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China Fellowship

The $5,000 China Fellowship is awarded annually to three students in the last two years of either an undergraduate or graduate program in architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, or urban design in the People’s Republic of China to conduct independent travel and research that contributes to the SOM Foundation’s current topic. The China Fellowship was created in 2006 to support emerging design leaders to broaden their education and contribute to their future professional and academic careers.

Applicants must be an undergraduate or graduate student in the last two years of a professionally accredited degree program in architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, or urban design in the People’s Republic of China. Chinese citizenship is not required. Students enrolled at universities in the People’s Republic of China who are currently participating in a study abroad program outside of the country are eligible for the award. Students from China who are enrolled at universities outside the People’s Republic of China are not eligible for the award. Applicants must intend to obtain a professionally accredited degree and enter the professional practice of architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, or urban design. The winning applicants will be required to thoroughly document their research findings and develop conclusions or suggestions for application to teaching and/or professional practice.

Applications are Now Being Accepted
Deadline: April 21, 2023

2021

Somf 2021 china fellowship chang guo portfolio 03
Somf 2021 china fellowship chang guo portfolio 02

Examining Social Justice Beneath the Surface: Taking European Public Swimming Pools as a Clue

Chang Guo’s proposal will explore the role of community swimming pools in contributing to social justice through visiting and researching sites in France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.

Chang Guo
Southeast University School of Architecture

Somf 2021 china fellowship han tu portfolio 01
Somf 2021 china fellowship han tu portfolio 02

Emotional Justice: Emotional Design of Urban Public Space

Han Tu’s research will explore the emotional design and justice of urban public spaces in Thailand, India, and Singapore.

Han Tu
Tsinghua University, Beijing School of Architecture

Somf 2021 china fellowship yunhan zhu portfolio 02
Somf 2021 china fellowship yunhan zhu portfolio 03

Spatial Reproduction in Industrial Areas: Study on Chinese Workers’ Spatial Production in Europe

“Spatial Reproduction in Industrial Areas” proposes to study the impact of Chinese workers in Europe and whether the new production of space can achieve a certain degree of social integration while balancing the interests of both local and immigrant communities.

Yunhan Zhu
Shandong Jianzhu University School of Architecture and Urban Planning

Somf 2019 china prize shen jie final report 01

2019

High-Density Habitation: Urban Planning and Residential Building

Shen Jie

Somf 2019 china prize jing qi final report detail of corridor groothandelsgebouw rotterdam

2019

The Influence of Megastructure Buildings on European Urban Space

Jing Qi

Somf china prize ziyuan zhu 01 2019

2019

The Urban Error System: Evoking Spatial Redundancy/Residue

Ziyuan Zhu

Somf china prize fenghao lu 2018 01

2018

In Between

Fenghao Lu

Somf 2018 china prize tangchenxi wei final report 01

2018

Native Community Development and Architectural Practice in the United States

Tangchenxi Wei

Somf 2018 china prize yuchen gao final report 01

2018

Slowness as Method

Yuchen Gao

Somf china prize hanxue wei 2017 02

2017

Urban Space with High Density: Study of Urbanization in India

Hanxue Wei

Somf china prize yue wu usb 2017

2017

Architecture, Infrastructure, and Urban Design and the Emerging Role of Infrastructure Design in the Modern City

Yue Wu

Somf 2017 china prize zhaoyang luo final report 08

2017

Atmosphere / Material / Behavior / Thoughts

Zhaoyang Luo

Somf china prize li dai 2016 09

2016

Reclaiming Urban Public Spaces

Li Dai

Somf china prize qiaozhi li 2016 03

2016

Form Follows Climate

Qiaozhi Li

Somf china prize xin ji 2015 02

2015

Research of Urban Public Space

Xin Ji

Somf 2015 china prize jinhui wang final report 04

2015

The Classical Spirit and Contemporary Architecture of Cities

Jinhui Wang

Somf 2011 china prize yige liu final report 01

2011

Materials, Structure, and Space

Yige Liu

Somf 2008 china prize wang baozheng final report 01

2008

Wang Baozheng

Somf 2007 china prize haohao zhu final report 01

2007

The Pantheon in II Campo Marzio dell’Antica Roma

Haohao Zhu

Somf 2006 china prize luo ke final report 01

2006

Luo Ke

Somf 2006 china prize li ning final report 01

2006

Li Ning

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