14fall GSAPP MArch.1 申请总结

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按照惯例先说说自己的背景情况：

申请的都是M.Arch1,除了Yale给调到M.Arch2去了（妥妥的的fail了）

offer: UCLA (23k renewable)
ad: Columbia, UPenn
rej:GSD, Yale, MIT, Berkeley
wl: Cornell

background:
Bachelor of Architecture / RIBA Part1 @ University of Nottingham, UK  GPA:3.3
Exchange Student @ NUS, Singapore
Intern @ Arata Isozaki Shanghai Studio
1.5 Work Experience @ an US Architecture firm - Shanghai office

GT:
T:105
G: V155 Q160 AW3.0 (AW丢脸丢大了）

3 RLs:
1. Tutor for my undergrad thesis project, teaching at UNott. & UCL & AA
2. Lecturer from UNott.
3. Principal from work who graduate from MIT

作品集地址如下,工作内容稍有敏感已删除：
http://issuu.com/wenzhou/docs/zhou_wen_march1_issuu

因为全部过程都是在职完成的，中途陆陆续续跟公司请了约一个月假准备，有很多不完美的地方，等待的过程非常令人焦虑。
没有能够冲到GSD还是很失落，希望能够通过研究生阶段慢慢弥补差距...

贴上申请过程当中写的感想一篇，以作留念：
131207
偶尔在寄托上翻到熊总和阮总的作品集，加上这几天也在issuu上翻看了不少GSD学生的作品集。有些作品集实在是让人感到震撼，可以说震出一身汗来，不过望而生畏的同时，又刺激了一下我对建筑的热情，慢慢变得开始兴奋起来。

这两天看篮球漫画看得多了，不由自主受漫画里面的句式的影响。但是我也明确看到了自己所学和所思的建筑和普遍中国学生的思路是大相庭经的，即越来越清晰什么是我的建筑理念。我理解到diagram的很多好处，就写文章时候的起着起承转合作用的连词，但是却十分受不了扑面而来的满满的diagram。而且非常坚信英国建筑的理念核心，即Narrative 作为建筑的spirit，同时以丰富的structure＋material research（tectonic）作为设计的支撑并且很大程度上丰富了设计，（有必要回去翻一下那个理论是谁提出的，architecture = topology + typology + tectonics ）。我认为这样的结构在今天的建筑界仍然是不过时的，甚至可以说是中国建筑界急缺的，这个框架是为建筑之本，各种对现代社会/城市的理论分析，信息化时代的新型设计手段，随着科技进步不断能够实现的新型结构和材料技术，are the muscles supporting the framework of contemporary architecture.

我看中美国的建筑研究院校，一是其多元的教学和鼓励学生发展自我信念的模式，二是活跃的学术环境，三是认可非常理性的分析生成的建筑-这一点是我认为我如今仍然比较薄弱的一种能力。十分重要的是March1吸引各种不同背景的学生相互交流切磋，对我有十分大的吸引力。

我是一个在建筑设计上较为重视细节的人，接触到建筑学的时间较晚，而且在大学之前没有太多的艺术背景，但是在英国的三年学习让我感觉自己在创造性非常有潜力，在网上翻看GSD（或其他学校）的毕业学生作品集时，一方面赶到敬畏，另一方面又自信我也能做到那样的程度。但回顾之前几年的学生作业，我逐渐发觉我对建筑的造型能力和宏观的控制是我的弱项，因此我非常希望能够借读研这个机会去大幅度的提高这方面的能力。

写在后面：
选择哥大的原因：
给人感觉非常多元，课程种类繁多，由于地处纽约参加exhibition和seminar的机会很多。学校理论方面整体注重globalization与localization的平衡，应该是注重城市背景的分析，注重培养建筑师解决现代城市日益出现的各种问题。
In the words said by Dean Mark Wigley (Columbia), the duty of today’s architect is to envision a better life.
整体感觉很好，朋友给予这所学校的评价也一致很高。

