Overseas NO.47 : Ruichao Li

海外存知己，天涯若比邻。
在海外专辑分享海外华人的故事。希望这份分享可以让世界更加海阔天空。
第四十七期为您奉上的是毕业于哈佛，在纽约West 8工作的李睿超

为什么出国？
Why go abroad?

接受更加多元化的教育，丰富阅历，增长见识。

To receive more diversified education, to enrich my experience and to increase my knowledge.

在国外遇到了什么让你印象最深刻的事情？
Is there anything happened impressed you the most abroad?

讲一个在学校的吧。GSD每学期都有学生自发组织的digital media workshop，对各种相关软件的应用进行讲解，这绝对是三人行必有我师的最佳诠释。可能也是因为我把能去的workshop尽量都去了，所以经常发现今天坐在你旁边一起听After Effects的到了下次就去台上讲ladybug for grasshopper了。印象最深的是有一次一个建筑专业的同学讲游戏引擎Unity 3D, 我很感兴趣就去听了，结果到了教室发现只有我一个观众。于是那天晚上我就变成了他一对一的超级VIP = =。其实他准备的很充分，讲解和演示也都很清晰，但是我能看出他由于观众太少脸上浮现出的沮丧。所以当晚我坚持坐到了最后一分钟，并问了他一些技术问题，尽管这个软件我不太会用到。后来等我当TA在台上教低年级同学软件的时候，我更加理解了那个小哥的心情，也庆幸自己当时给予了他支持和肯定。总的来说这种平等自由、互相学习、不耻下问的学术氛围是我非常享受的。

Let me offer an example happened at school. There are various digital media workshops led by students at GSD every semester, which is a great way showing the saying “there is always someone to learn from”. To my surprise, at one time someone who sits next to you learning AE together could be the one who leads ladybug for grasshopper tutorial on stage next time. I still remember that once when I attended the Unity 3D workshop led by a MArch student, I was the only audience in the classroom. Thus I became the VIP for that night. While he was fully prepared and did a great job, I could tell his upset look. So I waited until the last minute and asked several questions to show my interest and gratitude. Later on when I became the teaching assistant, I totally understood how important the speaker got the support from the audiences. To put it in a nutshell, I enjoy the academic atmosphere of freedom and equality very much.

最想念祖国的什么？
What do you miss the most about China?

似乎大家最想念的都是家人和美食吧。以及，关于生存的智慧和无限的可能性？

It seems that everyone miss his family and good food. Moreover, maybe I miss the wisdom of earning a living and the infinite possibilities in China.

你会回国吗？为什么？
Will you come back? Why?

会。分享一个和加拿大华裔朋友交换过的有趣观点：他认为加拿大的多元文化更像马赛克：每一种文化保留其独特性，同时又能和谐共生。而同在北美大陆的美国虽看似力求成为多元文化的“沙拉碗”，但本质上仍然是单一价值观的“熔炉式”文化。就我个人而言，对自身的文化认同使我不愿意被美国的熔炉化掉，而又没有办法时刻处于旁观和浮潜的状态。所以会在国外旅居、工作一段时间，但若真要落地生根，还是会回国的。另一方面，如果说在国外我能发挥80%的潜力，回国后我希望会是100%。

Yes. Let me share you a conversation I had with one of my Canadian Chinese friends. He believes that, compared to the so-called “melting pot style” American culture, Canadian culture is more like a mosaic: the mixtures of various cultural ingredients keep their individual characteristics at the same time. Personally speaking, my cultural identity makes me reluctant to be melted by American values. And I do not want to be a bystander all the time. So I’ll live and work in the U.S. for a while, but I’ll eventually go back to China. On the other hand, if I can unleash 80% of my potential in the U.S., I hope I can do 100 % when going back to China.

出国后在不同的背景下再看中国是否看得更清晰，有哪些感触？
Is it more distinct to view China in a different environment after going abroad? Any thought?

