Jack Swanson
Royal College of Art, UK
Swanson’s thesis project addresses Britain’s London-centric nature by proposing a new parliament in Liverpool, experimenting with the monumental and the postmodern to disrupt preconceived separations between the civic and public sectors. Swanson now works for Adam Khan Architects and teaches at Kingston University. Dream collaborator: Peter Womersley.
jack.swanson@hotmail.com
Medina Dzonlic
KADK
Growing up partly in San Diego, Dzonlic was inspired to study architecture by Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute. Her thesis project examined the relationship between neighbourhood and individuality within the typology of the row house, and she recently founded her own studio, Lovenest, with Daniel Andersson, to work on new forms of housing. Dream collaborator: Valerio Olgiati.
dzonlicmedina@gmail.com
Cynthia Sin Tone Leung
University of Hong Kong
With experience studying and working across the world, Sin Tone Leung looked to the landscape of Hong Kong for her thesis that explored the history of land reclamation – specifically examining the strategy of flattening hills established under British colonial rule. Currently, she is working on a small office project in Shenzhen, an urban context that intrigues her. Dream collaborators: Herzog and de Meuron, Peter Zumthor, Thomas Heatherwick, and Alvar Aalto, Sverre Fehn and Robert Smithson.
cynstleung@gmail.com
Yaoyi Fan
Cooper Union
Yaoyi Fan was always intrigued by her home city, Zuhai, which sprung up rapidly within 20 years. ‘If I became an architect I could make this city better’, she told herself. Interested in an inter-disciplinary approach to architecture, her thesis project proposed a series of urban interventions for a city subway system that would divert the movement of people. She is currently developing a mobile game using image recognition and augmented reality, and is looking for investors. Dream collaborators: Iris van Herpen, Neri Oxman, and DSR.
ueodesign.com
Yanyi Ho
National University of Singapore
Drawing on sustainability-focused practices, Ho’s thesis project redesigned water urbanism systems to tackle flooding in three different scenarios in Thailand. She was inspired to study architecture by the built environment itself, and how architects can influence the experience of individuals. Dream collaborator: Innovative and sustainability-focused practices.
issuu.com/yanyiho
Ivana Milosevic
EPFL, Switzerland
Milosevic cites literature as an influence. Her thesis project, examining the interaction between architecture and narration, used Dante’s Divine Comedy as a ‘tool’ for design, with the verse regulating the structure and the narrative style evoked in the interior. Dream collaborator: Those exploring the relationship between architecture and other artistic disciplines.
ivana.milosevic@bluewin.ch
