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 enrich
your 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，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。那些还没迈出学校门槛，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: Ursula Kaiser
Educational Institution: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria (TU)
Year: FINISHED MASTER DESREE
Nationality: AUSTRIA
Email:ursula_kaiser@hotmail.com

Who is your favourite Architect and why?
I’m not fixed to one particular architect as my favourite. I like different architects for different reasons.I like the structural patterns in the architecture designed by Herzog& de Meuron and the approach they adopt in every single project. Each of their buildings looks unique. I like the dynamics in Zaha’s design. I like the brilliant concept and clear logic in UnStudio’s design. For me, all of these elements mentioned above are very important to architecture.

What is the major characteristic of your current school’s education?
The most distinguishing characteristic is that it has no characteristic – diversity describes it best. There is Zaha’s partner who teaches design, but we also have those who simply focus on the traditional small houses or art installations. I graduated from STUDIO which stands for experimental design and construction. Since in Innsbruck we gradutate with a technical technical architecture degree, the university is actually meant to be more technical, but in fact many works the students have produced are not that of science, rather, they are more of arts.What have you gained during the MAD internship?
I came here, because I like the projects at MAD and I wanted to understand how things work within a company that designs projects of that size. A part from that I have never been to a place as international as MAD before. Everyone here has a different background and they have different working styles. – That’s very interesting! Besides I have managed to get some perspective on Chinese culture.What are your thoughts and feelings upon Chinese Architecture and the environment? Any suggestion?
The Chinese architecture is very interesting. China has old buildings that have thousands of years of history. It also has those square box architecture that can’t be called “architecture” actually. Meanwhile, many avant-garde buildings are emerging. In Europe it’s impossible to tear down the old buildings, but it’s happening in China. I am wondering if this is part of Chinese mentality or if that is just a contemporarily different way of thinking. I don’t want to judge – I am watching and curious where this way leads to.

What is your dream?
I wish that my life could be full of surprises everyday, and that my wishes would come true.

What is your dream project?
I don’t have a specific project, but I do hope that I can design a project from scratch til it’s finished and from inside out, including all the details.

Amongst the works in your portfolio, which one is your favourite? Why?
It’s my degree work, which is called the Illusion of Mobility (“der bewegte Stillstand). I like it because it incorporates a philosophical thought with actual building requirements. This thought leads through the whole project and interacts with form experimentation, program solution and environmental impact. It is translated into a 3D geometrical pattern which influences the shape of the building, the organization of the rooms, the technical structure, the interior and the visitor in different ways. All those factors are also influencing and therefore changing the pattern and finally the thought again.

姓名：乌苏拉凯泽
学校：茵斯布鲁克，利奥波德，格拉兹大学
年级：硕士结业
国籍：奥地利
电邮：ursula_kaiser@hotmail.com

最喜欢的建筑师是谁？为什么？
没有固定喜欢的建筑师。喜欢赫尔佐格和德梅隆（H&D）的构筑图样，每一个建筑都是独特的；
喜欢ZAHA动感的设计；还喜欢UNSTUDIO耀眼的概念及清晰的逻辑。
对我来讲，这些都是对建筑重要的因素。

你所在学校的教育特点？
最显著的特点就是没有特点—-非常多样性。有zaha的合伙人当导师，也有那种专注于传统小住宅或者艺术装置的研究室。我是从实验性设计与建造STUDIO毕业的。我拿的是茵斯布鲁克建筑技术类学位，这意味着学校的教育应该更偏技术，但实际上许多学生作品没有那么多的科学性，相反，更多的艺术性。

在MAD实习最大的收获是什么？
我来到这里，首先是喜欢MAD的项目。同时也很想了解一个能做这么大项目的事务所。我从来没有到过像MAD这样如此国际化的地方。每个人的背景和作风都不一样—非常有趣。此外，我成功的了解一些中国文化。

你对中国建筑的感触是什么？建议是什么？
中国建筑很有趣，有几千年的老建筑，又有那些不能称之为“建筑”的方盒子建筑，与此同时，出现了很多前卫建筑。在欧洲几乎不可能把以前的建筑拆掉。但这在中国正在发生。我想这是中国的一种现象，代表了中国的一种现代思维方式。我不想去判断，但是我期待以后的发展。

你的梦想是什么？
我希望我的生活，每天都充满惊喜。愿望都能实现。

你梦想中的项目是什么样的？
没有一个具体的项目，希望有一个从头到尾，从始至终，所有的细节都由我来设计的项目。
在自己的作品集中，你最喜欢的作品是什么？为什么？
是第一个作品，我的毕业设计。我喜欢她是因为他将思辨的思想与现实项目结合起来。并贯穿整个项目，如形式的探讨，程式的处理，以及与环境的交互影响。最后生成三维模型，并在此上对建筑的造型，房间布局，工程结构，室内以及流线进行影响。所有上述因素都是相互影响并能改变格局的。如此反复。

.Pier-museum.Miami
. Illusion of Mobility

55% of the population of Miami, Florida are Spanish native speakers.The majority of them and their ancestors are South American emigrantswho have been arriving by boat for the past 200 years.The town of Miami, Florida, the University of Miami and the organization“Arquitectum” decided to set a competition as memoriam to the emigrants.This was to take the form of a Pier, reaching out to sea, towards thedirection they originally.

