城市设计面试问题港大建筑面试问题精编版

1、城市设计面试问题港大建筑面试问题公司内部编号：（GOODTMMTMMUT-UUPTYUUYYDTTI-Self-introductionI am SO glad to get the OPPOrtUnity Of the interview. I had been an architecture StUdent for 5 years before I graduated from XX UniVerSity in the year 20XX I am OPen一Ininded and hardworking and I am Very fond Of new fields and Skill

2、S Tma CUriOUS person, and I Iike Iearning new things DUring my education Of bachelor, I have Iearnt much extra knowledge including the building knowledge and how to Iead a teamHOWeVer the most important thing I, Ve Iearnt as a StUdent WaS the individual research and thinking about the relationships

3、behind the SPaCe COnSiStS WhiCh Iead to my further researchBeSideSJ the internship and PrOfeSSiOn experience in XX, Beijing broadened my horizons a IOt BeCaUSe Of the COOPeratiOn With foreign designers I got much knowledge and CIifferent ideas about how the COnCePt and the details Can form a buildin

4、gAnd as the Ieader Of XX, my COnlmUniCatiOn ability and team SPirit ImPrOVecl a IOtHOWeVel? this is not the most important thing for me WOrking in Beijing.Tons Of Art exhibitions helped me to know the WOrId and City in different PerSPeCtiVeS.Even because Of an exhibition CalIed the SenSe Of hearing,

5、 I got the initial idea Of the IaSt PrOjeCt in my portfolio,you know HOW the human, S feelings Can beInfIUenCed by Seeing and Seerl relationships.And now, I am fond Of Street PhOtOgraPhy.BeCaUSe When I took PhOtOS On the street,I Can get to know the real ChangeS Of OUr Iife YOU know the mobile Inter

6、net Changed OUr SOCiaI Iife a IOt even made a CIifferenCe Of PUbIiC SPaCe ClemandS And by Street PhOtOgraPhy I Can find the details and beauty Of a Street WhiCh WilI do SOme help for my further design and StUdy.In sum, I think my COmPrehenSiVe CaPaCitieS and hardworking QUaIity WilI SatiSfy the requ

7、irements for StUdy and research in HOngkOng UniVerSityThat S my Self-IntrOCIUCtiOn. Thank you.Why HKUIn my InindJ HOngkOng UniVerSity is always the most famous SChOOI in ASia And it has been my dream SChOOI SinCe I WaS a Child.HongKong UniVerSity has many OPPOrtunities Of COnlmUniCatiOn With Other c

8、olleges, and I Iike to g;et touch With different StUdentS and Iearn their CUItUre Or SkilIS SO that, S Why I ChOOSe HOngKOng UniVerSity.At the Same time, the free academic atmOSPhete as WelI as the COUrSeS On movie and architecture Of HOngKOng UniVerSity have great appeal for me.And I believe that I

9、 Can do better in the StUdy Of the City and theSOCiety in HKU.Why HK?HOngKOng is my favortite Cityaround the WOrld HOngKOng is anInternatiOnaI City Where eastmeets WeSt It is OPenand COmPIicate.It WilI be PIeaSUre for me tohave further educationin my favoritecity.BeSides, AS and architectureStUderit

10、,the extremelyhigh density OfHOngkOng attract me a IOt .Because Of the high density, HOngKOng is fullOf fascinating SPaCe relationships SUCh as the intensive buildingsWhiCh Ieacl to the Iarge green Iand Of HOngKOng And the SeParateelSUrfaCe and inner function. (YOU know)The OUtSide is a HUge COnImer

11、CiaIAD but the inside is the Parking IOt rat her t han a market .Because Of the fantastic SPaCe relationships HOngKOng Can PrOVide the best SamPIeS for my further StUdy and researchWhy Urban DeSign(TO be honest, it is a hard ChOiCe and I haven t made the final decision.) AlthOUgh my major is archite