不尽然。出国后对中国的认识似乎变得碎片化了。因为每天早上醒来最先看到便是微信里弹出的腾讯新闻和各类公众号。自媒体时代不同发声体的泛滥让我们不得不费力地透过掺杂了相当一部分主观情感和立场的文字、图片和影像来了解和甄别上演在中国的每一幕。不过中国发展的加速度毫无疑问是令人兴奋的。我今后所从事的事业也一定会深深根植于那片我成长的沃土。

Not really. My understanding about China seems to be fragmented after going abroad. Every morning I wake up with Wechat poping up with news from China. Owing to the proliferation of different media, we have to see through the text, images and video full of subjective feelings and positions to understand and identify each scene happening everyday in China. But the acceleration of China’s development is undoubtedly exciting. My future career will certainly be deeply rooted in the cultural background where I grew up .

你的学校有哪些教育特点？
What are the educational characteristics of your school?

之前已经有很多同学介绍过GSD了，我周围很多好朋友也都上过贵栏目了（笑），相信大家都有所了解。自己感触比较深的就是这是一个非常多元而开放的平台，时刻在变化，难以用单一的形容词来界定。来自世界各地的执业设计师、教授带来最前沿、最独到的信息、技术和价值观，与来自不同文化背景的学生在同一个屋檐下进行思维的交流与碰撞，这是很爽的。比如我在GSD最后一学期参加的option studio，组内的学生竟然涵盖了GSD除研究型硕士项目以外的几乎所有设计专业（包括建筑I、II，景观I、II，城市设计和城市规划）。最终的展示成果包罗万象，从不同尺度到不同设计的侧重点都有所展现。整个学期中教授也邀请了来自于政府，科学界和设计界的专业人士来和学生交流互动，实在获益良多。

Many of my friends have been invited to introduce GSD in former episodes. I’m sure people are sort of familiar with GSD already. It is a very diverse and open platform, which keeps changing, so it is difficult to define it with only one adjective. Practicing designers and professor from all over the world bring the latest information, the most advanced technology and unique values, to communicate with students from different cultural backgrounds under the same roof, which is very exciting. For example, the last option studio I participated in at GSD covered students from almost all design disciplines (including MArch I, II, MLA I, II, MAUD and UP) except the design studies master programs. The final exhibition was varied in scales and design themes. Throughout the semester, our professors invited professionals from the government, the scientific community and design industry to interact with students, which was beneficial to everyone of us.

你现在工作公司的特色和有趣的地方？
Can you discuss the characteristics of the company you are working for?

West 8西八项目涵盖了区域性规划、城市规划、城市设计、景观与园林设计、滨水地区项目、标志性景观小品设计和桥梁设计等诸多层面。我所在的纽约办公室是荷兰鹿特丹总部在美国的分公司，近期比较令人瞩目的项目有纽约总督岛(Governors Island)公园等。公司结构十分扁平化，同事间关系很融洽，每一个人的才能都能得到充分的发挥，充满年轻人的活力和梦想。”West 8”据说是荷兰的一种风，风过之后使人神清气爽。现在这阵风把海平面以下荷兰的乐观精神刮到了美国和全世界。

With a multi-disciplinary approach to complex design issues, West 8 has extensive experience in large-scale urban master planning and design, landscape interventions, waterfront projects, parks, squares and gardens. West 8’s New York office was established after winning an international design competition in 2006 for the design of Governors Island Park – a 172-acre island in the New York Harbor. My colleagues are very friendly. Each individual’s talent can be fully exploited here. Young people are full of vitality and dreams. Interestingly, “West 8” is reported to be a kind of wind in Netherlands after which people feel refreshing. Now this gust blew the Dutch spirit of optimism to America and the rest of the world.

最喜欢的艺术家（绘画音乐电影等广泛范围）是谁？给你创作带来了什么影响？
Who is your favorite artist (in wider range such as art, music, movie)? What is the influence?

