MAD no doubt is one of the most recognized architectural practices in China and worldwide. Every year,MAD receives countless job and internship applications. To be able to work at MAD will definitely enrichyour career as even though the people working here might have been lucky, but are undeniably outstanding. What could possibly be on the minds of the MAD interns?

MAD无疑是中国最受瞩目的建筑师事务所之一，同时在世界范围内也受到极高的关注。MAD每年都收到来自全世界不计其数的工作申请和实习申请。能够进入MAD学习和工作一段时间，职业生涯无疑会变得精彩丰富，在这里的人们，也许是幸运的，但肯定是优秀的。在MAD工作的实习生们，他们脑子里天马星空的想法是什么样的?

Name: Susie Jiang
Educational Institution: Zhejiang University
Year: Undergraduate
Nationality: P. R. China
Email: susiejiang@foxmail.com

Who is your favourite architect? Why?

It is really hard to find a sparkling ass-kicking architect who can cause me goose bumps these days. But in general, I will focus on the architects who hold intensively distinct self-opinions to the world, like Zaha Hadid. Although nowadays her works have received various comments including both praises and criticisms, she in her early stage was definitely amazing in an irreplaceable way, and is also my first truly beloved architect.

What is the major characteristic of your current school’s education?

Zhejiang University has a very open and free environment, with a very wide platform, where some kind of self-designed college life is actually realizable. Of course, you will also pay a price for that; but this environment is not that good for the architectural education. Compared to the undergraduate phase, it is necessary for each teacher with his distinct pursuit and style to lead his students to conduct some designs that at least contain partial research property, rather than almost all the teachers prefer their students operating architectures in realistic and commercial directions, which pays too much attention to planar rationality and is lack of a freely exploring process from concepts to the eventual integral result. Certainly the market requires a large amount of such talents to be cultivated, whose influence is inevitable for the education in universities because they cannot be unrealistically required to exist in the world independently. After all, a lot of concerned problems are related to the development process of China, which I will not say more about in case this becomes too political. Anyhow, the support and tolerance my alma mater has offered me already make me very grateful.

What have you gained during the MAD internship?

MAD has given me a lot of opportunities beyond an “intern”. In fact, if you desire doing something and going hard, the company will make a certain degree of adjustment for you to do more and experience more. As it is the company who offered me my first official internship, I can hardly make comparison between MAD and other firms or companies. But I believe that the persistence and exploration of MAD for its own style are considerably admirable to everyone who has worked in it.

What are your thoughts and feelings upon Chinese Architecture and the environment?
Any suggestion?

This is a very large and in-depth issue, which I don’t think I can condescend to make any comment on. Having spent five years of my career in architecture, I only know about a tip of iceberg of this industry. I think my advice is: to study diligently, make some process day by day, and serve your motherland well when you grow up.

What is your dream?

In another two or even three decades, my parents and I will be able to make jokes in ease and peace, watch some movies, and talk about the life and work of each of us together, instead of letting my far-reached steps isolate us. This is my dream.

What would you do if you were not an architect?

A war correspondent, who took a number of pictures and adventures deep in the places full of war and gunpowder such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Africa, who wept a lot and were often heart-broken, lives a life full of bragging, article writing and movie watching when she gets back to his motherland.

What is your dream project?

Every project I can make decisions and designs about is my dream project. Especially after I stepped in society and started to work, I think having a chance like that is already realizing my dream.

What is your favourite project in your portfolio? Why?

When you haven’t done it yet, you always consider it pretty awesome. But several days later you will feel terrible, not knowing if the situation will be the same as your ability develops. Anyway, the child from another family is always better, while your own child always has a variety of problems.

姓名：姜雪竹
学校：浙江大学
年级：本科生
国籍：中华人民共和国
电邮：susiejiang@foxmail.com

最喜欢的建筑师是谁？为什么？

现在来说找到一个令人鸡皮疙瘩都起来的牛逼闪闪的建筑师真的很难，但总的来说，我会关注那些对世界有着强烈个人主张的建筑师们，就像是扎哈，尽管如今她的建筑褒贬不一，但早期的扎哈是无可替代的那种惊艳，也是我的第一个真爱。

