MAD Architects has announced the winners of their 2018 Travel Fellowship! For this year's edition, Ma Yansong only selected six architecture students from around the globe to travel abroad so they can conduct further research for their architectural topic of choice. Some of the travel destinations this time around include Mexico, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, North Korea, and Japan, to name a few.

Here's a first glimpse at the winning proposals:

Khao Vu, Harvard University, graduate student
Research Topic: Space Organism – A search for a new invention in contemporary culture
Travel Destinations: England, Japan, Switzerland

Tatiana Southey-Bassols, Bartlett School of Architecture, graduate student Research Topic: How the built environment is a key mediator of remembrance and a tool to preserve repressed cultural identity
Travel Destinations: China, Kazhakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan

Qi Peng, Wuhan University, undergraduate student
Research Topic: The existence of architectural quietude in European cities
Travel Destinations: France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland

Zhang Xinyi, Architectural Association, undergraduate student
Research Topic: What is the future of Chinese Architecture?
Travel Destinations: China, Japan, North Korea, Russia

Tong Zhou, Columbia University, graduate student
Research Topic: Provocative mildness in architecture
Travel Destinations: Portugal, Spain

Zhonghui Zhu, Princeton University, graduate student
Research Topic: Beyond the white wall: Colors, nature and materials in traditional and modern Mexican architecture
Travel Destination: Mexico

All images courtesy of MAD Travel Fellowship.