积雪集 by Jian Du

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The trumpet-call had let loose an enormous volume of noise. Already an excited voice was gabbling from the telescreen, but even as it started it was almost drowned by a roar of cheering from outside. The news had run round the streets like magic. He could hear just enough of what was issuing from the telescreen to realize that it had all happened, as he had foreseen; a vast seaborne armada had secretly assembled a sudden blow in the enemy's rear, the white arrow tearing across the tail of the black. Fragments of triumphant phrases pushed themselves through the din: 'Vast strategic manoeuvre -- perfect co-ordination -utter rout -- half a million prisoners -- complete demoralization -- control of the whole of Africa -bring the war within measurable distance of its end victory -- greatest victory in human history -- victory, victory, victory!' Under the table Winston's feet made convulsive movements. He had not stirred from his

seat, but in his mind he was running, swiftly running, he was with the crowds outside, cheering himself deaf. He looked up again at the portrait of Big Brother. The colossus that bestrode the world! The rock against which the hordes of Asia dashed themselves in vain! He thought how ten minutes ago -- yes, only ten minutes -- there had still been equivocation in his heart as he wondered whether the news from the front would be of victory or defeat. Ah, it was more than a Eurasian army that had perished! Much had changed in him since that first day in the Ministry of Love, but the final, indispensable, healing change had never happened, until this moment. The voice from the telescreen was still pouring forth its tale of prisoners and booty and slaughter, but the shouting outside had died down a little. The waiters were turning back to their work. One of them approached with the

gin bottle. Winston, sitting in a blissful dream, paid no attention as his glass was filled up. He was not running or cheering any longer. He was back in the Ministry of Love, with everything forgiven, his soul white as snow. He was in the public dock, confessing everything, implicating everybody. He was walking down the white-tiled corridor, with the feeling of walking in sunlight, and an armed guard at his back. The longhoped-for bullet was entering his brain. He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

Du Jian studied architecture at Politecnico di Milano in Italy in the chair of Architecture-Building Environment-Interior. After graduation he joined David Chipperfield Architects in 2020. In 2021 he moved to Berlin and joined gmp Architekten. He participated in various projects variating from small to big scale such as Valentino Fashion shop in Sydney, villa Lopud in Croatia and CSCEC headquarter in Guangzhou.

Education Wuhan Institute of Technology (China) Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Ghent University (Belgium)

BSc in Architecture 2013-2017 MSc in Architecture -Build environment-Interior 2018-2020 Erasmus 2019.9-2020.1

Work Experience gmp Architekten Architect Nov 2021- Nov 2023 Berlin, Germany

David Chipperfield Architects Architect March 2021 - Sep 2021 Milan, Italy

Quinzii Terna Architecture Junior Architect Sep 2020 - Feb 2021 Milan, Italy

Selected Project CSCEC Headquarter , Guangzhou,China - Competition, SD, DD, CD.

Position: Architect, Client: China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd., GFA: 104,402 m², Period of Time: 2021~Present

Luso International Banking Ltd. Headquaters Building, Guangzhou, - Competition, SD Position: Architect, Client: Luso International Banking., GFA: 78,886 m², Period of Time: 2023~present

Villa Lopud, Lopud, Croatia - SD phase

Position: Architect, Client: Private comission., GFA: 1600 m², Period of Time: 2021

Valentino Sydney, Sydney, Australia - CD phase

Position: Architect, Client: Valentino S.p.A., GFA: 2200 m², Period of Time: 2021

Secondary school complex ,Merano, Italy - Competition

Position: Junior Architect , Client: Merano Municipality GFA: 2.750 m² Period of Time: 2020

Software Rhino (Advanced)+Grasshopper(Intermediate) Autodesk Suite [CAD+Revit (Advanced) + Dynamo(basic)] Adobe Suite [Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign] (Advanced) Render [Vray] (Advanced)

Valentino New Flagship Store David Chipperfield Architects Sydney, Australia 2021

Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Ground Floor

Additional Furniture

UHP Concrete with sockets Fabric Panel with tracks UHP Concrete Panel with sockets

Eucalyptus Wood

National Walnut Wood

Furniture

Fabric Panel with sockets

Meditate

Master Thesis, 2020 Instructor: Prof.Alessandro Rocca Location: Genova Category: Individual work “Designer are always understood as solving a problem. Artists, intellectuals, and writers are expected to ask questions, to make us hesitate, to see our world and ourselves differently for a moment, and therefore to think. Why not design as a way of asking questions? Why not design that produces thought-provoking hesitations in the routines of everyday life rather than simply servicing those routines? Design as an urgent companion species have become?” In the Italian context, Fragility is mostly the weakness of the underpopulated and abandoned villages and countryside on the Apennines, where agricultural activities are no more profitable, and where people prefer to leave their homes and fields to reach the coasts and the cities, looking for a modern and comfortable life. For us, the question is: how can architecture elaborate answers for these areas? How can we imagine a new future, new settlements, new facilities and lifestyles?

