最後一個Studio Crit 上了寶貴一課

Thesis前的最後一次crit，有幸遇上了Dean。上次遇上他是個深圳雙年展的那次crit，基於那是group work的緣故，這次顯得更加緊張。

作為是日第一個present，一點準備也沒有，就平舖直敘起來，耐性不多的他，不停插話，又問樓高多少，車從哪處入，連Lane Crawford的招牌要往哪處放也問了。一時反應不來的我被comment了一句：’unresolved.’ 說實在，有時我不止不明白他說什麼，我根本聽不見他說什麼。

JDS, TZ, JL 都加入戰團，問題都算是建設性的，唯獨當我說河內的人’enjoy’戶外空間，JDS說了一句’Use another word to replace “enjoy”.’我不懂答，幸有Uli的partner補充了一句’It’s their lifestyle.’

整個crit裡最令我覺得不足的是自己的語言能力。他們最concerned的，其實是那個誤導的title。’Erosion/Fusion’，令人感覺這是個沒內涵只有form的設計，自然會覺得你說什麼都是bullshit，你不過想要’erosion’的樣子罷？我當然不覺自己的設計沒內涵，Uli也不覺，JD也不覺，他們還替我圓了場，解釋了我的Design intent是什麼，environemental也好，social也好，總之這不是一個只賣樣的設計。其實Uli早就提醒我要選一個humble title，只怪自己馬馬虎虎就把它定了。

同學們說我被’crit爆’了，Uli說是’Disaster’。我卻不太在意’有幾爆’。其實在這次’討論’之中我更加清楚了自己的design intent和concept，亦知道自己的presentation未能完全配合自己的想法。當然一開始就有切合設計的presentation最好。可是在做得不好的情況底下被質疑，總好過把自己的設計present得不明不白卻矇混了過去，這樣子自己別人都不會有機會真正知道和明白你的想法。至少我現在還有portfolio這個機會。

整件事令我更自覺要信任自己。有時在studio工作，看見別人有這樣的ren圖，那樣的model，容易以為自己亦要照辦煮碗。Design要做自己喜歡的，presentation其實也要是適合自己的才有作用。

今次crit學了很多。

PS. 和Dennis吃tea時說了我們想做怎樣的architect，做設計的態度是怎麼樣。有同類的感覺最令人高興！

2010 Cinema

12/29 1655 @ IMAX Megabox - Tron : Legacy
12/24 1610 @ Broadway Cinematheque - Le Concert 
11/14 1000 @ Palace IFC - Due Date 
11/09 1925 @ Palace IFC - Confessions 告白
10/30 1605 @ AMC Pacific Place - Men in the City
09/13 2130 @ Agnes b. Cinema - Vidal Sassoon The Movie
08/08 1110 @ Broadway Cyberport - Inception
07/29 1110 @ IMAX iSquare - Toy Story 3
06/18 1310 @ AMC Pacific Place - A-Team
06/01 1950 @ AMC Pacific Place - Greenberg
-- HKIFF --
04/06 1030 @ Cultural Centre - Fais Moi Plaiser!
04/05 1800 @ Cultural Centre - A Serious Man
04/04 2100 @ HK City Hall - Le Refuge
04/04 1800 @ HK City Hall - Persécution
04/04 1100 @ Cultural Centre - World Animation I
04/03 2100 @ HK City Hall - The Time that Remains
04/02 1500 @ HK City Hall - I Killed My Mother
04/01 2000 @ Cultural Centre - Metropolis (Restored Original Cut 2010)
03/27 1515 @ Agnes b. Cinema - The Ghost Writer
03/23 1915 @ UA Cityplaza - London River
-- HKIFF --
03/04 1450 @ IMAX Megabox - Alice in Wonderland (IMAX 3D)
01/09 1420 @ The Grand Cinema - New York I Love You
01/06 1540 @ IMAX iSquare - Avatar (IMAX 3D)

一雙剪刀改變世界

前陣子看了 Vidal Sassoon 的 documentary。在此以前，我認知的 Vidal Sassoon 不過是洗髮水護髮素，亦從來沒有深究為什麼會有以人名命名的洗髮水。