12、cture and I IOVe it, I StilI Want to Iearrl SOme new things And Urban design WhiCh is tightlyCOnneCted With architecture WilI be a nice ChOiCe ArChiteCture focuses On individual buildings, Urban design focuses On the IargerSCaIe Of groups Of buildings to make Urban areas functional,attractive, and S

13、UStainabIeAnd in my IaSt research I Changed my POint from the individual SPaCe to the mechanism behind the buildings I Created MatriX WhiCh Can be Seen as a SmalI city. By ClOing this I realized UD Can help me to find the IOgiC behind the SPaCe PrOelUCtiOn Maybe in this field We Can do SOmething rea

14、lly good for Citizens .Besides because Of the Street Photography, StreetS in my mind is not just a Iine On a mas ter PIarl but a ViVid SCene WhiCh WilI help me to be a good Urban designer(That IS Why I ChOSe the MaSter Of Urbarl DeSign )Other school?TO be honest, I have also applied the Other SChOOI

15、 in HOngKOng CUHK to make SUre I Can get my further education in HOngKOng BUt if I Can get the admission Of your school, I CertainIy Prefer my dream SChOOItheUniVerSity Of HOngkOngFirSt ChOiCeDiPIOma PrOjeCt/Graduation DeSignMy diploma PrOjeCt is the design Of a huge transportation hub WhiCh is a CO

16、mPIeX With COmnIerCiaI , residential function and entertainment It is about 20 thousand SqUare metres, WhiCh is SO huge for a block and around by CIifferent traffics thus CitiZenS Can not access the area easily In this SitUation the hub may be a isolated island in the block In the PrOjeCt，I found a

17、Way to Iink this hub With the City SPaCe by Creating SOme bridges and PlatfOrmS On the SeCOnd floorPIanted interesting IandSCaPe ThiS Strategy Can help Create a route for CitiZenS to Walk and have exercises On the SeCOnd floor At the Same time the CIifferent route Of taxis, buses, and WaIking people

18、 S Can be arranged WelI On the ground .And I USed rhino to build a CUrVed-ShaPe for the transportation hub WhiCh Carl attract PeOPIe to COme to the WaIking SyStem. I hope this Can help SOIVe the safety, accessibility Of the hubDirectionZaspect interested /Future PIanI PIarl to finish my master PrOgr

19、anlme first CertainIy it WOUld be best for me to have my StUdy in HOngkOng UniVerSity.AS for the research plan, I am now eager to explore new fields in Urban design. I am interested in the mechanism Of the OPeratiOn Of a City I have also made SOme researches In the field FOr instance, I have COmPIet

20、ed a fictional City in my POrtfOIiO WhiCh WaS OPerated Under the Seeing and Seerl IOgiC And in that project, I acquired much new knowledge and SkilIS I believe that HKU Can PrOVide me the most SUitabIe PIatfOrilI to explore the new methods and es relevant to the Urban design in ChinaAfter my educati

21、on, I WilI go back to China mainland to Start Iny Career as an architect Or to be a teacher in a UniVerSity to COntinUe my researchFaVOrite architect/U:Tban designerMy favorite architect is SOU Fujimoto, a architect. I have been influenced by his WOrkS a IOtHe is different from Other architects not

22、Only because his WOrkS but also his thinking method WhiCh is CalIed the TnitiaI future in his book The Time When the architecture being Created ThiS thinking method gives me IOtS Of interesting ideas SUCh as Why We need a SOfa In traditional ChinaS SChOlar,S Inind Sitting ShOUld be a Part Of SPiritU

23、a1?PraCtice SO they need a hardwood Chair to remind themselves Sit Iike a Pine tree .However SOfa means COmfOrtabIe and IeiSUreIy Iife .But When We go back to the initial, WhateVer WOOd Chair Or SOfa just PrOVide a SUrfaCe WhiCh has a SUitabIe height for Sitting With different materials SO by this t

