Game Starts.

Today guys showed up all in the studio. I'd love to meet so many new friends there... even more, K.K. did a perfect presentation if he could slow down a little bit, concerning there were some laymen including me -_-

What encouraged me is that:
1. Since Achim Menges and Hensel left, at least we have Weinstock, George, Toni.
2. We are different from DRL, for instance, the density of our room is lower than DRL guys'.
3. I can talk with engineers as well as architects during study.
4. I can review some mathematics knowledge learnt when I was a boy.
5. Several software are standing by for my order, coooooool.

However, as L.J. said to me, the reality that tutors are not tend to urge guys be focus on the performance of materials and also the adaptivity of architectural project to environmental variability, indicated from today's symposium, did disappoint us a little bit.

Fortunately the school is of an open system, let's see what will happen next...
Anyway, we've also received a bonus for chosing emtech., a guy probably from Jerusalem, are making a documentary film to record our 1-year-long study life. Sounds great, doesn't it?

(Image above is selected from http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/)

LONDON:HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Lecturer: Hugo Hinsley from AA HU Dep.
This is a gist made by myself just in case.

1. 19 AD
Barcelona/Paris - Order - central government
London - Disorder

2. MAPPING CITY
2.1 mapping city - even space
2.2 geographic map
2.3 underground layout map
2.4 political map

3. THE EU CORE
Mr. Hinsley showed and described different patterns of city, such as London, Paris, Barcelona and Manhattan etc.

4. LONDON BY NUMBERS
Green city - cosmopolitan city - city of show off
Low house - influenced by Modernity from EU
19 AD slum housing
19 AD charitable "coffins"
Peabody 1850s: rich guys vs poor ones
Private Rental 1850s
BIG EVENT: Hampstead Garden Suburb 1905 - 1895 1st public social housing project - workshop house/PUBLIC school(new typologies) appear - infrastructure driving - suburb expansion

5. GREAT FIRE 1616
Year 1616: 80,000 pop evacuated
Year 1700s: city rebuit, 0.8 million pop
"Bomb is the best friend of planners"
Country of London Plan,1944 - Abercrombie, a modern planning
Power is given to investors from privates
Some examples: Belgravia by Nash, Regent St. by Nash

6. MODERNISM
Year 1949 1st Modern housing
Influenced by modernism idea from the States: seperation between people & transportation
Year 1965 local government reorganise 32 boroughs and the city.

7. PROBLEMS
Low-rise vs High-rise
"highrise building solve our social problems, but really?"
e.g. Year 1968 collapse of Ronan Point

8. THE CITY CLUSTER
"visable vs invisable"
future... who knows

COMPLEMENTARY READING LSIT
A Guide to Architectural London (£12.00)
London's Contemporary Architecture
London - more by luck but by design

最近工作室的Parametric热潮

近日，工作室本来苦闷的生活多了一些奇妙的变化，本来申请读书的热潮演变成了探讨设计的热潮。由于或或同学最终也拿到了aa的offer，一场围绕读书还是放弃的思想斗争波及他人，死伤惨重，更为糟糕的是，致使原本鉴定要走建筑心里学道路的apple同学也开始进入两难的境地。

自然的，aa的para. design不出所料成为众人常挂口中的话题。本人很佩服或同志百折不挠、自强不息、团结紧张的探索精神，由于他热情洋溢的介绍和深入浅出的分析，使得本来已经很懒的我，开始浏览一些国内关于参数化设计相关的文章，其中有提到国外某牛人Meredith（不是实习医生Grey啦）对于参数化的一点点看法，很好很强大，联想之前自己读的一些Morpho-ecologies上的文字，颇有神似的地方，激动之余，总结几条如下：
Michael Meredith对于parametric design的反思
1. parametric design本身不能实现建筑学上的意义，需要放在一个大的context之中；
2. form与material的辩证关系，这一点在读morpho-ecologies的前言部分，也有关注；
3. 情不自禁地formalism，印证了前段时间human师兄关于aa的一点小评论；
4. 多一点人文关怀，少一些形式功能二元法。

最后，相信我，或同学换上了parametric山寨强迫症^_^ 具体症状，请参见他最近搞得一些模型。

积极响应apple同学力推的心理测试，结果如下

Psytopic分析：您的性格类型是“ENFP”(外向+直觉+情感+知觉)

热情洋溢、富有想象力。认为生活是充满很多可能性。能很快地将事情和信息联系起来，然后很自信地根据自己的判断解决问题。很需要别人的肯定，又乐于欣赏和支持别人。灵活、自然不做作，有很强的即兴发挥的能力 ，言语流畅。

