In June 2017, Georgia Tech was invited to Tongji University's annual international construction festival competition and I was one of five students finishing up their first year in architecture that was able to attend. The competition consisted of 54 teams from China and 10 international teams. We were tasked to self construct a temporary spatial micro-community that was constructed from 30 pieces of plastic polypropylene sheets and nylon nodes. During the week of the competition it was a Shanghai summer thunderstorm so we wanted to play off of that. We created a space that you could experience the rain shedding away while being in a protected shelter. We ultimately ended up building and presenting inside but were able to see how our structure worked in action (see photo below).
ACADEMIC YEAR
Summer 2017
Summer 2017
INSTRUCTOR
Michelle Rinehart
Michelle Rinehart
After the competition we were able to travel and see some of the amazing architecture and sites China has to offer:
galaxy soho // beijing
the bund // shanghai
the birds nest // beijing
cctc // beijing
great wall of china // beijing
forbidden city // beijing
summer palace // beijing
shanghai
