Interested in studying abroad in China? This program is a great fit for engineering students, especially those in CEE! Read on to learn more!
Summer 2016 (June 20th – July 20th), Study Abroad in China!
Upcoming dates and deadlines:
Information sessions! Gould Hall, RM 312 at 12:00 PM
- Friday Jan. 15th
- Monday, Jan. 25th
- Monday, February 9th
Application Due: February 29th, 2016
For more information: Contact Professor Winterbottom (nina@u.washington.edu) or visit https://studyabroad.washington.edu
Program Description: We will collaborate with students and faculty from the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Guizhou Normal University Guiyang, Guizhou province to design and build a play space for disabled children from a local village. We will live and work in the Yeland Valley Park, Guiyang, near the Normal University Guiyang. We will create a series of landscape and sculptural elements for use by disabled children from near by communities. Our project will complement the unique forms and features of this unusual/sculpture park, Yeland Valley, created by the artist Song Peilun, who over 17 years built this memorial to a disappeared tribe who lived in Guizhou a thousand years ago.
In this program students will design and construct the landscape elements and learn the principles of craft and design, construction drawing documentation, construction, and materials and field sketching. We will be working with local Chinese builders who specialize in traditional building techniques. The location of the program is in an area unique with many ethnic traditional villages in close proximity to the program site and unique geological and ecological features such as karst canyons and waterfalls. The surrounding area features cheap local cuisine and nightlife.
Pre-Requisites/Language Requirements/Physical Components: This program is open to all students from all disciplines and previous construction experience is not required. The focus is on environmental therapeutic design and construction. Other themes will be craft and material fabrication, historic/cultural design, working with people with disabilities, ecology, and art. The program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students from the UW and other universities and colleges. Non-matriculated students should not apply. The accommodations will be small-scale dormitories with shared rooms. The program will require physical effort so all applicants should be able to work for 8 hours per day. Some of the field trips require walking and hiking. Most of the people we will be working with speak English and translators will also be involved with the project.