Vidal Sassoon的傳奇，奇在一雙剪刀可以改變世界。

他自小為了幫補家計，在沒有選擇下媽媽介紹他到理髮店工作。雖然他想當建築師，但環境未容許他離開理髮店。他想：既然如此，剪髮也可以闖一番事業吧。

鍾情建築的他，受當時的Bauhaus影響，研究如何將簡潔的幾何線條應用於理髮上。漸漸研究出一套理論，以比例為不同面形的女性塑造時尚簡單的髮型。當時女性的髮型，很難打理，每星期都要到理髮店長時間整理才能保持。Sassoon的突破，讓女性得到解放，讓她們輕易地就能保持chic的形象，有更多時間留給自己。

堅持獨有的剪法十年，終於改變了時尚文化，Sassoon闖出了名堂，繼續理髮之餘推出護理產品，以 ’You don’t look good, we don’t look good’ 為口號，成功踏遍世界各地。

Sassoon並未將理論成為祕方，他辦了理髮學校，希望學生能將之更加發揮，讓這改變能更廣傳開去。這種胸襟，不是所有大師都擁有。

以理髮影響世界對時尚的定義，影響萬千女性的生活方式，未必是他預見的，但是他做到了。成功，源於他忠於自己。

一雙剪刀可以改變世界。一個建築不應該可以做更多嗎？建築設計單單為了symbolism、spatial experience就夠了嗎？Thesis除了有趣，是否也應該帶一個message給這個世界呢…

看來，Vidal Sassoon做不成建築師做了理髮師，是他的福氣。 

一片渾沌

這個學期有一個順利的開始：又一次被分到first priority的tutor，在沒有想選的elective的情況下，殺出了Carlow和Weijen的Independent Studies，又有幸被選上。

一早就已想到，在這麼得意的時候，現實一定比預想的差。沒錯，暫時的這階段，雖然不忙，但沒有丁點有趣的事在進行中。這刻，我什麼都不願做，眼前沒有看見任何有意義的事。

在看關於thesis的書，卻遲遲未能下決定。我斷不想做一些有趣但沒意義的東西，已有太多無聊的垃圾存在於這個世代了。於我而言，始終是與現實緊扣的才稱得上thesis。無奈自己懂的實在太少了，真切的感覺到 書到用時方恨少。聽著同學討論thesis，一個個找到了自己的thesis，雖然都不是我想做的方向，但莫說沒有壓力。

一個月過去了，思緒處於渾沌的狀態。不過其實有哪一次的中段不是這樣的？
 唯一是有點空虛感，欠了一些人的支持。在studio的感覺，比以前大不同。

最想見一些non-archi人，抽離一下。

First Entry in My Moleskine Film Journal

Inception is a great start!
Matrix presented a concept of an inter-connected system between people's minds. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind visualized 'dreams'. Inception has the qualities of both. Despite the great directing by Christopher Nolan, these precedents are also essential for his success. I think it would take a long while until the next movie with similar topic be that successful again.

"The moment's passed. Whatever I do I can't change this moment."

For the controversy of the ending, I preferred to believe the ending is the reality. But the evidences prove the other way round.

The ending is too close to perfection, and what is Michael Caine doing at the airport? And since all the kicks from all levels are gone, how can they come back to reality? I think the actual story is the old Saito killed Cobb in limbo, which put him into a even deeper level in his mind. In that deepest part he has that perfect ending that he always want. And at the end, although he still doubts if that is the reality, but eventually he just doesn't care anymore. That's why he does not pay attention to the totem.

What do you think?

又一個學期 — 倒數畢業尚餘一年時間

做完Elaine的包，一個學期又畫上句號。這個學期時間上較長，亦比較辛苦。事情總是拖拖拉拉的，沒完沒了。

早於sem break的時候就聽聞Ole Scheeren會教studio，在不能選擇Carlow的joint studio的情況下，就疊埋心水看看這starchitect會帶來什麼inspirations。

「Core Values」是這個studio要研究的事。Ole說他跟朋友說會來HKU教，朋友都不解，說HKU學生只重presentation和efficiency，悶得很。於是他便想到了用這個可說是建築設計裡最悶的一個部份給我們做，看我們真的如此悶蛋，還是可以將它變得有趣一些。他亦覺得畢竟core將會是我們建築生涯裡經常會接觸的事，何不把它帶入學府研究一番？

第一份功課，用10分鐘自我介紹，形式不限。有人剪片、有人自彈自唱、有人說故事、有人畫畫。那一刻，團隊中的多元性和各人自身的特點令人想像之後的team work應該有很多有趣的input，可惜往往事與願違。

