Interior Design department entered Rural Up!Competition and won the prize

  • 2021-09-28
  • SHIH, SHENG-CHENG
The team "Wander in Huanan and taste the citrus" from Asia University won The Space Activation Award
Soil and Water Conservation BureauCouncil of AgricultureExecutive Yuan held The 11th Rural Upcompetition as the sponsor.The team Wander in Huanan and taste the citrus led by Mrs. Lin Jiahui from Interior Design department of Asia University stands out in 97 teamsthey won The Space Activation Award. Beyond that, their PowerPoint won The Rural Up Rising Star Award.

Image 1 The team Wander in Huanan and taste the citrus from Asia University
the left Mrs.Lin JiahuiLin ShuhanWang ZhuzhanLiu YushanHou XinyanWang YijieGu Yuncheng
This 11th Rural Up Competition have competitors from all colleges and universities in Taiwana total of 97 teams have competed. The competition starts from Maythe original plan is teams should dwell on villages but due to the epidemicit was changed into an online project. The online project is more difficultthe whole team worked hard three months during the summer vacation and gained the prize.The sponsor held the online award presentation on September 25th the team Wander in Huanan and taste the citrus won The Space Activation Awardteam members include the adviser Mrs.Lin Jiahuisenior students Gu YunchengLin ShuhanWang Zhuzhanjunior students Liu YushanHou XinyanWang Yijie and so on. Hou Xinyan gave the presentation as the representative in the team competition and won The Rural Up Rising Star Award.

Image2 Hou Xinyan is presenting as the representative
The dean of College Of Creative Design and Interior Design departmentMr.Li Yuanrong considers that the purpose of Rural Up competition is to encourage young students use their creativity and speciality to learn how to interactive consensus with village residentsparticipate in or assist the village community public affairs and offer assistance in community promotes rural renewable process. Students can take this opportunity to know more about villagepeasantagriculture and so onit leads more young people to use a whole new mind and technology to create the sustainable village. Its a very good learning opportunity for students to contact with substantial design businessto know and learn more experiences from it in advance.
Mrs.Lin Jiahui believes that it is a valuable experience to students to know the dilemma and requirements of rural area during the summer vacation and this community is located in GukengYunlin. Students use their speciality to make a return visit to rural transformation of local and industrial culturebring in creative elements to activate the industryso as to make the rural industry can preserve and be better known in a whole new waywhich achieves a group of enthusiastic students can continue to create a brighter future in this place.  
The junior student Liu Yushan thinks it is beneficial to her to join the Rural Up competition for the first time. Through this chance to know local communityshe learned a variety of knowledge and features from joining in. Alsoshe discovered the dilemma of community and offered assistance to improve it. She hoped that we young people can give the village more possibility through the modern science and technology and our creativity.
The junior student Hou Xinyan says she was grateful to the Huanan community for taking care of them. They come from different places but the elder from Huanan treated them as if they are grow up in local. Every week they discussed with teacher and community onlinebesides making demands on themthe community also invited them to dine with them after the epidemic. She was so glad that she can take part in this project and she learned a lot from the guidance of teacher and working with team.
The junior student Wang Yijie considers that although the competition was changed into an online projecteveryone still has passion on it and shares its own thoughts and creativity online together. He was grateful to the help of teacher and Huanan communitythe residents in community spared no efforts in this project and they learned a lot after the online conference every week. This competition gives them a memorable experience and they hoped that their speciality could help the community to build a better future.More and more people will realize that there is a sightworthy place in Gu keng and it is calld Huanan.

Image3 the team is measuring the space in community

Image4 The team is discussing their design results with the village head and the president of the council in community

Image5 The team is discussing in community and the president of the council gives advises