你所在学校的教育特点？

浙大是很开放，很自由的那种环境，平台很大，某种自我规划人生性质的大学生活是真的可以实现的，当然你要付出代价；但这种风格对于建筑教育就不是那么好，相较于本科阶段，还是需要每个老师有各自不同的追求和风格，带领学生一起做一些至少带有部分研究性质的设计，而不是几乎所有老师都偏好学生往现实性、商业性的方向去操作建筑——过分关注平面的合理性，而缺少概念到最终成果整体的一个自由的探索过程。当然市场需要大量这样的人被培养出来，学校的教育自然不可避免受到市场的左右。不能要求一个学校独立其而存在，不现实。说到底很多问题跟中国的发展进程有关，多说就成政治了。不管怎么说，母校对我的支持和包容已经让我很感激了。

在MAD实习最大的收获是什么？

MAD给予了我很多超越“实习生”标签的机会，而且事实上只要你想去做，想去拼搏，公司都会一定程度的调整去让你做的更多，见识的更多。当然MAD是我第一份正式实习工作，我很难去把他和其他风格的事务所或者公司去比较，但我相信MAD对于自己风格的坚守和探索会让每一个人在MAD工作过的人深深的敬佩。

你对中国建筑的感触是什么？建议是什么？

这是个很大很高的问题，我想现今我无法以一个居高临下的姿态去评价什么，五年的建筑生涯只能看到这个行业的冰山一角。我想我的建议就是：好好学习，天天向上，长大报效祖国。

你的梦想是什么？

再过二十年，甚至三十年，我和我的爸妈一样可以轻轻松松的开玩笑，一起看电影，一起聊各自生活和工作的见闻，不会因为我的脚步太快而让我们之间隔得太远，这就是我的梦想。

你如果不当建筑师会选择什么职业？

战地记者。深入阿富汗孟加拉非洲等战火烟硝的地方。拍很多照片，流很多泪，冒很多险，伤很多心，然后回到祖国过着吹牛逼写文章看电影的生活。

你梦想中的项目是什么样的？

每一个我可以做决定做设计的项目都是我的dream project。尤其是工作，进入社会后，我想拥有这样的机会已经就是梦想实现。

你自己的作品集中，你最喜欢的作品是什么？为什么？

从没有过。做的时候觉得都挺厉害，过几天就觉得糟心了。也不知道随着能力的提高还会不会是一样的情况。总之就是别人家孩子总是好的，自己家孩子各种有问题。

ON THE ROAD
“The only people that interest me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time. The ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn. Burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”- Jack Kerouac

HE PORTFOLIO
（CIRCULATION） • （OUTDOORS IN LONDON）• （UP IN THE AIR）
DEDICATED TO MY BELOVED MOTHER AND FATHER. TO THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED IN ME THROUGH HARD TIME. TO
THE GREAT ARCHITECTS. TO OUR TIME. TO MYSELF.

在路上

“只有那些疯狂的人才能引起我的兴趣。
那些人疯狂地生活，疯狂地表达，疯狂地被拯救，同时对一切事情心怀渴望。
他们毫无倦意，不屑于陈词滥调，只是燃烧，燃烧，燃烧，
如子夜烟花般绚烂。”
—-杰克.凯鲁亚克

作品集子

（循环） • （伦敦窗外）•（直冲云霄）
献给我的父亲母亲献给逆境中仍然相信我的人们
献给伟大的建筑师们献给这个时代
献给我自己

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[循环]: 林间深处书吧设计本科学生作业
[ CIRCULATION ]: Deep In the Woods Book Bar Design Independent undergraduate project

指导教师: 王晖
独立作业
地点：杭州
时间: 9月- 11月2010
” 生老病死皆此有故，此生故彼生；此无故彼无，此灭故彼灭。” ——–佛说

Tutor: Hui Wang Solo work
Location: Hangzhou, China Time: September- November, 2010
” Through birth, dacay, death, lamentation, pain, are conditioned. When this is not, that is not; this is ceasing, that ceases. ”
——–Buddhist Scriptures.

我们生活在循环中。从生至死，从自然归于自然。

在西方城市化的进程中，庞大的，冰冷的，机械式的建筑被看为是资本主义社会权利的象征。他们忽略了人类内心对自然对话的渴望。林间深处书吧设计呼吁与人为的东方哲学设计的结合，唤回对自然的记忆。

内部空间受 Christopher Nolan导演的电影<Inception> 深深启发，我运用5*5 方格阵隐喻了电影中五层的意识空间，外围的16个方格有规律的高差变化隐喻了人们进入或离开某一层的意识，內围的9个方格则连接起外围相同高度的方格形成一层空间，试图重现荷兰画家M.C.Escher的名画 <Ascending and Descending>。循环的空间隐喻了人们在书海中无法自拔，隐喻了人类原始求知欲的强烈。

We live in circulation. From born to death, all things circulate, ending back to nature.

