By Cui Kai

Special to the Tsinghua News Center

Tsinghua-MIT Beijing Joint Urban Design Studio Exhibition 1985-2006 opened in the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall on June 17. Tsinghua Vice President Xie Weihe, Professor Zhu Wenyi,  Dean of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, and Professor Adele Santos, Chairman of School of Architecture and Planning, spoke at the opening ceremony held in the morning. After the ceremony, Professor Zhu and Professor Santos signed the cooperation agreement between the two schools.

In 1985, the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University and School of Architecture and Planning, MIT initiated the “Tsinghua-MIT Beijing Joint Urban Design Studio.” Up to 2006, a total of nine joint studios were held. Nearly 300 teachers and students from Asia, America, Europe, Australia and Africa participated in the studios.