11人的隊伍，一方面太多，一方面又太少。以組織和分工來看，要每人也自發地工作很難，要大家都有共同的thesis更難，結果兜兜轉轉也沒有什麼presentable的成果，以此看來人實在太多。以題目的範圍而言，世界上有數之不盡的towers，幾乎每一棟都有它的core，每一個core都是design specific，要在浩翰的資料裡找出有用的，再歸納出我們的見解並不是11個人在一兩個月能夠做到的事，由此看來人手實在不足。最後research的結果強差人意但因時間緊拙唯有繼續到下一階段。

Design開始才是真正和Ole有交流的時候。說實在，當初我看他北京的CCTV和曼谷的MahaNakhon，不過是玩form。可是從他的對話中，會知道他要求的多於建一棟iconic building。他和我們分享的經驗，不是從普通的tutor口中可以聽到的。不時可以聽見他說要珍惜做學生的時間，工作後便沒有機會做自己想做的事。有時會感到他的無奈，會覺得他所做的，不完全體現到他自己想做的。（我想這也是他其中一個離開OMA嘗試自己開公司的原因吧。）

他對於建築的看法，很多我也認同。他不喜歡用設計去force一些事發生，覺得結果只會適得其反，應該用設計去「讓」那件事發生。在我的design裡，我也嘗試營造一個讓住戶和鄰里自發地活動的地方，而不是改變他們的circulation pattern來強制他們相遇。

至於對做人和做architect，他覺得最重要是有DESIRE。不知不覺間我自己也將這個字放在心上。對！沒有desire做什麼也沒有意義。

Desire是很個人的事，學杜鵑說：「討好別人的設計，很多人正在做，何不真切地做自己認為對的？」這個世界需要的是不同的聲音，做自己真正想做的事，對自己對整體也是好事。



這年學到的很簡單，大概就是忠於自己的想法。

在堅持己見的同時漸漸悟出了自己的建築設計哲學，自己的語言不佳，借Justyna的一句：「Minimum Effort, Maximum Result. 」Minimum Effort不是指懶得就懶，也不單單是要economic efficiency。設計作為interventions，是以最簡單最「小」為目標，融入此時此地，令環境、社會能從設計中得到最大的益處。換言之，就是「pee-poo」bag比將整個城巿鏟起重新建一個eco-city好吧。

久違了的LEGO

從NYC帶回來的Toy Story LEGO，是適合6-12歲的玩意。我超齡一倍有多，但又何干？在乎的不是放它在手上把玩的感覺，要的不過是擁有的感覺罷。Materialism這回事又沒有年歲之分。

上次砌LEGO應該是在初中的那些「D&T」課堂，也不記得要透過這些積木學什麼，只記得那婆媽的老師極度憂慮我們會弄丟一兩塊LEGO，嚷著：「不見一塊要賠一盒！」使得整件事變得壓力極大，一點也不有趣。心想：「超，咁緊張就唔好要我地砌啦，又唔係未砌過。」

真的擁有LEGO就要算小學了，現在家中還有兩箱不捨得丟掉的。搬屋搬了很多次，很久都沒有打開過。箱裡有很多海盜和太空系列，全都亂七八糟的，應該沒有可能拼回「應有」的模樣。不知道以前為何總是買海盜，我不覺得自己特別好歷險。現在讓我選，我一定要城市系列，因為那是最原始和基本的LEGO，將LEGO當磚塊一塊一塊砌出來的建築物，才是我心目中的LEGO。

Ole在《君子雜誌》的「年度君子」訪問中，用砌LEGO比喻他在新加坡的The Interlace的設計。猶記得自己當年選HKU Archi時的自薦信和面試中皆有提過，自己的建築師夢早就建基兒時砌LEGO的那一刻。有點誇大，但追溯回去，大概大家對Space、Form和Tectonic的認知，都是源自LEGO吧。

PS. 謝謝遠道而來的手信，辛苦了。

New Concept of Digital Music

 (information from www.yankodesign.com)

That’s a “Playlist Player,” made by designer Martin Skelly to bring the digital back to the roots of the tree, the vinyl record. I’m not going to sit here and tell you how much better vinyl sounds than other music, or how much more awesome records are than anything else. You already know that! What Martin Skelly is here to tell you is – listen to your music start to finish, in a record player setting, with the ability to spill beer on it. That is the gosh-honest truth, for real!


In the words given to us at YD, Martin Skelly lets us know specifically that this project is “based on the rich interactions of vinyl records and turns digital playlists into physical objects that you can touch, treasure, drop, lose or spill beer on.” This is awesome.