现代画家中比较喜欢东山魁夷。本科在日本实习期间和朋友去长野古城玩的时候，在善光寺附近偶然逛到东山魁夷美术馆的时候很是惊喜。他的作品用色浓烈而直接，表面上看是典型的西洋画法，然而传达出的感情却蕴含内敛而深邃的东方美学。也许是同时身为散文家的缘故，东山对自然之宁静同时通感成了文字语言和视觉语言。我在他西学东用的背景经历中找到了共鸣：他是那个时代日本人“在海外”的一员。古代中国的美学立意是很高的。唐朝的大木作和宋朝的瓷器体现出的大气和简洁更是我想追求的艺术境界。希望能像东山一样从当下的语境中找到实现内心创作冲动的有力工具。
此外，还喜欢日本交互艺术团体TeamLab将科技与传统东方美学意蕴结合的出色尝试，以及青年艺术先锋倪传婧的精美创作。从某种程度上来说他们身上都有给我带来启发的共同点。

Among modern painters I prefer Kaii Higashiyama. During the time when I did an internship in Japan I visited the ancient city of Nagano with friends. It was a surprise when we wandered and ran into Higashiyama museum near Zenkoji. His works are famous for the strong color, which is a typical technique of Western paintings. On the other hand, those works also convey the profound oriental aesthetics. Perhaps for the sake of being both an essayist and a painter, Higashiyama expressed his understanding of the quietness of nature with both literal language and visual language. I have found resonance with his background and experience mixed with both western and eastern culture. He was among the generation of Japanese being “overseas”. Ancient Chinese artworks had a high standard in terms of aesthetics. The architecture style in Tang Dynasty and porcelain art in Song Dynasty reflect the simplicity which I’m pursuing for. I am longing to find powerful tools like the accomplishment Higashiyama achieved to create impulses of design within the present context.

Furthermore, I also appreciate the excellent attempt of a Japanese arts organization “TeamLab” who successfully combine the interactive science and technology with traditional eastern aesthetics values, as well as works from the fine art pioneer Victo Ngai. To some extent, they share a common spirit which inspires me a lot.

觉得自己的作品集有哪些迷人的特质？
What amazing character do your works have?

说迷人也谈不上吧。就觉得有趣的地方在于对不同尺度的设计尝试，并在相应的Resolution上将设计逻辑组织清晰，把设计意图传达明确。从一比一的家具设计，到一比几百的建筑设计和景观设计，再到一比几千乃至几万的城市设计和景观规划都有涉猎。

What’s interesting about my works is my design trial on different scales and my endeavor to clarify the logic and design intent with corresponding resolutions. From furniture design to architecture and landscape design, to urban design and landscape planning, I showed my interest in working at multiple scales.

什么时候开始看谷德网的？欢迎你提出建议哦，谢谢。
When did you start to follow gooood? Any suggestions?

从谷德刚刚创办不久就有所关注了，算是较早的一批观众。希望谷德不仅仅面向设计专业从业者，而是在普罗大众中的影响力进一步升级，让大家看到设计的力量是很强的。

I’ve been one of the earliest audiences of Gooood since it was just founded. I hope that Gooood not only would attract design professional practitioners, but exert further influence among the general public, showing them the strong power of design.

W O R K

1. Live with the Water
2016 spring landscape urban design studio at Harvard GSD
Instructor: Adriaan Geuze, Daniel Vasini (West 8)
Individule Work

绿宝石项链是奥姆斯特德遗留下的来自过去的馈赠，智慧城市是波士顿的未来。然而今天波士顿面临着不同的挑战。生态方面，全球气候变暖造成海平面上升，极端气候带来风暴潮，人类生存环境和生态多样性面临威胁。按照现有速度，100年后的波士顿市中心大部分区域将被上升的海平面淹没。

The Emerald Necklace is the legacy from the past, the the Innovation city the future of Boston. However Today’s Boston is confronted with different challenges. Environmentally, global warming has caused sea level rising; Extreme climate condition brings up storm surge. The living environment and biodiversity are threatened. In 100 years, most areas of downtown Boston will be flooded with the sea level keeps rising.

