Reported by: MU Ye
Photographed by: JIAN Zhu
Translated by: CHEN Meng
Edited by: Jennifer Taylor
Recently, in the Architectural Design in Achievements Exhibition nine collections of undergraduate design work drawings, models and videos from the four undergraduate specialties Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape and Art Design of the School of Architecture were on display. It was a major highlight of the "Open Study Design" curriculum reform outcomes. It included Ice and Snow Culture Exhibition Hall designs from the perspective of exploring digital parametric design logic, design methods and processes; wooden architecture designed from the most basic building materials from the structural perspective of the "construction" of exploration; renovation and renewal design through the study of the protection of historic city center area buildings, while further exploring questions of active revival.
The course topics reflect the diversity of properties, fit the characteristics of architectural development today, and represent the mainstream of world construction industry research. At the same time, various design groups highlighted the important characteristics of a combination of experience and practice, cooperation and communion. It includes active processes, rich information, multiple-methods, workplace transformation teaching and learning methods. It used 'open' elements built into an 'AC - experience - visit - creation' design pattern. The “Open Study Design" teaching course achievements are unanimously affirmed by the experts.
Associate Professor SHAO Yu said the two groups of the Architectural Design in Achievements Exhibition which cooperated with the Taiwan Chung Yuan Christian University focused on the design with reference to social issues, using the parametric design method to consider the cultural conflicts and exchanges between the campus and the night market. The campus dormitory design collaboration with the Chinese University of Hong Kong was concerned with the collection-type settlement patterns of the special geographical environment and the social environment. The Department of Urban Planning students focused on the regeneration of a historic district, based on GIS analysis, computer-aided design of the historic district protection planning, exploring old town activity regeneration and community development which was based on the design of ecological low-carbon design methods. Landscape professionals and professional art and design students are actively exploring microclimate optimization based urban open space landscape planning and design methods and approaches.
The "Open Study Design" course is a major highlight of the curriculum reform practice teaching reform project of the School of Architecture as part of the "Excellent Engineers Education and Training Program", a key point of the university teaching reform project. In the 2012-spring semester, the university conducted a pilot on Architecture majors grade 2008 undergraduate students. In the 2013-spring semester, the curriculum reform extended to Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape and Art Design majors. It uses connections between universities at home and abroad, connections between university and enterprise, connections with design competition, combinations with relevant majors. The course has unique characteristics that transcend traditional architectural design teaching. This year, the course is relatively mature, with teaching arrangements and curriculum structure stabilized, with connections between universities at home and abroad becoming prominent highlights. Students in groups under the guidance of teachers went to Harvard University, Aalto University, Hanyang University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Taiwan Chung Yuan Christian University, National Cheng Kung University, Fu Jen Catholic University and Feng Chia University to develop designs with well-known colleges and universities.
Setting up for the Exhibition
The Expert jury listens to the students’ introductions
Models on display
