There will come soft rains… This part is the preface of this project, hidden hall. It is weird to have a title for a preface. Usually, the preface or foreword shouldn’t have a title, because this may disturb the real theme. However, I need to keep this title.
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Some of you may hear about this sentence from the somewhere. It has its context in English Literature history. I prefer the environment or the condition which this sentence described before the rain started. This condition provides a wide thought on the possibility of the future. Will the rain come with soft or storm? Or nothing will come? Do people know about it? What they may feel about it?
Hidden Hall
By Archi-Rangers
I believe this situation is quite familiar with the current architecture industry. We are on the crossroads of architecture. Please note that I dislike combining the concept of building design with the concept of architecture. Everyone has their own opinion of architecture, just like everyone has their understanding of democracy. I also don’t believe that architecture is just about the relationship between buildings and people. It should have more mental and spiritual thinking and social and humanistic exploration. And of course, aesthetics. Sadly, nowadays the architecture industry and education is on the way to industrialization and fixed the productive pattern. It is difficult to judge it is not a good trend. In fact, because of the concept of module architecture and using of concrete, architects like Peter and Alison Smithson, can start to realize their social projects, like Robin Hood Gardens housing, to create a dreamland for everyone. It is just another failure of the utopian. I conclude the reason for all these failures as capitalism. Although Caroline always reminds me that I cannot attribute everything to capitalism, I still insist this is the main issue that we are facing in architecture today. People racing after the money and even measure the moral with it. It is horrible.
An unconventional architectural expression
Yiqun Chen n9602941 Lintao Zhu n9758178 Tutor: DaVoR Mikulcic Unit coordinator: David Nielsen
Under this social context, architecture education also becomes productive solidification. Architecture education has become more and more like a small part of the building industry. Architects are losing their power. The architecture education pattern is more and more focusing on remembering the practical drawing process and the result of principle and standard. The idea of thinking the reason why we draw, how we draw and the process of all these existing architecture standards has become so obvious. We are so lazy to think about all the existing settings in architecture because capitalism has found the most efficient way to “create”. What you need to do is just follow it and you will see a fine building, fine Architecture, fine design. This project “the hidden building” looks like a fine building. Especially, the materiality of the building is quite brutal. Today, the public is trying to refuse to admit brutalism architecture aesthetics. However, I still decide this “disgusting” and “ancient” form as an honest way to represent our architecture. We try to use this normal
building material and simple geometric shape line. However, the main idea is still very clear. That is justice will come in the end, as long as to have fun. you are fighting for it. At the same time, this The function of this hall of democracy is more movie also has the conspiracy, sacrifice, and difficult to describe. At the very first stage of this public opinion. We can understand the hidden project, I feel puzzled about the brief. I cannot man combines all the last two movies’ democfully understand the true meaning of Australia racy elements into this movie. Brisbane Democracy in two weeks. I am an international student from China. I only know the In short, Jiang, Wen provides us three main process of democratization in China. There- elements of democracy in Chinese democrafore, I try to use the most representative era in tization, sacrifice spirit, public opinion, equal, China, the Republic of China (1912–1949), to conspiracy, and justice. Therefore, in my buildshow the elements which happened in democ- ing, I provide enough function or program to fit ratization. These elements can form an archi- all this element. A building like West tower has tecture with the necessary democracy program clear directivity which is to educate public about the importance of public opinion. The north and and scenario. south building is more complex. However, you I was researching the Chinese movie director, can still feel what I try to say through the shot Wen Jiang (姜文), and Japanese Animation di- section. I try to use a new tool, movie shots, rector, Kon Satoshi (今敏). Jiang, Wen is the to create movement and story feeling about one of the greatest Chinese movie director. He building function located in the section. This atis a skilled movie maker and a metaphor user. tempt may provide a new way to directly create His Republic of China Trilogy: Let the Bullets Fly the same feeling with the people who watched (2010), Gone with the Bullets (2014) and Hidden the movie before to understand the designer’s Man (2018) are three main stories which I will feeling and understanding of specific building use to create my building program and scenes. space. Kon Satoshi is another talented director. His real and virtual turning narrative approach and And that is what I try to achieve something, by social problem introspection represent the Jap- using different ways to represent my building anese Animation golden age. I feel sorry that I and my feeling. I’m sorry I cannot spend some didn’t make too much connection my building time to find some good Australian film to analyse with Kon Satoshi’s works, but he do affect me. what is Australian democracy. I have watch Jiang, Wen’s each movie for more than 10 times, Back to Jiang, Wen, his three movies mention that is why I choose these movie. several core ideas of democracy. I hope someone can understand my project and Let the Bullets Fly (让子弹飞) has a clear and what we want to show to the public. Just like simple story. This movie shows, during the war- the movie says “I cook this dumpling meal just ring 1920s, a group of bandits which is led by for this bit vinegar” (就是为这点醋，我才包的 “Poxy” Zhang destroyed a landlord who is rich 这顿饺子！), I design this building is for exhibcapitalist and free the city from landlord con- iting my architecture concept. For this reason, trolling. However, he also lost almost everything I need to thank my partner Alan (Lintao Zhu 诸 and be alone in the end. I understand that the 林涛) to support me to finish my bit crazy arcore of the story is fighting for equality and jus- chitecture drawing. In fact, without his join and tice always need some sacrifice. You may pro- critic, I cannot finish this assignment. vide a good and peaceful life to all people, but you may lose everything. In the very end of this foreword, I need to mention my thought again. I am not just a cynical Gone with the Bullets (一步之遥) also has a clear teenager. I understand practical knowledge is storyline, but some film critics believe he use too necessary for every architecture student. Howmuch form of Musical drama in the movie and ever, students need to be creative and theoretthat extend the timeline and break the watch- ical to present the possibility of architecture. I ing experience. This movie introduces a rogue, always try to answer junior students’ questions Zouri Ma, becomes a shackled murderer in a without asking any in return. I attempt to tell car accident when he tries to finish a Money them to do something different, just like what I laundering. I believe that this movie’s English do in this project for my dear architecture. Maytranslation is not clear enough. I prefer to call be it is useless, maybe it is hopeless, maybe it one step only. For Zouri Ma, this character is architecture is dying. Some things still have to more about choice making. Every time he had be done. I want to share some sentences from a chance to make everything right, and then he a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary just push that chance away. However, for the critic, Lu, Xun. whole movie story, the theme of the movie is human nature and the nature of public opinion. “I hope young people can looking up, When the media is a political weapon, the right Walking up and don’t be self-destructive. can be wrong. Do what you can do. Say what you can say. Hidden Man (邪不压正) also can be direct- If you heat up and light up, ly translated as bad guy lose. This movie de- You will have your light. scribes a revenge story. This movie shows the Don’t wait for sunlight. different groups try to use a spy, also as a re- You are the sunlight. ” venger, to kill others and achieve their democracy. However, due to the Japanese army in- There will come soft rains, and I will try to be vading China, everything changes and the spy the tiny light. finishes his revenge. This story has many sub-