下面为波士顿滨水区面临的问题提供5个生态策略。

第一，以月岛、长岛、鹿岛等一系列岛链为依托构筑抵御风暴潮的基础设施。防波块体、防洪石堤、消浪石碓等将被用来对抗汹涌浪潮。沿岛链架构缆车系统，让游客了解这一系列基础设施如何运作以发挥效用。生蚝将作为游览途中的佳肴，旅程结束后，其壳体将被回收成为构筑新的防洪系统的原材料。

第二，减弱浪潮的威力。沙丘围栏、牡蛎礁等帮助加固沿岸。潮汐退却后的沿海滩涂将为水产养殖提供足够的营养物质。凌越湿地上空而建的栈道为民众体验生态多样性提供了一个机会。

第三，沿岸生态边界将适应不断变化的滨水状态。防波堤巩固砂石沉积，便于沿岸水质管理；潮汐池也带来了游乐的机会。沿水而布的生态护堤不但防止了潮水侵袭，而且创造了活动发生的公共空间。

第四，开凿一条河渠收集城市地表径流，增加滨水岸线。硬质边界如滤水台地、滨水阶梯广场和防水壁沿岸设置。当水位变化时，海风琴发出自然之声，增强了人的亲水性。此外，开凿的河渠恰好与现有地铁系统路线重合，重新设计后的水下地铁将成为游览的新方式，透过透明车顶一览水下风光。

第五，高地绿地截流、储蓄雨水，与绿宝石项链一脉相承。雨水花园、绿化屋面、可渗透性铺装同时协助雨洪管理。城市蔓越莓沼泽提供新型观光农业的可能性。哥伦比亚路过宽的现有机动车道将被改造成为雨水花园和街边停车场。

Here come 5 ecological strategies to confront the challenges of Boston waterfront.

Firstly, to resist the surge based on the gesture of Moon Island, Long Island and Deer Island. Water Resistance strategies such as wave breakers, concrete jacks, flood wall and Rip Rap will be utilized to defend the surge. A cable car system will be set up along the Islands for the visitor to know how the the system works. Oyster will be served during the trip. After finishing the trip, Oyster shells will be collected to be the material for the wave breaker system.

Secondly, to mitigate the power of surge. Strategies like dune fences, Oyster reef will be created to strengthen the shore. Aquaculture will be set up near tidal flats. Boardwalk will be created over marshes. It offers a place for the public to have a touch with biodiversity.

Thirdly, an eco-edge system will work to adapt to everchanging waterfront situation. Jetties for sand deposition, levee for offshore water management. Tidal pool for pleasure. A bio berm will work not only protecting the shore but offering an open space for activities to happen.

Fourthly, a channel will be created to discharge redundant urban runoff and offer riverfront edges. Hard edge Strategies such as filtration terrace, waterfront amphitheater and bulkhead will be along the channel. As water level changes, the river organ will play sounds from nature. It also increases people’s access to water. In addition, because there is an overlap of the existing subway system with the channel. An underwater train system can be as a new way of sightseeing.

Last but not least, Upland green strategies will be functioning to store or delay stormwater. Rain garden, green roof and permeable pavement will help stormwater management. Urban cranberry bog maybe a new way combing pleasure with agriculture production. The existing vehicle lanes along Columbia road seems underutilized. A half of it will be transformed to rain gardens and street parking lots.

以上五个措施将协同作用来面对波士顿滨水区面临的挑战。Columbia Point将作为新城市边界的试验场地。

These 5 strategies will work together to help Boston waterfront confront challenges in the following century. Columbia Point will be the pilot site where the 5 strategies meet together to form a new frontier city.

