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2018 China Prize
Community Construction in Rural Areas of Asia

Yuchen Gao traveled to rural Taiwan for nine days to study the architecture of the region, which included an interview with local architect Sheng-Yuan Huang, founder of the firm Fieldoffice Architects. For the second part of her research, she traveled to rural Japan.

Yuchen Gao
Tongji University

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Jury
Justin Chen (Chair)
Silas Chiow
Anderson Lee
Xiangning Li
Yuyang Liu

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Yuchen Gao
Tongji University

Yuchen Gao

was born and raised in Heze, a city in the coastal Province of Shangong, located between Shanghai to the south and Beijing to the north. Gao received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Tongji University, Shanghai in June 2018. Starting in August 2018, she will begin the MArch II degree program at Yale University. Gao’s future plans include gaining work experience in a large architecture firm, like SOM, as well as experience in a smaller firm, such as Fieldoffice Architects. Gao’s career aspirations are to set up her own practice in the city and build projects in both small cities and in the countryside.

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