Spring's Space for Space

 

我时常感到，
自己有强大的动力去爱生活，爱工作，爱生命。

 

然而静对窗外，

看灰色城市高空的浮尘，

以及地面上各自忙碌的细小人影，

又常常去想，

倘若每日在虚浮之中雷同，

究竟怎样去实现那些爱呢？

 

倘若我们不造那么多钢筋水泥，

呼吸是否会更顺畅一些？

生活是否会更快乐一些？

 

LEED又有什么用？

从某些角度来讲，

我们终究在助纣为虐毁坏世界。

  

作为一名参与者，

我感到自己的光荣无可奈何。 

 

The singer uses self-created language in the song "锡林河边的老人",

And from those unknown words I understood,

That a person should have something to hold in hand and mind, 

And a life of no passion would be the most miserable...  

The Gramercy Park is an entirely new genre of hotels. It is an “unhip（不谙时髦的）” departure by the man who defined hop. “Now, the only way to identify yourself is to be yourself and pursue a completely personal vision…one that has no definite look, follows no rules, and is not part of any group. The Gramercy Park Hotel is the ultimate anti-brand and anti-design hotel”- Ian Schrager.

 

Walking inside is an experience akin to stumbling into an artist’s studio or home- an unpredictable and completely personal fantasy enlightened by the unpredictable personal tastes of an artist, a spontaneous mixture of high and low styles, and the interplay between the ordinary and extraordinary.

 

   

来自爱妃 Effie http://effiewangyan.spaces.live.com/default.aspx

抽空答的，不继续点名了，交作业，哼哼~

1、最近好么？

春天来了，过敏结束，温饱有余，算是尚可

 

2、你怎么知道自己喜欢一个人？

自然而然，会发现很多“神的旨意” 

 

3、你喜欢的人不喜欢你怎么办？

那我为什么会喜欢对方呢？

 

4、当生命中遇到爱情和面包两者必须二选一的时候，你会怎么选择？为什么？

面包，吃饱了再恋爱~

 

5、你相信爱情吗？

相信大爱

 

6、会不会有一首歌让你想起一个人，甚至想哭？

很多，例如“阳光总在风雨后”，让我想起大学寝室~

 

7、杭州的西湖，你会选择雨中的还是阳光的？

还是觉得风和日丽比较好，可以不用打伞，免些负担~

 

8、你最喜欢做什么事情打发一个人的时间？

坏天气就音乐+杂志，好天气就四处走走

 

9、你希望自己未来的家该是什么样的？

好样的~

 

10、曾经拥有和天长地久，你选择哪个？

天高地厚，我有老头

 

11、怎么才能让自己最快地放松下来？

放假，放风，或者地球爆炸

 

12、你最喜欢的事情

发现和发明

 

13、如果算命的人让你改名字，你会改吗？

不会，我尊重父亲的给予，且和俺妹的名字保持和谐

 

14、喜欢阳光吗？

喜欢，更喜欢阳光苑

 

15、这辈子到目前为止有没有认为做得最错让你最后悔的事情？

似乎读书还是不够用功，不然就多学点别的啥了，例如设计，不过谈不上做得错吧~

 

16、如果可以，你会继续按现在的方式生活吗？

视本人精神分裂情况而定~

 

17、想在国内还是国外生活

其实满想去土星看看

 

18、你认为分手后还能做朋友吗？

没必要，除非不曾用心

 

19、你下一个最想去的国家是哪里？

翡冷翠

 

20、最近让你感到最快乐的事情。

健康

 

谢谢爱妃。

 

 

The area around the two trees is covered with a raised timber deck of Burma teak （缅甸柚木）planks. This raised deck serves a number of purposes. It separates the surfacing from the root systems of the ficus（无花果科）, which can break up on-grade pavements made of concrete or stone. It also protects the trees: the more usual practice of adding layers of soil to the original ground level to cover the root systems carries the risk of suffocating them. In addition, the use of the raised deck creates space underneath for the mechanical room housing the pumps and filters for the pool. The reflecting, cascading pool provides an element of separation from the busy street flanking the site on the east, helping to create an intimate and contemplative space. The sound of the water brimming over the pool’s grooved edges has a soothing effect and creates a counterbalance to the noise of the surrounding city. The reflecting surface of the pool mirrors part of the surroundings, creating a sense of expansiveness.