1.新增河渠从市中心连接到Columbia point，提供丰富的滨河空间。
2.高密度的城市开发项目作为创新区沿河分布，与麻省大学一起合作成为科技孵化器。
3.延续绿宝石项链，雨水花园和都市丛林沿哥伦比亚路分布，提升雨洪管理能力，改善微气候。
4.利用率较低的Joe Moakley公园将被更新。绿化防洪堤的建设将有效保护滨水沿岸。
5.链接Columbia Point和Pleasure Bay的硬质堤坝将作为自行车道，同时协助形成人工湿地以增加生态多样性。
6.缆车系统沿岛链矗立水中，寓教于乐。

1. A newly created channel start from Downtown all the way to Columbia point, offering a rich riverside condition.
2. Dense urban project will be along the channel as the innovation district, working with University of Massachusettes as an incubator.
3. Extend the Emerald Necklace. Rain gardens and urban groves along Columbia road helps stormwater management and promote micro climate.
4. The underutilized Joe Moakley Park will be renovated. Topography such as berm will help protect the water front.
5. The levee will act as a bicycle lane to connect Columbia Point with Pleasure Bay. It also helps forming a constructed wetland system which increases biodiversity as well.
6. The cable car system will be working along the shore, bringing a chance of education and pleasure.

沿河渠分布的建筑策略也有所不同：滨水的建筑底层将架空；绿色屋面收集雨水；艺术雕塑遍布滨江公园；空中飞桥连接不同塔楼。

Along the channel, the building strategies are also different. Where it’s close the the riverside, the buildings are elevated. There are green roofs collecting water. Artworks are distributed along the riverside park. The skywalk system is connecting towers.

局部放大平面：
The zoom in plan:

地铁、火车、游轮等不同公共交通方式与汽车、自行车等汇聚形成交通枢纽综合体。
A transportation terminal complex will be here, since this is where the subway, railway meet. and a ferry terminal will offer cruise to visit all the other Islands.

飞桥连接哥伦比亚路、公园和滨水地带。湿地上空栈道提供可达性。
The bridge stretches from Columbia Road to the Joe Moakley Park and the waterfront. Boardwalks invite people to explore the marshes.

滨水活动在漂浮甲板上发生。包括水族馆，潮汐池，摩天轮，农夫市场，下沉剧场和景观步道等。
Waterfront activities built on floating docks. Aquarium, tide pool, Ferris Wheel, Farmer’s Market, amphitheater and landscape pedestrian system as the green belt.

高密度的摩天楼，社区花园，滨江公园，现存公园大道，立交桥等。
Dense skyscrapers, community gardens and riverfront park, existing parkway, vehicle bridges.

2. Weaving the Green and Blue
2015 fall landscape urban design studio at Harvard GSD
Instructor: Henri Bava (Agence Ter)
Individule Work

斯特拉斯堡位于法国边境的莱茵河畔，法、德分列河西河东，两国文化都对这座城市产生了深远的影响，并形成奇妙交融。欧盟和欧洲的许多重要机构也驻扎于此，它也被誉为欧盟的“第二首都”。

Strasbourg is a French city where the Rhine River defines its border. France lies on the west side of Rhine and Germany on the east. Both French and German culture have deeply influenced it and reached a good mixture, which contributes to the tourism in Strasbourg. Moreover, that many European institution set up in Strasbourg makes it a Metropolitan city facing Europe.

然而，生态问题和社会问题在这里时有发生。其地理位置位于法国孚日山脉和德国黑森林之间的莱茵河谷，2座山脉形成天然屏障，导致斯特拉斯堡空气流动性较差，空气污染和夏季高温天气时有发生；历史上为了航运业的发展，裁弯取直，对人工运河进行了开凿和疏浚，破坏了原有的自然河流，导致水文系统的退化；填河造地以及能源输送管道的建设对当地的生态多样性造成了威胁，阿尔萨斯送子鹤的数目曾一度骤减；旧港口区工业的发展和繁复的道路桥梁建设破坏了城市森林的连续性，造成大量闲置用地的出现。

However, there are both ecological and social problems in here. Strasbourg is located in Rhine Valley between Vosges and Black Forest mountains, resulting in poor ventilation which deteriorates air pollution and extreme temperature; Regulations of the channels in history for the development of navigation have caused the degradation of hydrology system; Land infill and power line construction have led to loss of biodiversity, such as endangered Alsace Stork; Industry development and complex transportation system on Port have made existing urban forest disconnected and generated many underutilized lands.

