The 2018 GOA Summer Internship Camp closed successfully recently.

The GOA Summer Internship Camp is part of GOA’s Creativity Development Program. It’s intended to provide young students of architecture with opportunities to develop architectural design skills, gain extensive design experience, and put what they have learnt into practice to be ready for future careers.

For nearly two months, 48 architecture students from domestic and overseas universities worked as interns at GOA to experience the appeal of architectural projects and gained a lot of unforgettable memories.

A Fully Packed Meeting: Opening Meeting of the Internship Camp

In early July, the opening meeting of the Internship Camp was held at the Hangzhou office of GOA. 48 outstanding students of architecture from 15 domestic and overseas universities gathered at GOA. At the meeting, Ms. Li Huifen, Senior Principal of GOA, and Ms. Xu Bixia, Principal, gave an overview of the contents and features of the internship camp and the work approaches of GOA, and acquainted themselves with the students.



Ms. Li Huifen, Senior Principal of GOA, delivers a speech





The opening meeting

One on One Mentoring Program

The GOA Summer Internship Camp adopts the one-on-one mentoring model where each student has his/her own mentor and is exposed to diverse real-life work situations. According to each intern’s talents, strengths and aspirations, the most suitable team of principals are arranged to coach him/her. For each intern, a principal of GOA is chosen to provide one-on-one mentoring, and multiple architects with experience in architectural projects are responsible for walking the intern through design processes to help him/her gain practical work experience.







Lectures Delivered by Experts to Share Information about Cutting-Edge Technologies

During the summer internship camp, GOA tailored several lectures and workshops for the interns. Delivered by technical experts and centering on topics such as BIM, ecological design, and standardized design, the lectures and workshops enabled extensive discussions and in-depth explanations and helped the interns to have a better understanding of technological development in the architecture sector.







Gravitational Field Competition: GOA’s 3rd Edition of the Urban Micro Space Revival Plan

Since 2015, the “Gravitational Field” Urban Micro Space Revival Plan is in its 3rd year. It is intended to inspire the vigor of city blocks with flexible and innovative architectural designs. Gravitational Field 2018 is located at the front square of the Power Station of Art (PSA) in Shanghai. Famous teachers from Tongji University, Southeast University, Zhejiang University and China Academy of Art work with GOA’s principals to provide guidance, and the participants of the GOA Summer Work Camp also participate in the creation process. The installations will be set up and presented in Shanghai in early November, and a series of academic activities and public events will be organized then.









Field Trips to GOA Projects

Field trips are an important highlight of the GOA Summer Internship Camp, during which the architects shared their stories about GOA projects. During the field trips to Muh Shoou Xixi, Yun’an Town and Maison Moree, the interns showed great curiosity and interest, and asked many questions about the architectural projects. The architects responsible for the projects gave patient explanations and answered all the questions.











Fun Time Together: GOA’s Teambuilding Activities

During the Summer Internship Camp, there were exciting teambuilding activities, such as afternoon tea, HAPPYHOUR, and experiencing popular private lodgings. In particular, the GOA concert that was closed two days ago was a grant event featuring original songs and elements of Kun Opera. It presented a refreshing experience and electrified all the audience.















The two-month period was short yet invaluable.

We would like to thank all the participants of the Summer Internship Camp for all the smiles and sweets you shared with us.

We also hope that your experience at GOA will be a meaningful start for your future career.

From now,
we look forward to meeting you in the future.
GOA is always with you on your journey to realize dreams about architecture.