YEARBOOK 2016 - 2017 | XJTLU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
The fourth edition of the yearbook of the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University presents student works created during the academic year 2016 - 2017. The yearbook exemplifies the new model for Chinese architectural education for which the department was commended by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). It is thus also a showcase of the creative culture that has guided our students in taking first steps to successful international careers as responsible and creative architectural designers. XJTLU offers RIBA Part 1, 2 and 3.
The fourth edition of the yearbook of the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University presents student works created during the academic year 2016 - 2017. The yearbook exemplifies the new model for Chinese architectural education for which the department was commended by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). It is thus also a showcase of the creative culture that has guided our students in taking first steps to successful international careers as responsible and creative architectural designers. XJTLU offers RIBA Part 1, 2 and 3.
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ARC305<br />
Design Studio<br />
Small and Medium Scale Buildings<br />
<strong>2016</strong>-<strong>2017</strong> <strong>YEARBOOK</strong> Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of Architecture 西 交 利 物 浦 大 学 建 筑 系<br />
Section by Fuwei Shao<br />
Level 3<br />
( Year 4 | Semester 1 )<br />
Module Credits<br />
10<br />
Module Leader<br />
Li-An Tsien<br />
Teaching Team<br />
José Ángel Hidalgo Arellano<br />
Teresa Hoskyns<br />
Glen Wash<br />
Number of Students<br />
53<br />
Building Creative Cities<br />
Long emblematic of the fast speed urban development that resulted<br />
from the country’s breakneck growth; engendered by massive urban<br />
development strategies, Chinese cities have perhaps come to embody the<br />
socio-economical factors that led to their creation. It could be surmised<br />
that, after enabling the most important environmental transformation in<br />
China’s history, they have become both the symptom and the illness of a<br />
China in constant need of transformation.<br />
In recent years, the speed of the economy has radically slowed. Experts<br />
widely agree that the country needs to undergo a painful transformation<br />
from an industry driven economy to a service economy based on<br />
innovation. Cities all over the country are now facing a number of<br />
important urban challenges, including rising inequality, migratory<br />
pressure, pollution, resources and water consumption, population aging…<br />
etc. Are Chinese Cities, once the unchallenged drivers and standard<br />
bearers of an emerging new China that was built on the prosperity<br />
of millions of citizens lifted out of poverty over decades of intensive<br />
urbanization, in dire need to be re-invented?<br />
If Chinese cities are to help facilitate the urban and socio-cultural<br />
transition that the Chinese economy and, per extension, the Chinese<br />
society are undergoing, is their most important challenge the need<br />
to somehow re-think themselves in order to become something else,<br />
something driven by innovation, creativity, culture and society?<br />
In the context of this studio, we shall explore the relationship between<br />
built urban spaces and creative societies.<br />
The studio aims at equipping students with the necessary skills to design<br />
small and medium-scale buildings, taking into consideration a wide<br />
range of architectural, urban, socio-cultural, economic and political<br />
issues that are inherently connected with architectural practice.<br />
Level 03 – Year 4<br />
B Eng Architecture Programme
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