作者: LEECALISTI
翻译:徐鲸鱼
If you don’t listen to others who came before you, you’ll make their same mistakes. I have 100 comments, questions and suggestions here. You’ve been warned, so you can leave now or read to the end.
前车之覆,后车之鉴。所以对未来的建筑师们,我有100条建议,现在你们可以选择读到最后或是现在退出。
1.you will practice differently than we do today, or at least how I do today
未来你们的行事方式将和现在大有不同,至少是和我现在的方法不同
2.don’t ignore the legacy of how we got here
不要忽视前辈的遗赠,正是这些东西引领我们至此
3.be an architect, don’t just do things that architects do
成为一个真正的建筑师,不仅仅只做建筑师该做的事
4.there are more important things than architecture
世界上有比建筑更重要的东西
5.not everything needs to be digital – you are human, use your hands
不是所有东西都需要被数字化,生而为人,有时候也要善于用自己的双手
6.if architecture isn’t important to you, don’t do it; go find out what is important to you – you’ll be happier
如果建筑对你而言并不那么重要,不要入行,去寻找对你而言真正重要的事情,这会使你更快乐
7.promote the profession first, then promote yourself
先考虑推动行业进步,再考虑自我提升
8.learn to draw…with a pencil on paper, not because you need to be an artist, but you need to think and you need to communicate in person
学会用纸笔作图,不是为了成为艺术家,而是因为我们需要用这些方式思考和人际交流
9.your clients won’t be as impressed that you can make digital images as they are that you can draw on a napkin in front of them…while you’re speaking
当着客户的面随意地在纸巾上边讲边画比用数字化图像呈现更有震撼力
10.make digital tools more usable, more human, more intuitive
让数字化工具真正为你所用,为观看者提供直观体验
11.be ready to explain why it is there
永远准备好解释你的作品
12.don’t be preachy…be a leader
不要唠唠叨叨的传教,做一个引领者
13.don’t be silent, don’t be loud, be heard
不要沉默,不要聒噪,只要清晰可闻
14.allow people to disagree with you
接受反对的声音
15.people make decisions from their values…their values are not yours…it’s ok
每个人都是基于自己的价值观来做判断的,接受他们的价值观与你不同
16.if you want people to be tolerant of you, you must be tolerant of them, regardless
无论何时,想要别人容忍你,先宽以待人
17.cubes are good, start there
立方体挺好的,从它开始吧
18.a leader is different than a boss
领导者不等于老板
19.smile at everyone
对每个人微笑:)
20.practice good hand lettering skills, it’s our legacy
练好手写体,这是我们的遗赠
21.your handwriting does matter; you’ll need to write out something someday
都说字如其人,一手好字总有一天用得上
22.people are watching you; give them something to applaud
给关注你的人看到你的成绩,好让他们称赞你
23.get involved in your community, give and volunteer
融入你的社区,付出,赠与
24.learn how to put a building together – all of it
学习如何建造一栋楼,我是指所有的部分
25.learn how to edit
学习如何编辑
26.give critique and accept critique
提出批评,接受批评
27.think critically
辩证地思考
28.don’t tell them how it functions, tell them how it works
不要解释功能,展示实际使用效果
29.go get coffee and breathe…take a long walk on a warm day
喝点咖啡透透气,在温暖的天气里溜达溜达
30.there is no form or function, there’s architecture
没有所谓功能和形式,只有建筑
31.what you like now will seem trivial and trendy in twenty years
你现在喜欢的20年后将会变得简单并普遍
32.build something with your own hands, get dirty, scrape your knuckles
亲手做点什么,手指上的污垢和伤痕都是勋章
33.power tools are really cool; learn to use them
有杀伤力的工具真的很酷,学着使用它们
34.you will face new issues but have to contend with old ones
旧问题不走,新问题依旧来
35.fix what we broke, learn from what we fixed
解决问题,同时吸取经验
36.old buildings are beautiful…find a way to keep it before you demolish it
老建筑很美,在拆除之前先尝试保存它们吧
37.write new history; learn history too
谱写新历史,同时也要学习历史
38.concrete will always be beautiful
混凝土永远美丽
39.you may never see the change you effect…keep going
或许你永远看不到你的努力带来了改变,但继续努力吧
40.ask the right questions
学会正确地提问
41.things will change rapidly but some things will never change
世事无常,但总有什么恒久不变的
42.some things should never change
有些事物永远不应被改变
43.futuristic architecture will always be more radical than current architecture
未来派建筑将永远比现在激进
44.not everyone wants things to change; deal with that
不是每个人都喜欢改变,你得处理这个问题
45.find better questions
学会提更好的问题
46.learn which structures have real character and keep them
了解结构的特质,适材适用
47.reuse what we have, adapt it, modify it, but respect it
重新使用我们已有的东西,接受它、修缮它、尊重它
48.understand that many people like suburbia, find out why
接受很多人喜欢郊区这个事实,找出原因
49.don’t criticize them, make it better, teach them, show them alternatives
不要批评他们,尝试做的更好,用事实教导他们,有更好的选择
50.understand why people like rural environments
理解为何人们喜欢乡村环境
51.learn how to plant a garden
学习种植花园
52.be adept at building codes
熟练掌握建筑规范
53.everyone can benefit from architecture, how can you show that?
