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Course Cancelled

Thank you for your interest and application for the Architecture Studio: Shanghai Program.  We are sorry to report that the course can not be offered this summer due to under-enrollment.  For applicants who have already paid the tuition fee, all funds will be re-credited to your account. We wish you the best of luck in your summer plans and future studies.

International Summer Program in Architecture

Architecture Studio: Shanghai is a three-week program held at The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Architecture Study Centre in Shanghai. Taught by professors from The University of Hong Kong, as well as architects and scholars from Shanghai, the course offers participants a design studio experience within Asia's most vibrant and fastest growing city. A fundamental element of the course is to introduce students to architectural issues and design practices, in China. The studio topic is embedded in the context of Shanghai and addresses contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism.

The structure of the studio course is coordinated around a design project accompanied by short lecture courses covering issues in Chinese architectural history, architectural theory and computational technology. The program is taught in English. The HKU Study Centre provides state-of-the-art studio space in the heart of Shanghai. Field trips to significant architectural sites and visits to local and international design firms will provide participants with a broad view of contemporary Chinese culture, architecture and urbanism. Students work closely with the teaching staff, using the dynamic city of Shanghai as a context for understanding architecture's role in the built environment.