In the process of Western urbanization, skyscrapers were the symbol of technological mastery, abundant capital, and a stratified society, ignoring an intuitive longing to reengage with nature. Deep in the woods calls for the memory of nature and the artificial in oriental philosophy and reconnects urbanity to the natural realm.

The inner space was Inspired by the film <Inception> directed by Christopher Nolan.I used 5 * 5 cube arrays to represent the 5 layers in the sense of space in the movie. While the regular elevation changes for 16 cubes in the periphery means people entering or leaving a layer of consciousness, the inner 9 cubes connected with the cube with the same height in the periphery forms a layer of space. I tried to represent the Dutch painter M.C.Escher’s famous painting “Ascending and Descending”. The looped space is a metaphor of people in a sea of books, reflecting the strong curiosity of mankind. It was later chosen as one of the most distinguished designs of the year.(2011)

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林中之吧与吧中之林
Bar in the woods and Woods in the bar

林间深处提供了一种可能性：停留，行进，对前方未知空间的探索，犹如在林间漫步。建筑表皮的反射部分将它自己隐藏在林间；透明部分将林间之景引入。自然与生命的循环，与空间内部的循环，是设计名字之由来。

通过材料的不同而产生的不同影响，林间深处书吧设计提供了现代建筑和自然融合的方式。

Deep In the Woods provides a space where one can read, walk, sit, explore, and experience the feeling to be in nature. Its reflected part of the exterior hides itself deep in the woods, its transparent part lets the wood in.

By using different materials, which lead to different influences. Deep in the Woods provides a solution for the contradiction betweenmodern architecture and nature.

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[伦敦窗外]:
探索伦敦公共与私密空间
[OUT DOOR[S] IN LONDON ]:
EXPLORING LONDON’S PRIVATE SPACE & PUBLIC SPACE

英国伦敦大学巴特雷特建筑学院暑期课程指导教师: Hugh McEwen 合作作业
地点: Bartlett School of Architecture, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0QB
时间: 08/04/2013-08/16/2013
The Bartlett School of Architecture Summer School Tutor: Hugh McEwen Team work Location: Bartlett School of Architecture, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0QB
Time: 08/04/2013-08/16/2013

经历若干天从西敏寺到泰晤士河南岸的调查体验，我不断观察与探索伦敦的户外生活。我和我的同学们一起运用巴特雷特建筑学院内部的垃圾来抽象模拟、创造伦敦的开放与私密空间。

Having field trip exploring notable public and private spaces from Westminster, through the Southbank to Bank, I’ve been able to observe and explore outdoor life in London. Based on this observation and research, my fellows and I used waste rubbish to model the private space and public space in London.

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从碎片到南岸
From The Shard to The South Bank

“不久前在伦敦刚刚落成了一座名为“The Shard”的超高层建筑，300多米的高度让它像一道利剑插向天空，成为了欧盟第一高楼。对伦敦人来说，这个楼就像北京人看央视大楼一样，找不到舒服的感觉。它让我联想到平壤的柳京饭店。这也是一个直冲云霄的尖顶，330米高，1987年开建，当时的朝鲜要赶超纽约的帝国大厦，争当世界、亚洲的各种第一，结果因为资金不足这个楼已经烂尾了20多年。

然而不管出于对何种极致的崇拜，这样的竞争其实已像病毒一样在全球传播，这是一种对城市化的极度扭曲。那些以巩固权力和资本而修筑的建筑所传达出的“信心”与当代城市中生活的人的精神诉求和想象力并无关联，也许这才是人们对城市中的一些建筑“感觉不舒服”的原因。 ”
—-马岩松的专栏“城市”的野心和梦想“ ，新艺术的新京报每月的问题，2013年5月8日

然而在泰晤士河南岸，情况确是另一个极端：南岸不仅仅成为游客必去之地，也是伦敦人最爱的休闲场所之一。沿岸有很多空间非常有趣：用沙子泥土的小型操场上到处是游乐的孩子，这使年幼的儿童在与家人出门时真正有属于自己的游乐天地；咖啡馆和餐馆往往会设置模糊的界限，鼓励人们坐在阳光下聊天喝咖啡。沿岸的一步一景让它满足了不同类型的人群的喜好。

关于我“眼中”伦敦的开放和私密空间：

公共空间：以旋转木马动能装置为主，制造出一种连动装置：将南岸的空间作为元素，以连动的方式串联。

私密空间：小生态结构，大自然共存于伦敦的城市结构之中。

“Not long ago, a high-rise building named ‘ The Shard ‘ rose in London. The height – 300 meters makes it the highest building in European Union, while the shape – a sword towards the sky makes local residents very uncomfortable. It reminds me of Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. Both of them represented an ambition of power, a sick worship in the extreme. All the ‘ faiths ‘ those buildings conveyed that have nothing to do with the people’s living in contemporary cities. Perhaps that’s the reason people feel awful about certain buildings in the city.”
—- Ma Yansong’s special column “Cities’ ambitions and dreams” , New Art, the monthly issue of The Beijing News, on May 8, 2013.