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Cong！作品集好赞！！

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cong~ 头像原来是一个project

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赞哥大OAQ

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AlbusKid 发表于 2014-3-18 22:40
cong~ 头像原来是一个project

啊～这个啊，但是随便选的：P

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贴一篇非常好的关于Columbia和Cornell的比较文章，帮助大家对这两个学校都有多一点认识，这是哥大论坛里针对在Cornell和Columbia两者之间纠结的同学的回复

Hi Dixin, Chantal, and anyone else who are wondering about Cornell,

Although I did not study architecture at Cornell, I received my BFA from the art department, which is right next door. We shared some of the same workshops, libraries, and galleries. I also had many friends from the architecture department and had taken a couple of classes from there, so I may be able to give a little insight. However, I ultimately cannot make a comparison between Columbia's and Cornell's M. Arch program because I have yet to attended either of them, so take this with a grain of salt.

Cornell, like Columbia, is an amazing school, especially for architecture. Their B. Arch program is consistently ranked 1st in the nation, and their M. Arch is ranked 5th. As a Masters student, you will be using the same facilities and learning from the same professors as the undergrads, so you can't go wrong there. In many ways, Cornell is architecture, so you will get a look of admiration from the other students you meet when you tell them your major. There is a very strong studio culture. You can definitely sense the camaraderie between students. Although you will regularly work late into the night, you will almost never be alone. Cornell's Rand shop is one of the most well equipped, but its small size means that students can have a hard time finding space to work and getting on a machine during the rush before deadlines. I know that Cornell's architecture department offers undergrads the opportunity to join project teams, where they get to design, travel, and construct structures in other countries. It also offers Study in NY and Rome programs to juniors and seniors. I don't know if these opportunity are open to graduate students. The department receives a lot of funding from alumni. In fact, the school has just finished constructing an additional wing by Rem Koolhaas. The department invites a dozen guest speakers a month, and professors regularly ask instructors from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and other prestigious schools to attend student review sessions. Other than that, the weather is brutal, the food is amazing, and the campus is beautiful.

Of course, I imagine that much of the above can also be said about Columbia. On the flip side, some students have accused Cornell of focusing too much on their undergraduate students, and not enough on they grads. I've heard that Masters students and Bachelors students sometimes take the same classes together, which begs the question of whether the Masters curriculum is really more advanced than the Bachelor's degree curriculum. Columbia's M. Arch program is ranked higher than its B. Arch, so perhaps it wouldn't share this problem. Furthermore, nothing can replace New York City. Even though you can take a campus bus to New York from Ithaca, you don't have the city at your fingertips like you do at Columbia. New York City is the hub of the art and architecture scene. It is where the cutting edge happens. A lot of my friends went to New York after graduation; they didn't stay in Ithaca for a reason.  

Anyway, I hope this helps. Like I said, I don't have any direct experience with either degree, so don't take my word on anything. Do the research. Visit the campus if you can. I wish that you make the right decision for you, no matter what it is. You really can't go wrong with either school. There are plenty of people who are not fortunate enough to have this choice to make. Good luck, and it is an absolute pleasure to meet everybody.

Best,
Da

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cong！

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必须点赞！作品集很酷！

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lz很赞！

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architecture = topology + typology + tectonics

略有印象是佛蘭姆普敦提出的……但一下子也查不出來出處~

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zhouyu123031 发表于 2014-3-18 23:03
赞哥大OAQ

猫叔  决定去哪里没？

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donchoi 发表于 2014-3-20 00:08
architecture = topology + typology + tectonics

略有印象是佛蘭姆普敦提出的……但一下子也查不出來出 ...

就是批判地域主义的那篇文章

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tdzb36 发表于 2014-3-20 07:35
猫叔  决定去哪里没？

还木呢。。

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CONG！！！！

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114jyx 发表于 2014-3-20 11:39
就是批判地域主义的那篇文章

Thanks~ 有印象是Frampton说的，不记得出处了。。