In order to help mainland China architecture students complete an overseas architectural trip in their youth and give them the opportunity to study architectural themes of their choice, MAD established the MAD Travel Fund in 2009. Travel is one of the most important learning methods for architects. Only by experiencing architectural spaces in person can one be inspired to come up with different ideas and gain a deeper understanding of oneself.

This year, we received hundreds of applications from all over the country, including undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students from various architectural majors. The travel destinations chosen by the five selected this year not only reflect their own creative approaches and motivations but more importantly, each of them expressed the most intuitive understanding of the significance of this trip: personal experience is essential to fully understand the meaning of a building or a place.

Thanks to VERTU's long-term support and sponsorship, 15 students from all over China have received funding and traveled to many countries around the world, including Greece, Egypt, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom. This summer, these five students will have the opportunity to travel for 7-10 days. After the trip, the students will have the opportunity to publicly present their results.

The name of the recipient of this travel fund:

Ren Tianhang, 4th year undergraduate student of the Department of Architecture at Harbin Institute of Technology, destination: the United Kingdom.

Jing Siyang, fourth-year undergraduate student at the Department of Architecture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, destination: Japan.

Pan Hui, first-year graduate student in architecture at Southeast University, destination: Egypt.

Du Zhexu, fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in architecture at the School of Architecture of Tianjin University, destination: Netherlands.

Qin Sizhi, fourth-year undergraduate student at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, destination: India.