What this project actually is composed of is a (special) record player and five different color covered records, also of a special nature. Playlists of music are made by you on your computer, (Skelly suggests iTunes,) they are synced to the player with a memory stick, and are then ready to play. Each record represents a playlist. As the record is placed on the box, so too is the corresponding list ready to play.

Here’s where it gets weird or awesome, depending on your specific political view on how music should be listened to. When the music plays, a band of light can be seen emitting from the box and through the translucent record. The light advances from the outer rim toward the middle of the record, just like a pin would playing a real bit of vinyl. This light, however, represents the time left on the list rather than the track being played. Also the light shows you where you are, but the temptation to skip tracks, fast forward, or rewind, are eliminated by the lack of being able to do so. The idea is that just like a record, there are less distractions from the music due to the lack of ease in changing tracks.

Wild enough for you?

Definitely TRON-approved, in my book I’d say. Martin Skelly himself decrees the design reference to be “retro professional” and the materials to be “reminiscent of Seventies hi-fi design.” Spot on, good chap.
Keep them wheels a spinnin.

Designer: Martin Skelly

HKIFF 2010 - Fais Moi Plaiser!

04/06 1030 @ Cultural Centre - Fais Moi Plaiser!

I have watched a film directed by Emmanuel Mouret in HKIFF 2008. The film is about a married lady who met a perfect stranger. When the guy want to kiss her, the woman stopped him and told a story about her friend's kissing experience, which led to a disaster. The film is called 'Shall we Kiss?' It is humorous and romantic. Makes you fantasize about French life.

This film has the similar quality, even similar way of narration, with a bit more drama and humor. This film is great for relaxation, a nice match with afternoon tea.

HKIFF 2010 - Le Refuge

04/04 2100 @ HK City Hall - Le Refuge
Another film by Francois Ozon. After all those films about death, death of marriage, death of a life, Le refuge is about a birth after death.

The Ozon films are my general impression of French films. It is always about things happening right now, not the past nor the future. It is so natural, so normal. Nothing too dramatic. And you can always know the characters so well by looking at their faces and gestures. You feel like these are real persons, not frictional characters.

That's why I like French film so much. (Of course, French actors and actresses are always beautiful too)

HKIFF 2010 - Persécution

04/04 1800 @ HK City Hall - Persécution
Sonia said, she has always been another Sonia when she was with someone else. A Sonia that loves different things, says different things, and has different life. It was her first time to really be herself, the true Sonia. And she feels selfish.



... what person should you be in a relationship.

HKIFF 2010 - 世界動畫精選

兒童節看了動畫精選。短短幾分鐘說一個天馬行空的故事，真正是經驗和創意的結合。

Alma (Spain)

有意思的首尾呼應，不只令故事完整沒枝節，故事亦可以於首尾延伸開去。木偶會令很多人感到心寒，看完這卡通後大概更覺木偶可怖。

Le Petit Dragon (France)

以李小龍為主角的Toy Story。豐富的細節和精心的舖排令短短數分鐘的時間已有多個精彩難忘的場面，現實與幻想之間的恰當配合。香港本土的主題被法國人發揮得這麼好，興奮之餘又有點酸（尤其同場看到一個不到水準的香港製作）。

The Happy Duckling (Germany)

喚起童年回憶的Pop-up Book。立體空間裡的2D角色，將觀眾對Pop-up Book的想象和認識都發揮和呈現了。結尾有雙重驚喜，幽默感和人情味豐富。

Yulia (France)

Matrix般的四度空間，讓女孩找「真愛」。

HKIFF 2010 - I Killed My Mother

04/02 1500 @ HK City Hall - I Killed My Mother 

小時候有誰不喜歡無時無刻黏著媽媽，長大後有誰不曾覺得媽媽討厭。長大後，發覺媽媽其實也不過是一個普通人，有數不盡的缺點，與小時候那個完美的印 象不相襯。偶爾想起媽媽為自己做家務做飯會感動，偶爾想起她無稽當獨到的見解會會覺得討厭。一個我們生命中最重要的女人，是讓我們如此又愛又恨。

想深一層，她們令我們覺得討厭的地方，往往也是她們可愛的地方。與其對她對自己苛刻，何不以笑帶過，不要讓一時的脾氣，增加大家的隔膜 。

HKIFF 2010 - Metropolis (Restored Original Cut)

04/01 2000 @ Cultural Centre - Metropolis (Restored Original Cut 2010) 

