| Week 1 |
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Tour Shanghai: Jin Mao tower and Pudong waterfront; Yuyuan garden and market; Xintiendi project; evening on Bund waterfront |
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| 2 |
Travel to Suzhou; visit Suzhou gardens |
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| 3 |
Visit in Suzhou: silk factory, canal town
Return to Shanghai in evening
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| 4 |
Shanghai planning institute; French Concession historic district |
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| Week 2 |
| 1 |
Arrive in Beijing, get settled in guesthouses
Meet Chinese students, organize teams, buy bicycles
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| 2 |
Begin studio, visit site |
Assignment 1 (site clues) out |
| 3 |
Work |
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| 4 |
Work |
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| 5 |
Site clues presentation |
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| 6 |
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Assignment 2 (preliminary plan) out |
| 7 |
Tour in Beijing: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven |
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| Week 3 |
| 1 |
Work |
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| 2 |
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Design directions due |
| 3 |
Leave for Shanxi province |
Preliminary plan due |
| 4 |
Tour Shanxi: Yungang Grottoes, Huayan Temple, Hanging Monastery
Evening on Mount Wutai
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| 5 |
Visit Wutai; Jinci temple; travel to Pingyao walled city |
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| Week 4 |
| 1 |
Visit Pingyao; return to Beijing in evening |
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| 2 |
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Assignment 3 (design development) out |
| 3 |
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Design development due |
| 4 |
Visit Great Wall |
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| Week 5 |
| 1 |
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Assignment 4 (final presentation) out |
| 2 |
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Final presentation |