1、Self-introductionI am so glad to get the opportunity of the interview. I had been an architecture student for 5 years before I graduated from XX University in the year 20XX.I am open-minded and hardworking and I am very fond of new fields and skills . I'm a curious person, and I like learning ne

2、w things. During my education of bachelor, I have learnt much extra knowledge including the building knowledge and how to lead a team .However the most important thing I've learnt as a student was the individual research and thinking about the relationships behind the space consists which lead t

3、o my further research.Besides, the internship and profession experience in XX, Beijing broadened my horizons a lot. Because of the cooperation with foreign designers I got much knowledge and different ideas about how the concept and the details can form a building.And as the leader of XX,my communic

4、ation ability and team spirit improved a lot.However this is not the most important thing for me working in Beijing.Tons of Art exhibitions helped me to know the world and city in different perspectives.Even because of an exhibition called the sense of hearing,I got the initial idea of the last proj

5、ect in my portfolio ,you know -How the human 's feelings can be influenced by seeing and seen relationships.And now,I am fond of Street Photography.Because when I took photos on the street,I can get to know the real changes of our life .You know the mobile internet changed our social life a lot

6、even made a difference of public space demands . And by Street photography I can find the details and beauty of a street which will do some help for my further design and study.In sum, I think my comprehensive capacities and hardworking quality will satisfy the requirements for study and research in

7、 Hongkong University.That ' s my self-introduction. Thank you.Why HKU?In my mind, Hongkong University is always the most famous school in Asia. And it has been my dream school since I was a child.HongKong University has many opportunities of communication with other colleges, and I like to get t

8、ouch with different students and learn their culture or skills . So that 's why I choose HongKong University.At the same time, the free academic atmosphere as well as the courses on movie and architecture of HongKong University have great appeal for me.And I believe that I can do better in the s

9、tudy of the city and the society in HKU.Why HK?HongKongis myfavortite city around the world. HongKongis an international city where east meets west. It is open and complicate. It will be pleasure for me to have further education in my favorite city.Besides,As and architecture student,the extremely h

10、igh density of Hongkong attract me a lot.Because of the high density,HongKong is full of fascinating space relationships.Such as the intensive buildings which lead to the large green land of HongKong.And the separated surface and inner function.(You know)The outside is a Huge commercial AD but the i

11、nside is the parking lot rather than a market.Because of the fantastic space relationships HongKong can provide the best samples for my further study and research.Why Urban Design?(To be honest, it is a hard choice and I haven ' t made the final decision.)Although my major is architecture and I

12、love it, I stillwant to learn some newthings. And urban design which is tightlyconnected with architecture will be anice choice. Architecture focuses on individual buildings, urban design focuses on the larger scale of groups of buildings to make urban areas functional , attractive , and sustainable

13、 .And in my last research I changed my point from the individual space to the mechanism behind the buildings. I created Matrix which can be seen as a small city. By doing this I realized UD can help me to find the logic behind the space production .Maybe in this field we can do something really good

14、 for citizens.Besides because of the Street Photography,streets in my mind is notjust a line on a master plan but a vivid scene which will help me to be a good Urban designer.( That is why I chose the Master of Urban Design .)Other school?To be honest, I have also applied the other school in HongKon

15、g CUHK to make sure I can get my further education in HongKong. But if I can get the admission of your school, I certainly prefer my dream school-the university of Hongkong. First choiceDiploma project/Graduation DesignMy diploma project is the design of a huge transportation hub which is a complex

16、with commercial ,residential function and entertainment.It is about 20 thousand square metres, which is sohuge for a block and around by differenttraffics thus citizens can not access the area easily. In this situation the hub may be a isolated island in the block.In the project,I found a way to lin

17、k this hub with the city space by creating some bridges and platforms on the second floor planted interesting landscape .This strategy can help create a route for citizens to walk and have exercises on the second floor.At the same time the different route of taxis,buses,and walking people 's can

18、 be arranged well on the ground.And I used rhino to build a curved-shape for the transportation hub which can attract people to come to the walking system.I hope this can help solve the safety,accessibility of the hub.Direction/aspect interested /Future planI plan to finish my master programme first