在四年的建築上課看過不少次《Metropolis》的零碎片段。聽過無數次卻從未有機會觀看的經典默片，多得電影節將它的終極修復版在香港作亞洲首映，配上小交響團現場演譯電影配樂，算得上難得一遇的電影經驗。

1927的電影已經能夠project到未來大都會的社會矛盾。沒有地下城，便沒有大都會；沒有大資本家，勞動人口亦不能在城市裡生存，反之亦然。城市發展不能搣取低下層的重要性，外表風光的都巿，從來都不能獨立的存在。這些努力建設著城市的人，往往被發配至城外較惡劣的生活環境，只有資本家享受著所有的成果。


電影塑造的未來都巿，外貌像極了香港，社群裡的關系也同樣相似。可悲的是在現實中，沒有中介人會帶香港人走進那個'happily ever after'的結局。

Inspiration for Mapping

from BLDGBLOG

[Image: Work by Shannon Rankin, taken from the artist's Flickr page].

Artist Shannon Rankin does amazing things with maps. Treating them as mere pieces of decorated paper to be manipulated—clipping out spirals, folding crevassed roses of ridges and faultlines, pinning up confetti-like clouds of circles and zigzags—she creates "new geographies, suggesting the potential for a broader landscape."

[Image: Work by Shannon Rankin, taken from the artist's Flickr page].

The maps thus become more like the terrains they originally referred to: textured, complex, and subject to eruption. Unexpected forms emerge from below—like geology, overlapping, igneous, and dynamic.

[Images: Shannon Rankin, taken from the artist's Flickr page].

Outlines of new island continents appear in the process, polar regions and archipelagoes that out-Dymaxion Buckminster Fuller in their collaged vortices and coasts.

[Image: By Shannon Rankin, taken from the artist's Flickr page].

All of the works you see here come from Rankin's Flickr page—specifically, the Uncharted, Bayside, ETA6, Maps, and Aggregate sets, where there are many other images to see.

[Images: All works by Shannon Rankin, taken from the artist's Flickr page].

But seeing these makes me want to feed full-color sheets of obscure maps through laser-cutting machines, slicing elaborate and random geometries to reveal the longest possible distance between two adjacent things, or to discover previously unknown proximities, the whole Earth cut-up and unspooled like a lemon rind.

[Image: By Shannon Rankin, taken from the artist's Flickr page].

There are a variety of distinct styles at work, as you can see, from tiling and tesselation to straight-ahead origami.

[Images: All works by Shannon Rankin, taken from the artist's Flickr page].

Another approach is to reduce every map to capillaries—pure roads. The geography is simply how you get somewhere.

[Image: Work by Shannon Rankin, taken from the artist's Flickr page].

And lest all of these look diminutive, or simply too tiny to see, the scale of execution is often surprising.

[Images: By Shannon Rankin, taken from the artist's Flickr page].

If you want to see some of these in person, meanwhile, work from Rankin's Convergence set are on display now through April 17 at the Craftland Gallery up in Providence, RI.

Consider supporting her work, as well, by purchasing a piece or two; you can contact the artist via her webpage.

(Originally spotted via Data is Nature).

A song titled as 'Film'

Listening to a song by Aphex Twin called 'Film'.

Searched it on youtube and found many people use this song to accompany their personal edited clips. 
This song is really good as a score for a real life flim.
Yeah yeah... I know it is explicitly stated in the name of the song already...

Redefine 'Stupid'

What is smart? What is stupid?
There is no absolute answer.

Stupidity, is what a government want in their people, so no one would disagree.
Stupidity, is what a corporate want in their customers, so they would never stop buying.

'Get Stupid' is the hidden slogan.
Stupid means to have an empty mind.

Don't be stupid. Think, speak and act.



But then, what is being smart?
In the capitalist world we are living in, being smart means being efficient.
If everyone is 'smart', everything is gonna be pure boredom.

Certain level of stupidity, may result in better decisions.
We may be 'stupid'. But that's why we are having fun.

(This is bullshit, just watch the videos.)

