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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BRIEF E<br />
Learning + Leisure:<br />
Spaces for Contemplation<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 />
Children and old people do not live in the ‘world of workers’. They share<br />
the domestic and urban space with the middle age working class but they<br />
experience time in different ways. Children and old people have plenty<br />
of time to learn, think, play, understand and contemplate in two different<br />
ways: dynamic and static, so to say.<br />
In most cultures, especially in Chinese culture, children and<br />
grandparents establish close relationships, with many children even<br />
living with their grandparents. This studio poses the question: how is it<br />
possible to create a space to help young and old alike to experience their<br />
shared and special time outside their own houses?<br />
While a number of studies in education have been developed engaging<br />
children and elderly in daily school routines with success, this brief<br />
asks students to propose an architectural solution to specific needs of<br />
contemporary educational centres.<br />
Students are, thus, invited to develop a mixed programme: School for<br />
Children + Residence for Old People.<br />
TEACHING TEAM<br />
Christian Gänshirt<br />
José Ángel Hidalgo Arellano<br />
ELDREN VILLIAGE<br />
Zeng Jiacheng | 曾 嘉 诚
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