19、. Certainly it would be best for me to have my study in Hongkong University.As for the research plan, I am now eager to explore new fields in urban design. I am interested in the mechanism of the operation of a city. I have also made some researches in the field. For instance, I have completed a fic

20、tional city in my portfolio which was operated under the seeing and seen logic. And in that project, I acquired much new knowledge and skills. I believe that HKU can provide me the most suitable platform to explore the new methods and theories relevant to the urban design in China.After my education

21、, I will go back to china mainland to start my career asanarchitect or to be a teacher in a university to continue my research.Favorite architect/Urban designerMy favorite architect is Sou Fujimoto, a Japanese architect.I have been influenced by his works a lot.He is different from other architects

22、not only because his works but also his thinking method which is called theInitialfuture 'in his book The Time when the architecture being created.This thinking method gives me lots of interesting ideas such as why we need a sofa. In traditional China's Scholar's mind sitting should be a

23、 part of spiritual?practice so they need a hardwood chair to remind themselves sit like a pine tree.However sofa means comfortable and leisurely life.But when we go back to the initial,whatever wood chair or sofa justprovide a surface which has a suitableheight for sitting with different materials .

24、So by this thinking Sou Fujimoto created a house just stack with different wood bricks which provide different height for human 's activities.This house is so different .You know Louis Kanh made everything arranged in different rooms even the electric?wires and this type of space is now widely u

25、sed. But When I see Sou Fujimoto 's work I just think is the functional room suitable for our daily life because the situation is so different.You know the E-LIFE,The internet society we are living in.Sou 's work and thinking method open my mind a lot and give me a new perspective.Urban desi

26、gnerTalking about the urban designer.I like Rem Koohas a lot.Rem is a unique guy maybe because of his experience.He worked as ajournalist before ,so he knowswhat the politics want and he knows the image of a city is important.The huge and unique shape of the CCTV buildings is just a image for Beijin

27、g for China.In some degree,it is a symbol of commercial ability .This situation is especially visible in China,the image of a city is more important than the city itself.Rem knows this a lot so he always can get the project,he knows the mechanismbehind this so he just obey the rule.However under the

28、 huge and strange symbolized form he often takes an eye on the daily life.Such as the project,Taipei Perform ing Arts Cen ter which form is huge sphere in a cantilevered ?Box.Because of this form the building can be the Iandmark of Taipei even a symbolof Taipei.At the same time,the white rectangles

29、drawing un der the can tilevered build ing is the positi on of the ni ght market.So Rem can use this exaggerated form to get the clie nts 'o ints at the same time he desig ns some kind space for citize ns 'daily life.Because of this way,he can get the project and may can do someth ing good f

30、or our city.High Li ne Park in NYCThe?High Line?(also known as the?High Line Park) is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33?km)New York City?li near park?built in ?Ma nhatta n?on an elevated section of a disused?New York Central Railroad-The West Side Line .James Corner led the winning desig n team for the 2004 in

31、tern ati onal competiti on. In spired by thescene, found beauty of the High Line, where nature has reclaimed a once-vital piece of urban in frastructure, the desig n team aims to refit this traffic system into a place of leisure.By changing the rules of engagement between plant life and pedestrians,

32、 James figured out hisconcept -the wild Iandscape. Support the overall the invention of a new paving and planting system that allows for various ratios of hard to soft surface thattran siti on from high use areas-theplatform (100% hard) to richly vegetated Iandscape (100% soft).The park's attrac

33、ti ons in clude n aturalized pla nti ngs that are in spired by the Iandscape that grew on the disused tracks,?and views of the city and the?Huds on River which will ren ewal blocks and com mun ities n earby.The recycling of the railway into an urban park has brought on the revitalization of Chelsea,

34、 which had bee n in gen erally poor con diti on in the late twen tieth cen tury. It has also made real estate developme nt in the n eighborhoods.So we can say this urban design is not only romantic but also has great profits which is so amaz ing.BookInvisible logic,Hongkong,as Asian Culture of Conge

35、stion.The book is written by Weiping Zhang.In this book he used tons of diagram and many details of HongKong 'street to show me a vivid Hongkon g.Such as the convenient and accessible overbridges.Andhe used a seven-eleven shop'layout to show the simple dema nds of a urba n people,a nd this also shows the fast pace of living in a metropolis.And I was attracted by the space relat