1 Chapel 2 Library 3 Tabacchi 4 Perdestrain Path 5 Motoway maintainer 6 Existing Motorway 7 Gas station 8 Restaurant 9 Parking lot Milano 10 Underground Path 11 Parking lot Genova-Milano

Restaurant Isometric

Tabacchi Isometric

Church Isometric

Library Isometric

Restaurant Elevation

Tabacchi Elevation

Church Elevation

Library Elevation

Restaurant GroundFloor

Tabacchi GroundFloor

Church GroundFloor

Library GroundFloor

Restaurant FirstFloor

Tabacchi FirstFloor

Church FirstFloor

Library FirstFloor

GRJÓTAGJÁ

Competition, 2021 Collaborator: Liu Chang Location: Iceland

This building is located on the edge of the dividing line between the American and European continents in Iceland. Thus, a no man's land is at the same time full of romantic monumentality. This project attempts to discover a relationship from this potential poetry, that is both independent and interconnected. The two cubic volumes are intertwined, the main volume as a visitor centre parallel to the crack, while the tower is twisted by 30 degrees to face due north. A wide viewing platform is raised to a height of 6m by two large concrete columns, which provide good views. In this building, the purpose of the colours is to give the volumes in the composition of the space a clear outline, separating them from one another. The three identical volumes are twisted in relation to each other to form different views of the cracks and the surrounding landscape. Thus, the interruption of the process of focusing towards a unified whole to produce clear fragments is the main theme of this architectural practice.

Dark red concrete forms the main part of the building, and in the long, narrow spaces inside, light penetrates through the various openings, creating a deep and subtle sense of enclosure that serves as a prelude to the cave. Functional lounges and offices are located on either side of the main block, while the large openings in the middle are the entrance foyer and café. Outside, wooden platforms establish the flow and give the visitor a sense of direction. At the end of the tour is a large 54-metre-long platform, with the Eurasian plate on one side and the American plate on the other. The concrete platform is unadorned, as is the quiet wilderness.

3 5 6

Gound Floor

1 caffeteria 2 restroom 3 tower 4 office 5 storage 6 bath 7 platform 8 Piazza

First Floor

Woodland Cemetory Competition, 2021 Collaborator: Liu Chang Location: Latvia

This small cemetery is located in a large forested cemetery in Riga, Latvia, away from the hustle and bustle of the World War I dead. The site is located at the northern end of the cemetery, away from the population, and the blocks are flush with the vertical axis of the site, respecting its original texture. In our vision, the cemetery is not only a permanent home for the soul of the deceased, but also a transient escape for the soul of the living. The visitor, as a living person, does not simply pay homage or contemplate, but leaves everything behind for a short time and experiences a kind of isolation from the entrance to this long building. Because of its scale, this small building does not attempt to create a separate and eternal city of the dead, as Rossi does, but rather tries to build its interior into a primal silence through a sequence of spaces. The entire building is made of concrete, and the volumes, which sit on a white gravel floor, strive to maintain a primitive simplicity that recalls a certain presence in memory.

The whole building consists of three different volumes, symbolising the interchange between life and death. In this long block we have tried to create an existential space through a series of changes in height. The visitor first enters the entrance altar, the highest point of the project, where the square space reverses the direction of the visitor, while the high windows at the top of the wall and the overall dimensions metaphorically set up the next sequence. This is followed by a lower, continuous centre room, where a 30 metre long grey concrete wall supports two opposing windows, with sunlight streaming in through frosted glass, providing a soft and clear illumination. The final exit consists of a pool and stone bench, while the sunlight from above suggests a return to the human world.

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Fresco of Oratory of St John the Baptist Lorenzo Salimbeni, Jacopo Salimbeni 1416

Appendix This chapter present some photos I taking during the journey, they represent nothing but a punch of moment what I try to call it as “Architecture“

Casa del Fascio Giuseppe Terragni 1932

Piazza del municipio a Segrate Aldo Rossi 1965

Museum Insel Hombroich Erwin Heerich 1991

Scuola primaria Salvatore Orrù Aldo Rossi 1976

House in Milan 2021

House in China 2021

(Left)MUDEC David Chipperfiled Architect 2000 (Right)La Congiunta Peter Märkli 1992 (Next Page)Battistero di Castiglione Olona Masolino da Panicale 1435

Tomas, she said to him out on the floor, everything bad that's happened in your life is my fault. It's my fault you ended up here, as low as you could possibly go. Low? What are you talking about? If we had stayed in Zurich, you'd still be a surgeon. And you'd be a photographer. That's a silly comparison to make, said Tereza. Your work meant everything to you; I don't care what I do, I can do anything, I haven't lost a thing; you've lost everything. Haven't you noticed I've been happy here, Tereza? Tomas said. Surgery was your mission, she said. Missions are stupid, Tereza. I have no mission. No one has. And it's a terrific relief to realize you're free, free of all missions. There was no doubting that forthright voice of his. She recalled the scene she had witnessed earlier in the day when he had been repairing the pickup and looked so old. She had reached her goal: she had always wanted him to be old. Again she thought of the rabbit she had pressed to her face in her childhood room. What does it mean to turn into a rabbit? It means losing all strength. It means that one is no stronger than the other anymore. On they danced to the strains of the piano and violin. Tereza leaned her head on Tomas's shoulder. Just as she had when they flew together in the airplane through the storm clouds. She was experiencing the same odd happiness and odd sadness as then. The sadness meant: we are at the last station. The happiness meant: we are together. The sadness was form, the happiness content. Happiness filled the space of sadness. They went back to their table. She danced twice more with the collective farm chairman and once with the young man who was so drunk he fell with her on the dance floor.Then they all went upstairs and to their two separate rooms. Tomas turned the key and switched on the ceiling light. Tereza saw two beds pushed together, one of them flanked by a bedside table and lamp. Up out of the lampshade, startled by the overhead light, flew a large nocturnal butterfly that began circling the room. The strains of the piano and violin rose up weakly from below.

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