设计场地位于旧港口区。经过流域景观规划分析和对城市设计的潜在需求，方案将采用纵向的景观廊道和横向的城市发展轴线链接南北向城市森林、沟通东西向法德边界，用新的活动重新激活旧港口区。

The design site is located at the Port area. In order to reconnect the green and blue system with an ecological corridor, as well as connect France and Germany via urban development serving Strasbourg’s objective to become a metropolis, the design proposal is to via a vertical ecological axis and a horizontal social axis to activate underutilized lands. The port besides Rhine is where the two axis meet. A series of urban development with landscape strategies in different districts will start functioning.

Bruckhof+Citadelle:
住宅、商业、文化项目沿河并存，河畔码头公园提供城市开放绿地，回望西北部的斯特拉斯堡古城。
Residential, commercial and cultural programs coexist. The riverfront park offers an open space for the public.

Starlette+Coop:
住宅、混合用地。旧厂房改造为共享经济办公用房和艺术文化休闲创意园区，屋顶花园提供休憩场所。
Residential and mixed used buildings are in this district. Old warehouses are transformed into co-work spaces and creative parks. The roof garden offers a place to have a rest.

将港口工业区开辟为中央公园，提供丰富活动场所，改善微气候。
The central park creates opportunities for various activities, and promoting micro climate.

夏季汛期莱茵河沿岸消落带设立湿地公园，增加生态多样性。
Wetland park helps during flood seasons, increasing the bio-diversity.

在保护好历史建筑的前提下，优化莱茵河沿岸原有商业区，适当提供密度和容积率，使之成为法国斯特拉斯堡和与之隔河相望的德国凯尔市之间的门户，达成斯特拉斯堡作为欧洲重要都会城市的诉求。
Optimizing the commercial region along the Rhine River while preserving historical buildings, increasing the urban density and FAR appropriately. Make this region the gate in between Strasbourg and Kehl, serving the goal of Strasbourg as a Metropolitan city in Europe.

3. Sensory City
2015 spring landscape urban design studio at Harvard GSD
Instructor: Chris Reed, Silvia Benedito
Collaborator: Zehao Xie

风是地形与微气候之间的沟通媒介，调动了人的所有感官。随着地形的变化，与风相关的参数，例如风速，风强度和风向也随之改变，从而导致了包括湿度和体感温度等微气候条件的改变。

Wind is the medium between the landform and micro climate, which motivates people’s all senses. With the everchanging landform, parameters related with wind such as wind speed, intensity and direction keeps changing as a consequence, which results in various micro climate conditions including different moisture levels and sensible temperature.

场地位于纽约科尼岛，当地深受季风和季节性潮汐的影响。2012年桑迪飓风带来的灾难性破坏显示了风暴和海浪对基础设施和生存环境的巨大影响。设计通过对地形的改变从而对局部风环境和潮汐形成干预，从而创造一个更宜居的城市空间。

The site is located in Coney island, New York, which is highly influenced by the monsoon and seasonal tidal conditions. The ruins caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 showed the destructive power of storm and tide on the infrastructure and living environment. The design strategy is to exert influence to the landform in order to change partial wind and tidal condition. Thus a more pleasant living environment can be created.

根据对不同季节风向的研究，西南至东北走向的隆起地形被人为创造，在炎炎夏日引导夏季盛行风将来自海洋的湿润空气带入内陆；当冬季来临之时，在山脊出种植的常绿乔木配合隆起的地形构成天然的暴雪防护栏，一定程度地阻挡了严寒气候带来的隐患；当春季到来后，被阻挡滞留的积雪融化，汇集到山谷形成溪流，最终汇入海洋。不同潮汐情况适应了不同的地形，形成了不同的水环境，从而改变了微观的生活方式。相应地，建筑布局也形成了滨水漂浮式，消落带架空式，和地景嵌入式；植被也形成从咸水湿生植物到落叶乔木和常绿乔木的过渡。

With the ridges going from the southwest to northeast, the wind is redirected from the ocean bringing the moisture to the inland during summer. However with the help of evergreen trees acting as living snow fences, blizzard would be blocked to some degree in winter. When spring comes, snow trapped by snow fences will start melting and gathering into creeks at the bottom of valleys. The everchanging tidal condition also contributes to forming different water environments which offer various lifestyles. Correspondingly, building form varies from waterfront-floating, intertidal-elevated to hilltop-embedded. Planting species also change from sea weed, deciduous trees to evergreen trees.

