As a Chinese graduate having received five-year undergraduate education of architecture, I have been deeply aware of the social problems brought by the rapid growth of population and the blind fierce urbanization. And these issues cannot be just limited to the level of architecture, urban design or urban planning. Although the subjects are divided by different dimensions, an actual problem often involves a broader area without a clear boundary. I have a professional architecture background in China a professional urban planning background in Holland, but what I really want is to integrate them together in my mind, so that I can link one with the other more judiciously. When I put forward these ideas to my teacher, he recommended me the human settlement of Leuven University. The understanding of Leuven University and the human settlement itself confirms me for a further study in your school. If I have the good fortune to study there, I will try my best to perform best. On the one hand can achieve mastery of my knowledge learnt before through a comprehensive study of this subject, and furthermore, improve my knowledge. On the other hand, I can fill the gaps of my previous knowledge system by learning new knowledge about technique level and especially about the social aspect in the developing countries. Compared with the pursuit of the architectural form that strives continually to be different, I prefer to make effort to apply my knowledge in solve the problems in undeveloped areas, and so I believe that it is a right decision to go to Leuven University for further study of Human Settlement.
With the responsibility for the society, in the first grade of my university I founded the Volunteer Association of the School of Architecture with several classmates, and I was the first president. I never stopped the activities as a volunteer when I was in school, and I insist to support education in some undeveloped areas in each summer, so I have achieved the awards from the school and the government. In my opinion, the architecture, urban design and urban planning not only need technique and art, and they mostly need the responsibility for society. Activities as a volunteer made me more deeply understand the responsibility, and I have also understood some social problems.
When I was in grade three, I was interested in the unique folk house form called “cave” in the poor northwest area in China, and I took part in the “innovation cup” essay competition organized by the school. My paper “Protection, utilization and replacement of traditional folk house form of impoverished area in current society” discusses the folk house form which is low-priced, environmentally friendly and adapted to the local way of living. It aims to measure the possibility for the folk house form to go on remaining in modern society, although it is initiated from thousands years ago. It also discusses how to improve this living pattern to make it adapted to modern living pattern. I did this research not only because of the protection and nostalgia of history, and mostly because that the modern living pattern has already caused some social problems in the local areas. However because of the limited ability at that time, although I did some analysis and made some discussions, I only provided some solutions for the single building. This article gained the wining prize of the school, and was published in a journal. But for me, it is an unfinished project, and I hope to complete it through continuous learning. Of course, my goal is not only limited to the only one region of northwest Loess Plateau, and I hope to apply what I learn to find suitable solutions for the areas that need help.
In my grade four, because of the good achievement that was in the top ten percent I have the fortune to learn urban planning in Avans Hogeschool as an exchange student in Holland for half a year. When I arrived in Holland, I felt misfit about lots of things, and the European educational forms had a large difference with China’s, but the teachers did not to mind taking the trouble to teach me, and I kept working hard, and I finally became adaptable and got good scores for my graduation project. I realize that both architectural design and urban planning can not only focus on the design, and the rational design method like “analysis - conclusion - design” can provide answers targeting social problems. This study experience benefited me a lot, and it made me realize that the roles that the urban design and urban planning played in society development in Europe are different from that in China. Chinese cultural background with the study experience in Holland makes me have my own unique views about many problems, and I can handle a problem with multi-angle analysis.
Outstanding professionalism, diversified educational background, the passion for the social issues relating to architecture and urban and a sense of social responsibility make me believe that I am a suitable candidate of the Human Settlement project of Leuven University.
What’s more, after half a year’s study of Dutch, my Dutch reached the B2 level, so I believe it will make my further study in Leuven University as if the fish had got into the water again
Besides outstanding professional achievements, what’s more valuable is that this student has a strong sense of social responsibility. Her paper about “cave” reflects her outstanding professional accomplishment and her attention to social issues. In today’s fickle social environment, it’s more valuable for her to keep calm, not to drift with the circumstances, to analyze problems and to provide her own solutions. Although her article is still not perfect from a professional perspective, this article shows a third grade student’s ability to apply professional knowledge and her serious attitude which I really appreciate. This article also achieved the winning prize of the school and was published in a journal.
In addition, what must be mentioned is that this student was the founder of the Volunteers Association of the Architectural School and served as its leader. Through organizing and taking part in various activities of the Volunteers Association, her ability was improved, and that also motivated other students of the school to take part in the volunteer activities. Various activities improved the cohesion of the students of the school, optimized the atmosphere of the school and also made her have excellent organizational skills and improved her ability to handle things. Acting under the principle of “Not craving vanity, to help people in need”, the association is widely popular, and it has been operated well till now as a valuable wealth of the school.
Because of her outstanding performance, she and other five students went to Holland for a further study as exchange students and gained good achievements. Since she came back we have more communication both at my class “Green architecture” and after class. From her unique views to problems, her independent ability to think and her initiative to explore issues, it can be seen that the half a year’s study brought her a lot of benefits.
Overseas study experience has widened her vision, and made her views things from a broader level with more mature thought. Of course, in addition to the improvement of the professional aspects, her English level has already been improved. Considering this student’s professional ability and her interests in exploring social issues related to urban and architecture, I recommend her to go to Leuven University for a further study of the Human Settlement. I believe that this is a right choice for her, and I am sure that she is the right person for this program.
