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 This May, Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s School of Design hosted visiting delegations from design schools from top universities in India, Australia, and the United States. These groups have included heads of architecture and design schools including the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University in Ahmedabad, India, the University of New South Wales in Australia, and the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in the United States among others. 

Fourteeen Professors from India's CEPT Discuss Future Collaboration with the School of Design

An agreement was signed with the Michigan delegation, and program initiatives were advanced with the groups fromIndia and Australia. 

A resolution for future collaboration between the U.S.'s University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and the school of design was hammered out this past May. 

In addition to such official delegations, particular exchange proceeded at a fast clip. To name only a few examples, these included the completion of a semester of design work completed by undergraduates in collaboration with the Canadian Umbra Company, and a visiting lecture on implications for design presented by global warming, presented by Tsubasa Okaze of the Tokyo Institute for Technology.  The chair of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) James Hayter also presented on the design of urban waterfronts. The dean of McGill University's department of architecture Martin Bressani and professor Peter Guo-hua Fu visted as well as Manuel Veiga  Aldemira, the chief operating officer of Jacob Jensen Design. Professor Zuo Wangda from the University of Colorodo Boulder also gave a guest lecture on sustainable architecture and technology.  

A Representative from the Umbra Company Engages Students in Discussion about Product Design

Professor Okaze Discusses the Impact of Hotter Temperatures in Tokyo's Future 

Beyond spurring future activity, such visits included rich dialogue about ideas central to the design disciplines and discussions about comparative design problems and solutions in different countries. 

 Discussing Future Plans with the University of New South Wales

By Abraham Zamcheck