24、hinking SOU FUjimOtO CreateCl a house just StaCk With CIifferent WOOd bricks WhiCh PrOVide different height for human, S activities .This house is SO different YOU know LOUiS Kanh made everything arranged in different rooms even the S and this type Of SPaCe is now WideIy USed BUt Wherl I See SOU FUj

25、imOtO, S WOrk I just think is the functional room SUitable for OUr daily Iife because the SitUation is SO different. YOU know the E-LIFE,The internet SOCiety We are IiVing in.SOUt S WOrk and thinking method OPen my Iilincl a IOt and give me a new PerSPeCtiVeUrban designerTaIking about the Urban desi

26、gnerI Iike RenI KOOhaS a IOt.Rem is a UniqUe guy maybe because Of his experience He WOrkeCl as a before, SO he knows What the POIitiCS Want and he knows the image Of a City is ImPOrtant.The huge and UniqUe ShaPe Of the CCTV buildings is just a Image for Beijing for China In SOme degree,it is a SymbO

27、I Of COnlmerCiaI ability. ThiS SitUation is especially ViSibIe in China, the image Of a City IS more important than the City itself Rem knows this a IOt SO he always Can get the project, he knows the mechanism behind this SO he just Obey the rule HOWeVer Under the huge and Strange SymbOIiZed form he

28、 Often takes an eye On the daily IifeSUCh as the project,TaiPei PerfOrIning ArtS Center WhiCh form is huge in a CantiIeVeredBOX.Because Of this form the building Can be the Iandmark Of TaiPei even a SymbOIOf TaiPeiAt the Same time, the White rectangles CIraWing Under the CarltiIeVered building is th

29、e POSitiOn Of the night market SO Rein Can USe this exaggerated form to get the CIientS, POintS at the Same time he designs SOme kind SPaCe for citizens daily Iife .Because Of this way, he Can get the PrOjeCt and may Can do SOmething good for OUr city.High Line Park in NYCTheHigh Line(also known as

30、theHigh Line Park) is a 1.45-mile-IOng(2. 33km)built inon an elevated SeCtiOn Of a disusedThe WeSt SIdeLine .JameS COrner Ied the Winning design team for the 2004 international COmPetition. InSPired by the scene, found beauty Of the High Line, Where nature has reclaimed a OnCe-VitaI PieCe Of Urban i

31、nfrastrueture, the design team aims to refit this traffic SyStem into a PIaCe Of IeiSUreBy Changing the rules Of engagement between Plant Iife and PedeSt:Tians， JameS figured OUt his COnCePt the WiId IandSCaPe SUPPOrt theOVeralI the invention Of a new PaVing and PIanting SyStenl that allows for Vari

32、OUS :TatiOS Of hard to SOft SUrfaCe that transition from high USe areas the PIatfOrnI (100% hard) to richly Vegetated IandSCaPe (100% SOft)The parkS attractions InCIUde naturalized PIantingS that are inspired by the IandSCaPe that grew On the disused tracks, and VieWS Of the City and the WhiCh WilI

33、renewal blocks and COmmUnities nearby.The recycling Of the railway into an Urban Park has brought On the revitalization Of CheISea, WhiCh had been in generally POOr COncIitiOn in the Iate twentieth CentUry. It has also made real estate development in the neighborhoodsSO We Can Say this Urban design

34、is not OnIy romantic but also has great PrOfits WhiCh is SO amazingBOOkInViSible IOgiCJ HOngkOng, as ASian CUltUre Of COngeStion.The book is Written by WeiPing Zhang In this book he USed tons Of CIiagram and many details Of HOngKOng, S Street to ShOW me a ViVid HOngkOng.Such as the COnVenient and accessible OVerbridgeS.And he USed a SeVen-eleven shop S IayOUt to ShOW the SimPIe demands Of a Urban PeOPIeJ and this also ShOWS the fast PaCe Of IiVing in a metropolis .And I WaS attracted by the SPaC