你要如何证明任何人都能从建筑得到好处?
54.never make excuses, just apologize and stop talking
永远不要找借口,道歉然后别讲话
55.learn how to sketch upside down
学会倒着画画
56.being an architect should fill you with pride that comes out as humility
成为一个内心自豪待人谦逊的建筑师
57.get your license…no more excuses…none
获取执照,别找任何借口
58.stop complaining, start doing
停止抱怨,开始干活
59.be articulate
拥有清晰的思路
60.carry a sketchbook…everywhere
去哪儿都带着你的速写本
61.have friends that are not architects
交些非建筑方面的朋友
62.get to know people just because they’re people
结识别人不为所图
63.be mature, grow up, take responsibility
成熟点,学者长大,懂得承担责任
64.own it, then repent or celebrate
先拥有,然后后悔或庆幸
65.people like bricks, it keeps the wolf away
人们喜欢砖头,因为它防狼
66.be authentic, design authentic, use authentic materials
记得真实,做真诚做设计,设计真材实料的建筑
67.no one owes you anything – go earn it
没有人欠你的,你得自己去努力争取
68.the best things in life come after years of hard work
世界上最棒的东西总是要在经年的努力后才能得到
69.it is worth it; it does matter – someone will eventually notice
是金子总会发光的,终有一天有人会注意到
70.why is that there? if you don’t know, get rid of it
为什么这东西要在这儿?如果你找不到理由,就去掉它
71.who cares that it’s not your fault, move on
没人在意那是不是你的失误,你需要前进
72.find more than one solution – the first one is either brilliant or terrible
多想几个方案,第一个想法可能超棒或是很糟糕
73.accept that not everyone cares as much as you do, but find out why
接受别人并不像你这样在意某些问题,但尝试找出原因
74.passion is your fuel even more than coffee
热情是比咖啡更好的燃料
75.eat healthy and exercise in your 20’s
在年轻的时候吃得健康一点并且坚持锻炼身体
76.if it isn’t your best, do it again
尽力做到最好
77.be patient, this will take a very long time
有耐心,这需要很长时间
78.find out what you don’t know, don’t accept that you don’t know
发现你不知道的,不要接受你不知道的
79.learn how to detail really well, be good at creating details clearly
学会正确清晰地设计建筑的细节
80.put on a black shirt and pants and save your creative energy for your work
一身黑,把你的创造力留给工作
81.a Sharpie marker will always help you find a solution
一支马克笔永远能帮你找到解决方法
82.sketch everyday
每天速写
83.master something
熟练掌握一些技能
84.who cares if your feelings are hurt, did it challenge your thinking?
没有人在意你的感受,不要让情绪影响你思考
85.use a pencil or pen to think…it’s quicker and you can do it anywhere
学会用笔思考,这样更快并且在任何地方都可以使用
86.don’t be that architect that contractors and clients complain about to me
不要成为被承包商和客户抱怨的建筑师
87.find the right tool for the job…it might be a computer, a laptop or your phone or a tape measure (or paper clips, gum and a pack of matches)
找到适合你的工作工具,可能是电脑,笔记本电脑,手机或者卷尺(也可能是回形针,橡皮和一包火柴)
88.understand why people are resistant to change
理解为什么人们拒绝改变
89.the sun got the man to take off his coat, not the wind…live that
是热情而不是冷漠使得人们的交流变得更加容易
90.don’t get jaded, it’s supposed to be hard
永不知疲倦,因为前路多坎坷
91.I doubt you’re ready to have your own firm – you’ll know when it’s right
只有你自己知道你是否准备好拥有自己的公司
92.if you’re not going to pursue being good at this, go do something else that you can be good at doing
如果你不认为自己能擅长这件事,去做别的你能做好的事
93.make them value the profession
使人意识到你的专业性
94.no one else can do what you can do
没有谁能替你解决问题
95.listen to music from your parent’s era and imagine them at your age
听上一代喜欢的音乐,并且想象那时候他们跟你一般大
96.seek out someone who is good and study them
找到身边优秀的人并且向他们学习
97.read
时常阅读
98.study
不断学习
99.practice
坚持练习
100.think
不停思考