迈阿密码头博物馆
移动幻觉

佛罗里达州迈阿密有55%人口的母语是西班牙语。他们的祖先大多是200年前从南美乘船而来的移民。因此迈阿密大学和当地的组织“Arquitectum”准备建立一个纪念移民的博物馆。这里采取的是一个码头的形态，探向海，朝着最初而来的方向。

The House by the lake

a construction of agreed contradictionThe second half of a semi-detached holiday home has to be erected, ona very long, narrow piece of sloping land, in Faaker See, Kärnten. Theowners and nighbours commenced building ten years ago. To date, itis still a ground floor building site, uncompleted! Differences of opinionsbetween the owners (who are the project manager and builder) andnighbours, and also the Planning Office have to take into considerationspecial requests.

Not only is this building site situated on a small piece of land, but it isalso an environmentally protected recreational area, therefore complicatingacess. Stipulations are to include parking space and utility shed.

临湖之筑

在Kärnten的Faaaker See，一块非常狭长的坡地上，矗立着一栋半独立式度假小屋。业主和他的邻居在10年前就开始这个项目，迄今仍未建成。业主和邻居在一些问题上存在意见分歧。这是这个项目特殊之处。

这不仅仅是一块小场地上的建筑，也是环境保护区中的休闲区，因此比较复杂。要求包含停车空间和多功能棚（房）

quetsch it

and it turns from a tube to a free-form surfaceInspired by nature, a recreational pipe-like structure has been created thatis flexible, and has a stabile surface.The pipes are hollow cylinders, due to their geometry are stabile andlight, and joined together they create a stabile, light surface that resemblesand finds parallels with our environment e.g. mushrooms, leavesand stems.

The following experiment was carried out with RAUCLAIR-E plastic-tubing.With the aid of these geometrical properties, interconnected with eachother at various points, it has been possible to create a flexible andbending stabile surface. The properties of the material, the positioningof joints and also the applied tension, create the form.

(By varying thetension in joints, interconnecting pipes become squashed creating surfaceswith varying radii, following the principle that in one, two or three directions- remains stabile – FIX-FLEX.To avoid miscalculations within the materials used, further digital experimentswere carried out. By changing the parameters we could demonstratethe diversity of this concept.

灵感源于自然

一个用于娱乐的管状结构，灵活，表面坚固。管道由空心圆筒组成，这些圆筒具有几何尺寸，非常之轻。组合在一起创造出一个稳定，像蘑菇，叶片，根茎等物的表面并实际的用塑料管做了实验，每一个单元与其它单元的连接，单元所带的几何属性可以创造出灵活，弯曲，稳定的表面。材料的性质使得关联处充满了张力，以创造形态。

（材料关联处能在几个方向上进行改变，同时依然稳定。固定—弯曲）通过改变参数，证明了这一概念的多样性。

Scapp ando dalla pe ntola
… on th e run – escaping th e pot

An existing building near the metro station Rebbibia in Rome is to bereconstructed into a Hotel with Shopping Mall, revitalizing the building.The original structure of the outside building, is to retain as much of itsdesign as possible. This project is to build the shops, hall and rooms,however, the furniture is to be either personally deigned or to come froma well-known collection.

(Kitchen and other areas essential to run a hotel – are to be found in anighbouring building – that is to be excluded from this project.)

Idea

The goose is to be cooked, manages to escape the pot, scattering feathersas she runs in fear – to safety. She has goose-bumps. Traces ofher orange goose-feet are still detectable throughout the building.

Element

The goose feathers, the structure of the goose-bumps and also thenegative form are to be the underpinning elements of this design. Thefootsteps and non-colours black and white, also the colour orange areelements that are repeated in different variations and functions throughoutthe building.

概念

鹅不想要被吃掉，于是开始设法逃跑！！在恐惧逃亡之中，橘色羽毛掉落在地上，留下了踪迹。吓得毛发悚然的鹅儿，最后还是被抓住了！！

元素

鹅的羽毛，是设计中基础的要素。灰色，白色，橙色的羽毛以重复，变化着的形式，装饰在室内。

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