Studio Founded by Xudong Zhu MAUD ’22 Won 2024 LOOP Design Awards
Xudong Zhu MAUD ’22, Co-founder and Lead Designer of T.E.N, has led his team to remarkable success at the 2024 LOOP Design Awards, earning top honors for individual projects and studio excellence. Anji Youth Pulse Center, developed by HPJY Natural Fairyland, was named a winner in the Concept – Retail & Commercial Concept category. This innovative project transforms a former factory site into a vibrant youth-focused commercial complex, blending multifunctional corridors, a central atrium, and an outdoor loop that seamlessly integrates architecture with nature. Meanwhile, Green House, a boutique bed and breakfast nestled in the mountains of Anji County, won in the Architecture – Hospitality & Hotels category. Designed to harmonize with its natural surroundings, the project offers guests an immersive experience that celebrates sustainability and the beauty of the local landscape.
Under Xudong’s leadership, T.E.N also received two major firm accolades: Best Young Arch Firm and Best Concept Design Firm at the LOOP Design Awards. Founded in 2022, T.E.N has quickly risen to prominence as a multidisciplinary design and research studio, combining technical expertise, economic insight, and natural sensitivity to redefine the future of the built environment. Xudong’s ability to inspire and guide a diverse team of designers has been instrumental in the studio’s rapid success, reflecting their shared commitment to creating innovative, sustainable, and impactful spaces.
Learn more about T.E.N’s work here.
Photo courtesy of Xudong Zhu (Instagram: @zhu_xudong_).
posted December, 2024
Xudong Zhu MAUD ’22 Won 2024 MUSE Design Award for the Anji Youth Pulse Center
Xudong Zhu MAUD ’22, Co-founder and Lead Designer of T.E.N, has received the Platinum Award in the 2024 MUSE Design Awards for the Anji Youth Pulse Center. This groundbreaking project, developed by HPJY Natural Fairyland, is the world’s first youth-oriented commercial complex in a rural context, emphasizing outdoor sports, leisure, and education.
The MUSE Design Awards, established by the International Awards Associate, honor excellence and originality in global design. The Anji Youth Pulse Center exemplifies T.E.N’s commitment to sustainable innovation, designed with contributions from Harvard GSD alumni Mengchu Chen MLA ’23, MLAUD ’23, Lianliu Guo MLA ’22, Hua Zheng MLAUD ’22, Jiabin Wei MDE ’24, and Haoran Zheng MAUD ’21. The project transforms a former factory site into a vibrant hub featuring multifunctional corridors, a central atrium, and an innovative outdoor loop harmonizing indoor and outdoor experiences with the surrounding natural landscape.
Set to begin construction in late 2024, the project aims to become a landmark destination, revitalizing the rural community with dynamic spaces that inspire creativity and connect architecture with nature.
Photo courtesy of Xudong Zhu (Instagram: @zhu_xudong_).
posted December, 2024
Michael Meredith MArch ’00 and Monica Rhodes LF ’22 Named Winners of Rome Prize
Michael Meredith MArch ’00 and Monica Rhodes LF ’22 have been named winners of the 2022-23 Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. These highly competitive fellowships support advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities. This year, the gift of “time and space to think and work” was awarded to thirty-eight American and four Italian artists and scholars. They will each receive a stipend, workspace, and room and board at the Academy’s eleven-acre campus on the Janiculum Hill in Rome, starting in September 2022.
Meredith has won the Arnold W. Brunner/Katherine Edwards Gordon Rome Prize in the area of Architecture with his firm, MOS Architects.
Rhodes has won the Adele Chatfield-Taylor Rome Prize in the area of Historic Preservation and Conservation.
For information on all this year’s winners, please visit here.
posted May, 2022
