At 21:00 Beijing time on 18th September, the award ceremony of the 2023 ARCASIA Student Thesis (Graduation Design) Competition was held in Boracay, Philippines, and the graduation design "LINE/VECTOR" (student: Zheng Qi; instructors: Zou Ying and Xin Shanchao) of Tianjin University School of Architecture won among the four finalists, and won the only gold award of the competition.

The ARCASIA Annual Dissertation (Graduation Design) Competition is an annual student competition organised by the Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA), which is rigorous in its selection and highly prestigious in its awards. Competition first by the ARCASIA members of the country or region within the assessment and selection, the Architectural Institute of China received from the domestic more than 20 architectural colleges and universities recommended 36 entries, by the architectural education branch of all the chairman of the board of directors or the chairman of the board of directors recommended a total of 14 experts as a competition jury, selected three winning works recommended to the ARCASIA awards secretariat to participate in the final competition. After the selection process, one Gold Award, one Silver Award, one Bronze Award and one Nomination Award were given to the finalists, and Zheng Qi's entry "Line/Vector" from the School of Architecture of Tianjin University was awarded the Gold Award of the AIA Annual Dissertation (Graduation Design) Competition 2023.

Line/Vector" is the "8+" graduation design work of architecture majors in China. The topic is located in Yanshen Ancient Town of Boshan District, Zibo City, which is the "Porcelain Capital of the North of the Yangtze River", and focuses on exploring the renewal strategy of the historical area where traditional residential houses coexist with industrial heritage in the present city, and constructing a renewal strategy by doing so. It focuses on exploring the regeneration strategy of the historical area where traditional houses and industrial heritage coexist in today's city, and constructing a place experience with historical and cultural thickness. The design proceeds sequentially from the different scales of "City-Ancient Town-Architecture", abandoning the harmonious spatial dialogue formed entirely by environmental texture, adopting the logic of landscape narrative and linear design to complete the expression of spatial paths with a strong narrative and combining the introduction of light and shadow, the collocation of materials, and the scale of the design. Combined with the introduction of light and shadow, the matching of materials and the special shaping of the scale, it creates a ceramic showroom with a quiet atmosphere. The design organically integrates the regional nodes of Yan Shen Ancient Town, emphasises the historical lineage and regional characteristics of the town, and connects the existing cultural resources of the site.

Winning Entry "Line/Vector

Student: Zheng Qi

Instructor: Zou Ying, Xin Shanchao