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2014 MAD Travel Fellowship
United Kingdom Architecture News - May 20, 2014 - 09:32 2128 views
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The MAD Travel Fellowship was launched by MAD Architects in 2009 to provide mainland Chinese students with an opportunity to travel abroad and research an architectural topic of their choosing. This is the 6th year of the MAD Travel Fellowship, and in the past years, 25 students from all over China have received the grant and finished their dream architecture travel.
It is only through travel – the visceral experience of walking into a space – that one can begin to understand the full context and meaning of architecture. Professional development is based on firsthand experience to different places, which also reinforces MAD architects’ dedication to fostering contemporary design in co-existence with local traditions.
Ma Yansong, the founder of MAD architects, will conduct an initial review of all the applications, and will choose the five most qualified candidates to receive the fellowship. The winners will be announced on July 11, 2014. They are also expected to give a public presentation about their travel experiences and researches after they finish the travel.
Eligibility
• The applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate architecture, landscape, or urban planning student from mainland China (not including those graduating in 2014).
• The applicant should have never received the MAD Travel Fellowship before.
• Winners of the MAD travel fellowship should not hold any other fellowships at the same time.
• Winners are expected to spend 10 to 14 days outside of China in order to conduct their proposed research. This must be undertaken within 2 months after receiving the MAD Travel Fellowship.
• The MAD Travel Fellowship is intended for independent study only.
Submission
• Application letter (maximum 500 words: applicants should articulate the relevance of their travel to contemporary architectural practice, their ideal destinations and the benefits they anticipate to attain from the travel.)
• A travel itinerary (including the list of sites to visit and other resources they may require to support the proposed travel agenda.)
• CV (including name of current university and graduation year)
• Portfolio (independent work of the applicant, maximum of six A4 pages in PDF, not to exceed 3 megabytes)
Please submit the above materials as an A4 PDF to [email protected] along with your name, date of birth, gender, college or university, major, graduation year, and contact information in the e-mail. The file should not exceed 5MB. The application file should be named as the following: school_major_graduation year_name
•Application deadline: July 1, 2014, application valid with a received receipt from [email protected]
•Winner announcement: July 11, 2014, through i-mad.com and notice via email
Contact
E-mail: [email protected]
Jury: Ma Yansong
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