Vladimir Djurovic’s work is known for its meticulous(一丝不苟的,精确的) detailing and emphasis on durability, and he generally focuses on a limited palette of materials in each of his designs. At Samir Kassir Square, he accentuates hardscaping (primarily stone) with plant materials. Local basalt pebbles line the inside of the pool, and imported Italian Bardelio stone is used for the sides, since no local stone could be found with the requisite characteristics of colour and reflectivity. Local Kour limestone(石灰石) is used for the paving, the long bench and the steps. The latter are made from solid stone blocks rather than with a reinforced concrete skeleton sheathed in paving – this solution, although more expensive in the short-term, will better resist extensive wear and tear.

 

东方利红色 　　  

传统上， 红色代表喜气、热情、大胆进取。而在风水学上，东方也象征年轻及勇于冒险的精神，所以在东方摆放一些红色的家具及装饰品，如红木吊饰、红色地毯等，都可使家人充满干劲，有利事业与学业。 　　

 

南方利绿色 　 

在风水学上，南方主宰灵感及社交能力；绿色则有生气勃勃之意。在南方放置绿色的植物，除了增添绿意盎然的美感外，对人际关系亦有正面的催化作用。 　　

 

西方利黄色 　　

黄色一向被用来代表财富，而西方则被认为是主导事业及财运的方位，若放上黄色的家具饰物如黄水晶，可带来旺盛的财气，令事业飞“黄”腾达。 　　

 

北方利橙色 　 

北方掌管着夫妻关系，而橙色则有热情奔放的意思。如想增进夫妻感情的话，可在睡房的北方放置橙色台灯、小地毯、揽枕等，有利夫妻感情。 　　

 

其他方位+颜色配搭： 　　

 

西北方+白色=促进贵人运  

西南方+茶色/土色系=增加家中稳定能量 　 

西南方+黄色吊灯=加强桃花运 　　

 

其他色彩禁忌 　　  

1、天清地浊：天花板的颜色应尽量使用最浅的颜色，同时，地板的颜色亦要比天花板的深。否则，会使屋内的人做事颠三倒四、本末倒置。 　 

2、在中国风水学上，天花代表天，地板代表地，墙壁则代表着人。墙壁的颜色应在天花和地板之间，即是要比天花深、比地板浅，这样天、地、人才能达至谐和。 　 

3、最好不要用太多的红色或黑色做屋内的主色，因为太红或太黑都会使人做事冲动极端。

Comfort in buildings is often equated(换算) with the compliance with standard, measurable limiting values, e.g. for room temperature, air velocities or luminance. Wellbeing often involves subjective and difficult to evaluate aspects such as aesthetics, security, the ability to influence and understand one’s surroundings or the spirit of the age. People do not analyze their surroundings like a physical measuring instrument. They rely on an overall impression gained from more than one of their senses. Therefore, for example,. The perception(感知) of temperature and sound in connected with the color of the surroundings, whilst sensitivity to odours(气味) is linked to air temperature and humidity. Facades and technical equipments in rooms should be so designed that the user can set the room temperature, air changes, natural and artificial light ambiance to suit his individual requirements.

"Passion" was the name of the magazine I had once edited in my campus years...
After a whole afternoon's work in library management, playing with the heavy stone samples and moving through the colorful material catalogues, I came back and found this word again, in another way, in Callison.

