b"MUDD 24 URBAN NETWORKS|URBAN GATEWAYSChen XinMUDD (2018-2019)ChinaWhen I was asked to write about my experiences of being inI know there are many people who never get the chance the MUDD Program, words did not immediately jump out ofto study abroad or have even been to another country my mind. After all, my daily life has been occupied entirelyor foreign city when they study urban design. Therefore by completing the various assignments that were set. In theas a international student, it is an honour to become a beginning, this was really frustrating as compared to othermember of the MUDD Program.I appreciated all the things students who have English as their mother language, it wasaround; the Faculty of the Built Environment at UNSW, the difficult to read sophisticated papers and understand whatcampus life, the responsible and thoughtful professor and was in them. Sometimes I have had to read them severalassistants, the unique international studio in Boston and times over just to get an understanding of what was inthe lovely classmates. Success and failure as well. All those them. elements were composed in one complete year, full of both happiness and sadness. to create a wonderful experience in Despite this suffering, the results always ended uplife!motivating me. Gradually I started enjoying this harvest of knowledge after each piece of research that I did. Each bitEven though I was justin Sydneyfor a short while, I of study allowed me to explore a world that was new to me.witnessed all the tremendous changes and improvements Through each case study that I examined, I started to reallywithin this time. The Program is constantly changing based understand the city in depth. I began to understand theon feedback from the teachers and students and lessons significance of theoretical knowledge and of history in citylearnt from previous assignments. These are always an making. Irealised that without a knowledge of the history ofattempt to make things better. It's the same as a design; a place, or an understanding of the character of a location,nothing can be perfect all the time. We became expert at it is not possible to produce a mature and spirited design.amending and improving our ideas according to changing This knowledge was like a treasure-box that was there justrequirements and the demands of always doing things to for me to find. the highest standard. Both faculty and students, all devoted to create better things, growing and improving together.179182179STUDENT PROFILEMUDD 24 - Urban Gateways | Urban Networkswrap up8PT.indd 8 26/11/2019 5:02:35 PM"