HKIFF 2010 - The Ghost Writer

03/27 1515 @ Agnes b. Cinema - The Ghost Writer

說是懸疑片，懸疑的是氣氛而不是劇情。情形有點像《Eyes Wide Shut》，畫面和人物拼湊出一點點的神秘感覺，故事的解謎部份卻簡單真接。若能得出不錯的效果，都歸功於導演說故事的能力，編劇寫的不過是簡單的一個故事。

我喜歡這部戲的畫面、配樂多於劇情本身。每個畫面都是簡單專注，沒有多餘的細節。電影最後一幕亦是我頗喜歡的。

一向喜歡看 Ewan Mcgregor 的戲，喜歡聽他的口音。在這部戲驚喜地看見Kim Cattrall (SATC 的Samantha)，雖是大配角，但也很搶眼。

HKIFF 2010 - London River

03/23 1915 @ UA Cityplaza - London River

一個毋親，在倫敦7/7巴士爆炸事件後， 不能與在倫敦的女兒取得聯絡，情急之下隻身走到倫敦尋女。到達時只見女兒空無一人的住所，於是四處嘗試不同的辦法尋找女兒。一張尋人告示，令她遇上另一位正在尋找兒子的男人，他們發現，自己的女兒和兒子原來在交往並同居。傳統的媽媽不能接受自己的女兒與一個穆斯林的黑人交往，把這位同病相憐的人拒諸門外……

表面上這是一個尋找失蹤親兒的旅程，其實是「接受現實」的心路歷程。經過漫長的尋找過程，希望一點一點地幻滅，可是一日沒有證據，一絲希望始終留在心中。後來出現了一個小推測，將正面思想無限發大，讓她深信女兒平安，並在法國遊歷。但推測敵不過科學證據，警察在爆炸的巴士上找到女兒的DNA，女兒不但死了，屍體亦已粉碎。由充滿希望頓變徹底絕望的安排，編劇未免太殘忍。還幸接受的過程中有同路人（陌路人）相伴，至少，絕望時有手臂可以依靠。

Kings of Convenience in Hong Kong

這星期工作一浪接一浪，frustration一個接一個。唯一的娛樂就是Kings of Convenience這晚。

Opening Act有熟口熟面的Jin Wong，原來在雙年展的Bring Your Own Band見過。這次比上一次唱得好一點，也許上次在西九實在太冷。最後一首歌的演譯令我想起Stevie Griffin自彈自唱的唱腔，有趣。

Kings of Convenience曾經在Myspace發出告示要求觀眾專心聽歌，不要拍照。要拍也不要用閃光燈，也不要用單鏡反光，會制造噪音。對音樂認真的人，對聽眾也會有要求。不過為了滿足觀眾，30分鐘後他們擺 pose 讓大家拍照，連環閃光燈的效果有點像記召，有點誇張。

說實在，我並沒有很熟他們的歌，我只是個半桶水的fan。站在黑漆漆的人群裡，寧靜的空氣，兩把吉他，加上他們的歌聲，即使是沒有印象的歌，都足以把你的心神牢牢的抓著。前半段是較soft，後半段是比較好玩。Erlend 在後段整個人都 hyper 了，跳了他的照牌舞。數到我最喜歡的歌，始終是'Homesick'。

全企位的格局，累得要命，如果所有人都肯坐在地上會多好。

Sex On Fire

As you may know, Ole Scheeren is my tutor in this semester. We haven't met him in a while. Last Friday was his first time to look at our research stuff. We are pretty messed up and need to improve quite a lot.

No time for anything other then studio work.

Well, but music never stops even when I am working. Recently fell in love with another cover by Alex Cornell. Kings of Leon's Sex on Fire. His cover is nearly perfection.

When architecture meets shoes...

Rem D. Koolhaas, 不是我們熟識的OMA掌舵Rem Koolhass，而是他的侄子。

他開始設計鞋的故事很有趣，於1999年當他還在攻讀建築碩士課程時，他的女朋友離他而去，為了忘記傷痛，他把自己的一切改變過來，連建築設計都放棄了，開始嘗試設計鞋（？）。他第一件作品的靈感，來自 Mies van de Rohe 的 Barcelona Chair。這個設計成為了他在2003年成立的品牌United Nude裡的Mobius系列。

Koolhaas 的業務夥伴是 Clark 家族的 Galahad Clark，設計多由Koolhaas包辦。基於他讀建築出身，他的設計充滿著建築帶給他的想法。品牌的鞋以優雅簡約見稱，以鞋的結構配合簡單幾何和色調，不用添加裝飾的設計已甚具風格。Koolhaas 現在長居於廣州，並於上年春季在廣州開設United Nude的旗艦店。

一個活生生的見證。將建築融入時裝，得出賞心悅目的效果。比Zaha Hadid 設計像 Crocs 一般的膠鞋要出色得多。偶像，或者我應該跟個 Architect 改下個名。

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