Thank you, all of you.

http://www.maniacworld.com/Phone-Salesman-Amazes-Crowd.html

http://www.maniacworld.com/Phone-Salesman-Amazes-Crowd-Part-2.html

 

 

The relationship between fashion and art has become so intimate in recent years that it is common to see stores and boutiques treated as veritable(真正的) exhibition galleries. And just as exhibitions have evolved(发展，进化) from straightforward catalogued displays into overly didactic(教诲的，说教的) narratives, the store shows signs of embracing an editorial role. Now content simply to borrow from the behaviors and display the tactics(策略) of the museum, or to cordon(用警戒线围住) off a separate “gallery area” as they would be a café, a gowning number of entrepreneurs see their stores as platforms for their politics and philosophies as well as their merchandise.   

It is very likely that one hundred years from now, the answers and the categories for a book such as “CONTEMPORARY WORLD INTERIORS” will be quite different. The loft is susceptible to change not only because it depends on a finite resource (vacated 腾出的，空出的 industrial space) but also because the sources of its identity-the studio, the gallery, the museum-are themselves no longer tethered（范围） to a formal canon(教规) of the empty box. Hotels, under the cover-lightening conditions of globalization, show signs of morphing(变体) into houses, campgrounds, and galleries. Spaces designed to heal people live longer. All of these spaces will take on different features to accommodate what it means to be human when a lifetime spans four or more generations.

 Interiors are, after all(毕竟), narratives about ourselves, whether we use them self-consciously as such or not. A recent study of our relationships to interiors by the international design consultancy IDEO divides people into “storytellers” (those who decorate), “functionalists” (those who are task-oriented and simply warehouse their possessions), and “campers” (those on the move who barely unpack). But even warehousing-perhaps especially warehousing, whether patients, possessions, or equipment-tells a story about how we think of ourselves. The mistake is to see the interior as a mere container of behaviors and tastes. It participates in those behaviors and tastes. The task ahead is to read them carefully.

A stay in a historic hotel is like stepping back in time to a kinder, gentler era.  Recent years have witnessed many heritage hospitality properties across Asia undergo various degrees of restoration（恢复）, some more sensitive to the hotel’s origins than others. Today’s discerning (有辨识能力的) travelers want all the romance and glory of the period, but they also expect a little updating; after all washrooms and personal hygiene (个人卫生) were another story a century ago. The nostalgia(思乡病，乡愁，怀旧之情) associated with luxury travel goes back to the evolution of the grand hotel-today ageing gracefully into grand dames.

In the 19^th century, Americans and Europeans with new riches acquired during the Industrial Revolution began to find they had both wealth and leisure time to spend it. Travel to exotic locales(1oc’a:l 现场，场所) became the popular occupation of the privileged few. Around the same time, the colonization (殖民) of Asia countries meant that officers and businessmen needed a place to stay during their so-called hardship tenures to far-flung (广泛的) outposts (前哨，边区村落). Grand hotels along the shipping routes of Asia sprung up like shining beacons (灯塔) within the jungles. The level of services and facilities were of a standard never seen before on the continent, particularly as there properties often co-existed within impoverished(穷困的) surroundings. In 1864, the Galle Face Hotel debuted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, followed in 1876 by the Oriental in Bangkok, Thailand. In 1890, the Grand (now the Oberoi Grand Kolkata) in Calcutta, India opened. Today, these properties are still going strong and are important visitor draw cards for their respective cities. 

"Jack of all trades, master of no trades. " LaoTou told me.
I am such a Jack, willing to be a bachelor of all trades, not necessarily a master~

In1999，Dubai was emerging as the definitive city of the new millennium with the launch of iconic hotels such as Burj at Arab and Emirates Towers. In a converted villa tucked () away ina small corner of the city, LW Design Group was formed to change the face of hospitality design in his host city.

…
On the LW drawing board, sleek computer generated visuals of some of the most important hotel projects in Dubai are being finalized. “2007 will be a very exciting year of us.” Two 5-star hotels on Palm Island, tow 4-star hotel concepts that revolutionize（宣传革命，大事改革） budget accommodation in Dubai with a hip(蔷薇果，喝彩), young design flair, and two hotel properties for Emirates Airlines are just a few instances of what’s to come.