滨水区漂浮式建筑
Floating buildings in waterfront area

消落带架空式建筑
Elevated buildings in intertidal zone.

丘陵区嵌入式建筑和嗅觉花园
Foothill-embedded buildings and aroma garden

山顶嵌入式建筑和常绿树防雪栏造就的天然滑雪场
Hilltop-embedded buildings and ski field created by living snow fences

漫步在感官城市里，纽约客能够体验到不同季节里微观气候的变化。让我们聆听树梢随风摆动发出的声响，嗅着随风散发的花朵清香，在海洋带来的湿润空气里深呼吸。
Wandering in the sensory city, New Yorkers are able to experience the changes of micro climate in different seasons. Let’s listen to the sound made by trees and smell the sweet fragrance released by garden as wind blows through, and take a deep breath in the fresh air from the deep ocean.

4. Blurring the Boundary
Architecture design in 2013 fall
Collaborator: Mengya Yang

人类是社会性动物。通过互相交流与合作，我们构成了家庭，社区，乃至城市。同时，人又对自然的宁静充满原始的向往。因此我们又需要一个属于自己的私密空间，免受外界的纷扰。

房子是容纳社会生活的容器。它需要在外向性和内向性、开放与私密直接寻求到一个弹性的平衡。一种人与人之间的新型“弱联系”需要被维持。

We human beings are social animals. We need mutual communication and contact with each other. By means of cooperation, we have our family, community and city. Simultaneously, we are natural animals with a primal reliance and a longing for nature. Thus we need a private space of our own with no disturbance from the outside world.

Houses function as the container of our social life. They are expected to be elastic between extraversion and introversion as well as privacy and openness. A weak link should be kept in terms of newly-established interpersonal relationship.

项目是位于中国福建厦门市沙坡尾老港口社区的一栋私人住宅。它位于狭窄的住区缝隙之间，面向海港背朝社区。

The project is a private residence located in Shapowei, an old port in Xiamen City. It resides between fishermen’s houses, facing the port and backed by the community.

5. Maple Chair
Furniture making course at MIT woodshop
Instructor: Chris Dewart
Individual Work

这是一把麻省理工建筑学院家具课上制得的枫木椅（原设计是一把摇椅，但是由于时间不够没做完摇轨= =于是就不让它摇了）。传统手工艺和机器的共同使用实现了从原材料到成椅的加工过程。这把椅子的承重要求是最多可以承担185磅的体重。枫木由于其良好的硬度和持久性被选为原材料。在不借助CNC机床帮助的前提下，传统的手工艺打造过程加深了我对每一个节点和每一处细节的理解。

This project is from a furniture making course at MIT architecture wood workshop. Traditional woodworking techniques beginning with the use of hand tools are gained, as with power tools and finally woodworking machines. This chair is an original design which is able to support someone weighing up to 185 lbs. Maple is chosen as the material in terms of its hardness and durability. In stead of milling with CNC machine, hand making techniques help me gain a better understanding of craftsmanship from every joint and detail.

使用到的技术：
刨削，锯切，车削，倒角，榫接，塑形，打磨，抛光
Techniques used: planning, joinery, turning, routing, morticing, shaping, sanding, and finishing
使用到的器械：
表面厚度刨削机, 倒角机，榫眼机，主轴成型机，带锯机，台锯，夹钳，钻床，斜切锯，磨砂机，接缝刨
Machinery and tools used: surface and thinckness planner, router, chain mortiser machine, verticle spindle moulder machine, bandsaw, table saw, clamps, drill presses, miter saw, sander, jointer.