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CEPT India Visits Shanghai and Visits the Design School

From May 20th to 21st， Srivathsan Arivamuthan dean at the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University in Ahmedabad with a group of 14 professors visited Shanghai and the School of Design. Shanghai Jiao Tong University design school dean Xing Ruan, vice dean Xuan Huang, professors Ma Wen Jun, Wang Ling, and head of international affairs Du Shuai greeted the guests. 

Ruan Xing gave a warm welcome to the dean and introduced the background of the school of design and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dean Arivamuthan then introduced CEPT within the context of India’s national situation. He also described the influence of various architectural trends in the country on the school. He described the curriculum, various degree programs, and the number of students in the various programs. Then Sejal Rajnikant Patel described the interest within the design fields to advance international cooperation, and the various plans for collaboration existing with various foreign schools at present. 

The design school’s Ma Wenjun and Wang Ling distinguished between the development of planning in China’s cities and villages, the specific focus of the school and the development of the departments of landscape architecture and architecture.

Next, both parties conducted a deep discussion about future cooperation, workshops, credit exchange, summer programs,  and exhibitions.

Walking Through The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on the Bund 

Suzhou Creek, Site of the First Foreign Settlement 

The previous day the professors toured sites in Shanghai, including the Bund, Lujiazui, and the Yuyuan gardens. Some remarked that pedestrian overpasses such as those found in Lujiazui, did not commonly exist in India. That night professor of architecture Wang Lin brought the guests to see the renovation of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and to a rooftop bar overlooking the Bund.

City Planning Musem

Original Draft Huang Ju

Review Du Shuai

Translation Abraham Zamcheck