ENFP型的人充满热情和新思想。他们乐观、自然、富有创造性和自信，具有独创性的思想和对可能性的强烈感受。对于 ENFP型的人来说，生活是激动人生的戏剧。 ENFP型的人对可能性很感兴趣，所以他们了解所有事物中 的深远意义。他们具有洞察力，是热情的观察者，注意常规以外的任何事物。ENFP型的人好奇，喜欢理解而不是判断。 ENFP型的人具有想象力、适应性和可变性，他们视灵感高于一切，常常是足智多谋的发明人。ENFP型的 人不墨守成规，善于发现做事情的新方法，为思想或行为开辟新道路，并保持它们的开放。在完成新颖想法的过程中，ENFP型的人依赖冲动的能量。他们有大量的主动性，认为问题令人兴奋。他们也从周围其他人中得到能 量，把自己的才能与别人的力量成功地结合在一起。 ENFP型的人具有魅力、充满生机。他们待人热情、彬彬有礼、富有同情心，愿意帮助别人解决问题。他们具有出色的洞察力和观察力，常常关心他人的发展。 ENFP型的 人避免冲突，喜欢和睦。他们把更多的精力倾注于维持个人关系而不是客观事物，喜欢保持一种广泛的关系。

您适合的职业有：
· 人力资源经理
· 变革管理顾问
· 营销经理
· 企业／团队培训师
· 广告客户经理
· 战略规划人员
· 宣传人员
· 事业发展顾问
· 环保律师
· 研究助理
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· 开发总裁
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· 市场营销和宣传策划
· 市场调研人员
· 公关专家
· 公司对外发言人
· 儿童教育老师
· 大学老师（人文类）
· 心理学工作者
· 心理辅导和咨询人员
· 职业规划顾问
· 社会工作者
· 演讲家
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· 节目策划和主持人
· 专栏作家
· 剧作家
· 设计师
· 卡通制作者
· 电影、电视制片人

TYPOLOGY OF FAMILIES

Are there any prototypes existing in this picture?

电影，你能向它学到多少？

自己渐渐变得懒惰起来，看电影就直接去迅雷上搜寻，或者干脆不看电影了，每天盼着gossip girl等肥皂剧来打发时间。今日突然看到网上这个东东，觉得有必要重新收拾心情，开始淘碟，看电影，想问题了！

看电影，希望能学到一些...

Listing:
1. Lord of War
2. Catch Me If You Can
3. Se7en
4. Superbad
5. Charade
6. Casino Royal (2006)
7. Sweeney Todd
8. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
9. Fight Club
10. The Pink Panther (1963)
11. Thank You for Smoking
12. Fahrenheit 911
13. Delicatessen
14. Alien
15. Bunny Lake is Missing
16. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
17. Vertigo
18. Panic Room
19. Dr. Strangelove
20. Eurotrip
21. Pi
22. North By Northwest
23. American Splendor
24. Reservoir Dogs
25. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
26. Halloween
27. Live and Let Die
28. American Psycho
29. Psycho (1960)

GRD II

几经纠结，还是选择了GRD II，虽然很喜欢DP 1，虽然很喜欢LUX 4，虽然D80很便宜，但还是选择了GRD II。喜欢它苯苯的样子，喜欢它一颗定焦的眼睛。
希望以后能用它记录下生活的点点滴滴，同时也算是偶学习摄影的第一台相机啦。开心开心 ^_^

附上一张euyoung的图片，给自己饱饱眼福。

（http://euyoung.blogspot.com/2007/11/ricoh-gr-digital-iigrd-ii.html）

aa的offer终于拿到了！！！

如题，第一时间记录下来吧。
昨日因为忍受不了等待的煎熬，再一次写信骚扰了小秘先生，Perry先生很及时得track到了我的申请信息，有邮件confirm了我，实在是一件很好很好的事情，至少现在是的 ^_^
电邮原文如下：

Dear Chen Chuan,

May I take this opportunity to apologies for the delay in getting a response to you on your Masters application. We have had a year like no other, a very popular one and I have been doing my best to manage a record amount of applications.

Moving onwards I can bring you the great news that you have been made an unconditional offer to study here on the MSc in Emergent Technologies at the AA School of Architecture in London.

Letters will go out as soon as possible.

All the best,


Claire Louise Perry
Graduate Admissions Coordinator
AA School of Architecture