Landscape planning and Design – First week in Hangzhou

Hangzhou welcomed us with a rather chilly weather and drizzles throughout the entire of the first and second day.  We quickly settled into our new place and find our way around. On the second day, we...

Landscape Planning and Design – Week 2

We headed out to 西湖 for our second site visit on Thursday to look at the surrounding landscapes. The visit started at 郭庄, an old mansion that was preserved and restored, now open for...

Theme 6, Week 2 – The First Assignment

Now that our Prof and TA’s have treated us to a good food and good trip, its time to repay them with some work. Since none of us had any idea about what our project...

Week 2 – Hushu Special School

Hi. I’m Spencer. Our group was attached to Hushu school which helps those who have mental disabilities. The school helps the students learn skills that they can then go out and survive in the world...

The first week.

Its been 1 week since we came to China. We have made good progress in getting to know the place well. The streets around the hostel doesn’t seem as foreign anymore. Eating at the...

Week 2

We had our first classroom lesson on Monday. It was a graphic design class for product design, so all the students there already had art experience… except us. We were blown away by their...

DataVis – Week 1

After much anticipation, we have finally arrived at Zhejiang University! Two ZJU students, Xue Er and Yi Cheng (leftmost in the photo above), gave us a campus tour around Zijingang Campus, which is where we...

Week 1: Hangzhou 101

Day 0: Arrival We arrived in Hangzhou International Airport on Sunday 7th May and boarded a chartered bus straight to Zhejiang University (ZJU). On our way to the town, I saw rows of beautiful houses...

ALP Week 1 – Initiation

Let’s go on an adventure shall we. An adventure 90 days long filled with stupidity, fun, craziness and everlasting memories. Reached Hangzhou, a part of China I have never been to despite a 30-day...

Week 1

The first week got off to a really good start. We were introduced to our two lovely TAs, Xu Ying and Xiao Ying and went around the school campus taking photos and getting familiar...

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