fellows to travel overseas:
1. LI Qiwei, a 4th year undergraduate student in Beijing University of Civil engineering and Architecture, China. Travel Destination: Russia, Ukraine
2. WEN Zishen, a 2nd year graduate student in Tsinghua University, China. Travel Destination: Germany, Austria, Italy
3. WU You, a st year graduate student in Princeton University, USA. Travel Destination: France
4. YI Zhe, a 1st year graduate student in Yale University, USA. Travel Destination: Japan
5. WEI Tangchenxi, a 2nd year graduate student in Southeast University, China. Travel Destination: Netherlands
MAD Travel Fellowship images / information from Mad Architects
Location: People’s Republic of China
Architecture in China
Contemporary Architecture in China
China Architecture Design – chronological list
Chinese Architect – Design Practice Listings
Chinese Architecture – Recent Designs
China Southern Airport City , Guangzhou
Design: Woods Bagot
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China Southern Airport City Guangzhou
Changzhou Culture Center Building, southern China
Design: gmp · Architects
picture © Crystal Digital Technology
Changzhou Culture Center Building
Chengdu Museum
Design: Sutherland Hussey
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Chengdu Museum
CITIC Headquarters Tower, Hangzhou
Design: Foster + Partners
image © Foster + Partners
CITIC Headquarters Building China
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