YEARBOOK 2018 - 2019 | XJTLU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
The sixth edition of the yearbook of the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University presents student works created during the academic year 2018 - 2019. 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 also a showcase of the creative culture that has guided our students towards successful international careers as responsible and creative architectural designers. The Department of Architecture at XJTLU offers RIBA Part 1, 2 and 3.
The sixth edition of the yearbook of the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University presents student works created during the academic year 2018 - 2019. 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 also a showcase of the creative culture that has guided our students towards successful international careers as responsible and creative architectural designers. The Department of Architecture at XJTLU offers RIBA Part 1, 2 and 3.
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ALUMNI<br />
<strong>XJTLU</strong> Degree<br />
BEng(Hons) Architecture, July 2016<br />
Year Out<br />
KCA, Kostas Chatzigiannis Architecture<br />
Further Studies<br />
Master of Architecture and Urban<br />
Design, Part 2 equiv., Politecnico di<br />
Milano, since 2017<br />
Chen Jiamiao | 陈 佳 苗<br />
<strong>2018</strong>-<strong>2019</strong> <strong>YEARBOOK</strong> Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of Architecture 西 交 利 物 浦 大 学 建 筑 系<br />
Architecture Alumni Exhibition –<br />
December 8-15, <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Alumni exhibition oversight:<br />
Claudia Westermann<br />
Exhibition set-up:<br />
Chen Jian and assistants<br />
Special event organization:<br />
Chen Jian<br />
Photo:<br />
Claudia Westermann<br />
Since the first graduation of students from the Bachelor degree in 2014<br />
and the Master’s degree in 2017, our network of alumni continues to<br />
grow. Future graduates of <strong>XJTLU</strong>’s Department of Architecture can<br />
now look forward to joining a global network of successful alumni who<br />
are making a difference in universities, organisations and recognised<br />
award-winning architecture practices – all over the world. Many alumni<br />
have stories to tell that are extraordinary and provide evidence of their<br />
excellence.<br />
Last year, we introduced a new section to the yearbook to give our<br />
alumni space to tell their stories. This year, we continue this practice.<br />
On the following pages, you will find the stories of twelve exemplary<br />
graduates of the Bachelor degree. They give a sense of the achievement<br />
that has come to typify <strong>XJTLU</strong>’s Architecture alumni in general.<br />
In December <strong>2018</strong>, we held our first Architecture Alumni Exhibition.<br />
It was a great opportunity for us to meet with our former students, for<br />
the alumni to catch up with each other, and for the current students<br />
to see the excellence of the architecture alumni and the variety of<br />
careers they have been embarking on. Our thanks go to all the alumni<br />
who contributed works to the exhibition, and the following alumni<br />
for coordinating the event with their classmates: Huang Chien-hua –<br />
graduate of 2014, Zhu Haoruo – graduate of 2015, Dai Anni – graduate of<br />
2016, Qian Shiyu – graduate of 2017, and Huang Yifei – graduate of <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
If you are a graduate of our Architecture programmes but are not yet<br />
connected to our alumni WeChat groups, please contact the Department’s<br />
alumni coordinator Claudia Westermann at Arc.Alumni@xjtlu.edu.cn,<br />
so you can be added. Claudia will also be happy to receive updates from<br />
you. E-mail to let her know where you are and what you do. We look<br />
forward to hearing from you.<br />
The four years of studying at <strong>XJTLU</strong> are a great treasure for me. I learned to open my mind to the word<br />
‘architecture,’ how to design both realistic architecture and dream architecture. And I have missed the freedom<br />
in design, the close relationship with professors, the nice environment of <strong>XJTLU</strong> when I worked, and now<br />
studying in Milan.<br />
After graduation, I worked as an architect assistant for one year, and then went to Milan in Italy for my Master’s<br />
degree. Studies at the Politecnico are nice. I have two studios each semester. It is stressful, but you can be<br />
involved in more project types. The studios here are different from <strong>XJTLU</strong>’s. Almost everything is done in<br />
groups. It is good to work in groups, you can learn from your group members. Although there will always be<br />
disagreements between group members, eventually the group will turn the design in a good way. But I also<br />
notice the weakness. It seems, in a group, you will probably focus on the work, which you can do very well.<br />
Over time, your strengths will become stronger, but you will have only little opportunities to improve on your<br />
weaknesses. And sometimes you will miss the freedom of designing a project individually.<br />
▲ A section of the Palazzo Ducale showing the exhibition layout that<br />
my group designed in the architectural preservation studio at the<br />
Politecnico<br />
A rendering of the middle courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale showing<br />
the new circulation that my group designed in the architectural<br />
preservation studio at the Politecnico<br />
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