The first appearance was Liu Yu, a graduate student majoring in landscape design at Le Mans Academy of Fine Arts in France.
Studying landscape design abroad. Why?
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Want to learn landscape design
What other universities are there?
Australia and New Zealand: Many universities offer related majors, but universities have different names for majors, some are called landscape design, and some are called landscape architecture, such as Melbourne University in Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Adelaide University and Lincoln University in New Zealand.
Britain: University College London, Sheffield University, Newcastle University and sheffield hallam university all have related majors.
Asia: A&M University in Tokyo, Nagoya Institute of Technology, and Hony University in Korea are all famous schools that can provide related professional teaching, among which Hony University is currently the most comprehensive university in Korea.
Canada: Famous universities offering landscape design major include University of Toronto, University of Montreal, University of Manitoba, University of Guelph, etc.
United States: University of Pennsylvania, Clemson University, Arizona State University, Auburn University, Bohr State University, Cornell University, Columbia University, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, etc.
Other universities in Europe: the teaching of architectural landscape design, landscape design and other related majors in European universities has always been in the forefront of the world and is very distinctive. Famous institutions providing landscape design, such as Anhalt Universities of Applied Sciences, Milan Polytechnic University, etc. Many famous universities, such as Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, also offer related majors, but generally they only teach in Dutch, while China students usually choose English-taught courses when studying in the Netherlands.
(provided by Xintong Study Abroad)
It is not enough for a designer to have a background in studying abroad. Xiong Jingyang (Deputy General Manager of Hangzhou Lufeng Garden Construction Group)
Two years ago, a design company had a foreign designer or a designer with a background of studying abroad, which was very hot.
Now the whole market is very calm. Not to say that as long as they are international students, they are better than domestic graduates of the same major. In foreign universities, foreign students will learn many advanced design concepts. However, if an international student has not been in charge of a specific project in a foreign company and has not put the concept into practice, then the international student is still not competitive enough.
My suggestion is that international students try to work abroad for a period of time after graduation. If it is very difficult to go directly to a well-known foreign company, you can choose the China branch or office of an overseas company as a starting point.
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Why do you have to study landscape design abroad? Liu Yu, a first-year graduate student majoring in landscape design at Le Mans College of Art in France, said that design professionals all over the world use a set of software. If they just want to learn computer technology, there is no need to waste money abroad. "Actually, when you go abroad, you learn an idea and a way of thinking."
An idea
Liu Yu originally graduated from junior college. He used to work in Beijing for some time. It was because I felt hollowed out that I chose to go abroad for further study. Generally speaking, to study in France, you must pass the language barrier first. After passing the language test in France, Liu Yu directly entered the third year of landscape design major at Le Mans Academy of Fine Arts in France. After graduation, I will go to graduate school.
Having the foundation of studying in China, working in a domestic company and studying abroad, Liu Yu can deeply feel the huge gap between Chinese and foreign cultures. "Take graduation design as an example. Students in China will think it over before designing. This time I will design a chair, and then it will be a chair. And foreign students don't set any rules for themselves. Maybe at the beginning of the design, he wanted to make a chair, but the finished product was a table. "
In Liu Yu's view, the process of studying abroad is the process of breaking the rules in his mind. "Only by breaking the established thinking will there be innovation, and innovation is the most important part of design." Liu Yu said frankly that when studying design in China, it is common to find a work to copy and correct when handing in homework. In foreign countries, this is impossible. "The French teacher is old and experienced, and you can see at a glance whether this thing is what you want or copied. If you encounter plagiarism, it is difficult to get good grades. "
A way of thinking
Liu Yu always remembers the teacher's words: designers are more self-cultivation, and self-cultivation comes from thoughts. But how to make creativity poetic, meaningful and integrated into works? This requires the edification of the environment. "At this point, there may actually be few countries that can compare with France." Liu Yu introduced that when studying design in France, the school arranges several holidays every year to take students around France, or to visit buildings and museums in neighboring countries. "We go to the Louvre and show our student ID cards, all of which are free."
Liu Yu thinks this is the greatest benefit of studying abroad. In China, design students can only see some excellent foreign buildings through the internet or books. But when you are abroad, you can enjoy not only the latest works of the best designers, but also medieval or even older buildings. "After breaking the rules, the more you see, the wider your knowledge and the more open your mind. This is also the core competitiveness of international student designers. "
Doesn't mean that foreign schools are good at everything. Old professors are knowledgeable, but relatively speaking, they are not as good at using new technologies and software as young people. "There is no piracy abroad and the software is expensive." Liu Yu shyly suggested that landscape design students had better master domestic software technology before going abroad. "I can't learn many new things in this respect after going abroad. But software is the foundation of our business. "
Do you want to know?
The place of Le Mans.
Le Mans is the capital of Sartre province in Loire, France. It is located on the banks of the Sartre River, about 200 kilometers away from Paris, and it takes only 54 minutes by high-speed train.
Le Mans College of Fine Arts is a municipal school, which provides higher art education and pays attention to the practical application of art majors. Qualified to issue three-year and five-year national diplomas: national diploma in plastic arts, national diploma in plastic performance, and national diploma in art and technology. The college has two major directions: art and space design (environmental art). Liu Yu's major in landscape design is space design (environmental art).