作为一个中国五年制建筑本科毕业的学生，我已经深刻地认识到人口的快速增长和盲目激烈的城市化带来的社会问题。这些问题不能仅仅局限于建筑，城市设计或城市规划的水平。虽然受试者被分为不同的尺寸，实际问题往往涉及更广泛的领域，没有一个明确的边界。我有一个专业的建筑背景，在中国的城市规划专业背景在荷兰，但我真正想要的是在我的脑海里将其结合起来，这样我就可以链接其他更明智。当我提出这些想法，我的老师，他向我推荐了鲁汶大学的人类住区。鲁汶大学和人类住区本身的理解，我在学校进一步研究确认。如果我有好运气，在那里学习的，我会尽我所能来表现最好的。一方面可以实现通过全面研究这个题目之前，我的所学知识的掌握，此外，提高了我的知识。另一方面，我可以，我以前的知识系统填补国内空白，通过学习新的知识技术水平，特别是在发展中国家方面的社会。建筑形式的追求，会不断努力有所不同相比，我更愿意做出努力，运用我的知识，解决问题，在经济欠发达地区，因此，我认为，这是一个正确的决定，去鲁汶大学，为进一步研究人居环境。
随着对社会的责任，我在我的大学一年级的建筑学院和几位同学成立了志愿者协会，我是第一任总统。我从来没有停止活动，作为一名志愿者，我在学校的时候，我坚持支持教育事业，每年夏天在一些经济欠发达地区，所以我已经实现了从学校和政府的奖励。在我看来，建筑设计，城市设计和城市规划不仅需要技术和艺术，他们大多需要社会的责任。作为一名志愿者活动让我更深刻地理解责任，我也了解了一些社会问题。
我是在三年级的时候，我很感兴趣的独特的民居形式，被称为“洞穴”在贫困的中国西北地区，我参加了学校组织的“创新杯”征文比赛。我的论文“保护，利用和替代传统民居形式，在当前社会中的贫困地区”讨论的民居形式是低价，环保，适应当地的生活方式。它旨在衡量民居形式继续留在现代社会的可能性，虽然它是从几千年前开始。它还讨论了如何改善这种生活模式，使其适应现代生活模式。我这样做不仅是因为保护和怀旧的历史研究，主要是因为，现代的生活模式已经引起了一些社会问题在地方。然而，由于能力有限，在那个时候，我虽然做了一些分析，并提出了一些讨论，我只是提供了一些解决方案，单体建筑。这篇文章获得了学校的美酒奖，并发表在杂志上。但对我来说，这是一个未完成的项目，我希望通过不断的学习来完成它。当然，我的目标不是仅限于西北黄土高原地区唯一一个，我希望能将我学到什么，找到合适的解决方案，为需要帮助的地区。
在我四年级，因为是前10％的好成绩，得之我幸，学习城市规划作为交换学生半年在荷兰高等专业大学Avans。当我在荷兰赶到时，我觉得不称职许多事上，欧洲的教育形式与中国的一大差异，但教师的确不介意麻烦教我，和我不停地努力工作，和我终于成了适应性强，取得了良好的成绩，为我的毕业设计。我认识到，建筑设计和城市规划不能只专注于设计，合理的设计方法，如“分析 - 结论 - 设计”可提供针对社会问题的答案。这项研究的经历使我受益很多，这使我认识到，城市设计和城市规划在欧洲社会发展中扮演的角色是不同的，在中国。与研究经验，在荷兰的中国文化背景使我有许多问题我自己独到的见解，我可以多角度的分析与处理问题。
杰出专业，多元化的教育背景，建筑和城市有关的社会问题的热情和社会责任感让我相信，我是一个合适的人选鲁汶大学的人居项目。
更重要的是，经过半年的研究，荷兰语，我的荷兰达到B2级，所以我相信它会让我在鲁汶大学的进一步研究，如果再次钻进水里鱼
除了优秀的专业成就，什么是更有价值的是，这个学生有很强的社会责任感。她的论文“洞穴”，反映了她出色的专业素养和她对社会问题的关注。在当今浮躁的社会环境，这是更有价值，为她保持冷静，而不是漂移的情况下，分析问题，并提供自己的解决方案。虽然她的文章还不够完善，从专业的角度来看，本文介绍了小学三年级学生的能力，运用专业知识和她认真的态度，我真的很感激。本文还实现了得奖的学校，并发表在杂志上。
此外，必须提到的是，这名学生是建筑学院志愿者协会的创始人，并担任其领导人。通过组织和参加各种活动的志愿者协会，她的能力的提高，也促使其他学校的学生参加志愿者活动。各种活动，提高学生的学校的凝聚力，优化学校的气氛，也让她有出色的组织能力，并提高了她的办事能力。代理的原则下，“不渴求虚荣，帮助有需要的人”，该协会是广为流行，它已经运作良好，到现在学校的宝贵财富。
由于她的出色表现，她和其他五名学生去荷兰作为交换学生进一步研究，并取得了良好的成绩。既然她回来，我们有更多的沟通，无论是在我的班级“绿色建筑”，下课后。从她独特的看法的问题，她的独立思考能力，她主动探索问题，半年的研究可以看出，给她带来了很多好处。
海外留学经历，拓宽了她的视野，从更广泛的层面与更成熟的思想，并提出她的意见的东西。当然，她的英语水平除了专业方面改善，已经得到改善。考虑学生的专业能力和她的利益探索城市和建筑相关的社会问题，我建议她去鲁汶大学为进一步研究人类聚落。我相信，这是一个正确的选择，为她，我相信，她是合适的人对这一计划的。