While South Bank, on the other hand, is quite enjoyable not only for tourists, but also for those who actually live in London. I found quite a few places that are quite interesting. Small playgrounds for kids are everywhere: so that children can really have places to stay when they go out with their family; cafe and restaurants tend to set the bounds more “outdoor”, so that people can go out, enjoying the sunshine, coffee or beer, chatting with their friends.

Here are some of my interests.

Public Space Focused upon the kinetic device ‘merry-go-around/carousel’, the device is used by children, riding on miniature cars; this space is open to all. Although the device is situated or anchored into one position, this public space/movement is temporary, and can be relocated at will. It engages all members of the public into an indirect conversation of enjoyment/fun. The merry-go-around is circled/enclosed by a boundary ‘metal fencing’ (control of space) this is also temporary and adaptable and moveable by members of the public to gain access to the merry-go-around. Private Space Small agricultural structures, dotted the Southbank, exhibiting how nature can co-exist in the city and within these structures, were sitting areas/benches where individuals could sit/read/talk or small groups could do the same. These areas of solitude/privacy broke up the traffic of people walking up and down along the Southbank. Small reading spaces, and this exchange of ideas, of one to one, to one to many, where enhanced through how space can be defined or controlled and/or expanded/manipulated to fit a small to a large browsing/larger reading areas on the Southbank.

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泰晤士南岸装置设计

运用伦敦抽象的元素做成一个模拟泰晤士南岸微模型。南岸丰富的私密和公共空间启发了这个设计：能动性；贯穿性；有机性。

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[ 直冲云霄 ]:
2012 清华大学非线性与参数化暑期课程
[ UP IN THE AIR ]:
2012 TSINGHUA PARAMETRIC WORKSHOP

票选优秀设计第二名合作者: 吴心怡（浙江大学）
指导教师: 黄蔚欣，覃菘，Michael Hansmeyer 地点: 巴丹吉林沙漠时间:7月 – 8月, 2012

Voted Second Place excellent work Partner: Xinyi Wu（Zhejiang University） Tutor: Michael Hansmeyer, Weixin Huang, Song Qing
Type: experimental design Location: Badain Jaran Desert, Western China Time: July – August, 2012

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图腾文化研究
Totem Culture Research

巴丹吉林沙漠位于中国西部。它被认为是沙尘暴在北京的源泉。沙漠中拥有超过一百个湖泊，而少于40毫米年降水量。在4,7000平方米的面积，附近只存在2个寺庙。因此，那里的人与外界分离，过着原始的和自给自足的生活。他们也把他们的希望，更美好的生活寄托在他们的原始信仰，图腾-树图腾。

在不同的生活环境下，我们的祖先创造了很多种类的图腾。他们曾住在山洞里。坚硬的岩石为他们提供安全，保护他们免受灾害，暴雨或风暴。为了增加他们的安全感，他们开始了对洞穴神灵的崇拜，将神灵的形象视为图腾。在一个月或一年的特定时间，他们举行仪式，在他们画的图腾旁，崇拜他们的神，祈求保护和食物。

他们把希望寄托在图腾上。

最终，他们开始了对树的崇拜。在沙漠中树是罕见的，可以保护人们不受沙尘暴侵扰，可以长出新叶和开花结果。更重要的，其向上生长的精神与活力已经扎根在他们的心脏，成为他们的信仰。

我们采用参数化设计工具，模仿树木的形态，创造树图腾的独特之美，树枝内部的空间可做冥想用，而交织的树枝构成了其外部的空间。我们希望我们建立的自我发展的程序，可以让树图腾不断向上生长。数字化的手段使其形态拥有不同的可能性，高度也会不断生长。它直入云霄。它将不断直入云霄。

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Name: Susie Jiang 姜雪竹
Educational Institution: Zhejiang University
Year: Undergraduate
Nationality: P. R. China
Email: susiejiang@foxmail.com