I’ve been going to Newcastle University since September of this year, and I’m just now starting to take classes that are about urban design. Even though I’ve only been studying urban design for ten days, I’d like to use my first blog post to talk about how my hometown has changed over the years from Read the full article…

I was born and live in Beijing, China. Beijing is the capital of China and the historical and cultural center of the country, as well as the ancient capital of the country. Meet the City Beijing is a super metropolis with a population of 21,886,000 people. It is rapidly modernizing and has a convenient transport Read the full article…

Due to urbanization, people have become more dependent on living and moving around inside various buildings. Therefore, community green space is an important way for people to connect with nature. Excellent community green spaces have a positive effect on people’s physical and mental health Therefore, we as urban designers can think about several questions. What Read the full article…

Being an MArch student, I was grateful to find out that urban design was one of the electives I could pursue. Striving to expand my horizon beyond the built environment, I was immediately drawn to the idea of learning about urban design and how I can apply the knowledge to my design projects to achieve Read the full article…

My Blogging Profile. My Contribution To begin, I want to comment on my participation within the organisation and process of the blogs this semester. As a cohort, we set out with a task of creating a ‘blogging schedule’. And so, in the first meeting I volunteered to structure, present and send out the schedule for Read the full article…

For my final contribution to this column, I feel compelled to adopt a slightly different approach. At this stage in my journey, I believe it is important to consider Urban Design and what it means to me. To be clear, I do not claim to have a complete understanding of the industry. Nor do I Read the full article…

As the world becomes increasingly urban, we find ourselves at the peril of some global crises. But there is hope. Many of today’s issues can be alleviated through green infrastructure. Specifically, linear parks serve as ecological sanctuaries amongst our polluted, health sapping urban jungles. Why Linear Parks? I am by no means suggesting that linear Read the full article…

“Gender equality is the goal that will help abolish poverty, that will create more equal economies, fairer societies, and happier men, women, and children.” Graça Machel (2015) As a former freedom fighter, prominent educator, and philanthropist, Machel was the only woman in modern times to serve as the first lady of two nations – Mozambique Read the full article…

The High Street is Dead, Long Live the High Street. Lockdown – March 2020. This mandate single-handedly halved footfall across UK High Streets (Enoch et al, 2021). However, the decline of our High Streets was a reality that predated the pandemic. The ‘death of the high street’ is a notion being used by many experts Read the full article…

Time flies and I am coming to the end of my studies at Newcastle University. My arrival in Newcastle was delayed by almost a month because of the epidemic. I still remember that the first semester was very rushed. I couldn’t understand some of the things the professors were saying because of the online classes, Read the full article…

Sunset at Newcastle University. Photograph by Luke Leung. How time flew by in a blink of an eye. I would like to thank everyone that has read my blogs. Each topic I have chosen to write has been a personal interest of mine and I hope those of you that have read find the information Read the full article…

Looking back on semester 2, I was able to be more confident in sharing my idea compared to the first semester. The tutorials that were placed every week with my peers and tutors made me build up my thoughts and read a lot of literature in the process. Through those time, I found out I Read the full article…