Beijing Urban Design Studio

Calendar

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