| Abstract: | This interview centers in an architectural design program titled “Home Above Market,” which is one of the special programs of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University for junior experimental classes since 2012. As an innovative teaching practice that combines multiple specialties and spans a long-time period, this program reflects and accumulates its knowledge and experience through a documentary book series. Wang Fangji, the interviewee, is the teaching director of the Home Above Market program and the leading author of the book series, who also enjoys a high reputation in China’s architectural design education. He points out that this program aims at encouraging students to observe and care about ordinary urban and social environment that is often neglected in current architectural education. He further argues that problem-finding and-addressing capability training is important to architectural students, which would help stimulate a more vibrant exploration of China’s urban architecture. |
